Thomas Gomez's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Hong Kong Torga Life with Luigi Pasquale (2) Michael Shayne Lou Stephano Playwrights '56 Ivan Summer Playhouse M. Quibideaux The Aquanauts Hakim The Bing Crosby Show Professor Z… The Islanders Darius The Motorola Television Hour Lustig

Main Movie Roles 1970 - Beneath The Planet of The Apes 1956 - Trapeze 1956 - The Conqueror 1952 - The Sellout 1952 - Macao 1950 - The Furies 1949 - The Woman on Pier 13 1948 - Casbah 1948 - Key Largo 1948 - Force of Evil 1947 - Ride the Pink Horse 1947 - A Double Life 1947 - Johnny O'Clock 1944 - The Climax 1944 - Follow the Boys 1944 - Phantom Lady 1943 - Crazy House 1942 - Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

BIOGRAPHY:

After graduating from high school in 1923, Thomas Sabino Gomez answered a help wanted ad, which resulted in his joining the Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne theater group. Prior to that time he had not considered acting as a career. He continued working as an actor with the Lunts, traveling across country and honing his acting skills. Eventually he began performing in New York's legitimate theater. His film debut occurred in 1942 in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) as, of course, a bad guy. While shooting that film he lived at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He gained a reputation as a methodical man, who would have his daily newspaper brought to his room, where it was placed on the top of an ever growing stack. When he had time to read, he would have a bellboy come to the room and lift the stack of papers, from which he would withdraw the bottom paper.

Gomez was a strong union man and served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild for more than 40 years. In the late 1940s he purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills, and lived there until his death. While his film career consisted most of supporting roles, on the Broadway stage he was a star, playing lead roles in such productions as "A Man for All Seasons". He was also known as a devotee of gourmet dining, and was well known at most of the best restaurants in Hollywood and New York. He was a heavyset man, weighing over 290 pounds during most of his lifetime. Just prior to his death his doctor had placed him on a diet. At the time of his death his weight was less than 150 pounds. He was survived by a sister who lived in New York.


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