Thomas Gomez
After beginning his career as a stage actor, Thomas Gomez went on to appear in an impressive number of features and television series during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. His first film role was as Meade, the leader of a band of Nazi spies who infiltrate Great Britain during the '40s in "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror." This part set the tone for much of Gomez's big-screen legacy. Indeed, while his stage work included the lead in "A Man for All Seasons" on Broadway, when it came to movies he got cast mostly as bad guys, supporting characters, or both. During the '40s, he seemed a natural fit for the film noir genre, appearing in "Force of Evil" as a small-town numbers runner who stands in the way of a gangster boss's takeover of New York's rackets. He also landed a supporting role in John Huston's legendary "Key Largo," and played a carnival owner who helps a blackmailer out in the '47 "Ride the Pink Horse," which netted him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The next few decades brought guest-star appearances in various television series and two of his more notable film roles; the commercial hit "Trapeze," in which he played an eminently-practical circus owner; and the John Wayne epic "The Conqueror."
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Thomas Gomez
Filmography
Movies
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34% |
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Minister (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Stay Away, Joe | Grandpa (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow Over Elveron | Arturo Silvera (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Summer and Smoke | Papa Zacharias (Character) | - | 1961 |
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The Power and the Glory | Delgado (Character) | - | 1961 |
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But Not for Me | Demetrios Bacos (Character) | - | 1959 |
75% |
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Trapeze | Bouglione (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Conqueror | Wang Khan (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Magnificent Matador | Don David (Character) | - | 1955 |
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The Adventures of Hajji Baba | Osman Aga (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gambler From Natchez | Capt. Antoine Barbee (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sombrero | Don Homero Calderon (Character) | - | 1953 |
44% |
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Macao | Lt. Sebastian (Character) | - | 1952 |
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The Merry Widow | King of Marshovia (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Pony Soldier | Natayo Smith (Character) | - | 1952 |
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The Sellout | Sherrif Kellwin C. "Casey" Burke (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Harlem Globetrotters | Coach Abe Saperstein (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Anne of the Indies | Captain Edward Teach aka Blackbeard (Character) | - | 1951 |
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The Eagle and the Hawk | Gen. Liguras (The Hawk) (Character) | - | 1950 |
75% |
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Kim | Emissary (Character) | - | 1950 |
92% |
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The Furies | El Tigre (Character) | - | 1950 |
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Come to the Stable | Luigi Rossi (Character) | - | 1949 |
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That Midnight Kiss | Guido Russino Betelli (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Sorrowful Jones | Reardon (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Casbah | Louvain (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% |
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Force of Evil | Leo Morse (Character) | - | 1948 |
97% |
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Key Largo | Richard 'Curly' Hoff (Rocco's goon #1) (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel in Exile | Dr. Estaban Chavez (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% |
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Ride the Pink Horse | Pancho (Character) | - | 1947 |
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Captain From Castile | Father Bartolome Romero (Character) | - | 1947 |
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Singapore | Mr. Mauribus (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Night in Paradise | King Croesus (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frisco Sal | Police Capt. Dan Martin (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daltons Ride Again | "Professor" J.K. McKenna (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Dead Man's Eyes | Captain Drury (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Can't Help Singing | Jake Carstairs (Character) | - | 1944 |
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In Society | Drexel (Character) | - | 1944 |
90% |
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Phantom Lady | Inspector Burgess (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Who Done It? | Col. J.R. Andrews (Character) | - | 1942 |
75% |
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Arabian Nights | Hakim (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Pittsburgh | Joe Malneck (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Meade (Character) | - | 1942 |
TV
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92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Peter Sykes (Character) | 1961 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Agustin (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August | Hector Costa (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 48% | Bewitched | Garcia (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laredo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Fedencio (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |