--- name: "Thomas Gomez" canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-gomez" roles: [] born: "10 July 1905" died: "18 June 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T16:45:25.540051+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Thomas Gomez Actor. Born 10 July 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 18 June 1971. ## Details - **Born:** 10 July 1905, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 18 June 1971 - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gomez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q363864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18646 ## Biography Thomas Gomez (10 July 1905 – 18 June 1971) was an American actor. Born Sabino Tomás Gómez in New York City, he began his career in theatre in 1923 and studied under actor Walter Hampden. He made his film debut in *Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror* (1942) and went on to appear in around sixty films. Gomez received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in *Ride the Pink Horse* (1947), becoming the first Hispanic-American nominee for the award. His other film roles include *Key Largo* (1948), *Force of Evil* (1948), *The Furies* (1950), *Trapeze* (1956) and his final film *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970). He was also a frequent guest on television series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Bewitched* and *Gunsmoke*, and appeared in the original Broadway production of *A Man for All Seasons*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Fi1m 50, as Minister — [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) ## Complete filmography (92) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), as Minister — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor - *Stay Away, Joe* (1968), as Grandpa - *Shadow Over Elveron* (1968), as Arturo Silvera - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as El Presidente - *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor - *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor - *The Bing Crosby Show* (1964), series, Actor - *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Caligula Foxe, Herr Otto Kraus - *The Power and the Glory* (1963), as Delgado - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Fedencio - *Summer and Smoke* (1961), as Papa Zacharias - *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Truxton Bramley - *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor - *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor - *The Islanders* (1960), series, as Darius - *The Aquanauts* (1960), series, as Hakim - *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Bello - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Cadwallader — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Gustaf Tourette - *But Not for Me* (1959), as Demetrios Bacos - *John Paul Jones* (1959), as Esek Hopkins - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor - *The Texan* (1958), series, as Jake Romer - *The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen* (1958), series, Actor - *The Plot to Kill Stalin* (1958), as Malenkov - *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Kasim - *Collector’s Item* (1957), as Ivor Hager - *Trapeze* (1956), as Bouglione - *The Conqueror* (1956), as Wang Khan - *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, Actor - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Agustin - *Night Freight* (1955), as Haight - *The Magnificent Matador* (1955), as Don David - *Las Vegas Shakedown* (1955), as Al 'Gimpy' Sirago - *The Looters* (1955), as George Parkinson - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Senor Torres, Commandante of Police - *The Adventures of Hajji Baba* (1954), as Osman Aga - *The Gambler from Natchez* (1954), as Antoine Barbee - *Medallion Theatre* (1953), series, Actor - *Sombrero* (1953), as Don Homero Calderon - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as McMaster - *Life with Luigi* (1952), series, as Pasquale - *The Merry Widow* (1952), as King of Marshovia - *The Sellout* (1952), as Sherrif Kellwin C. 'Casey' Burke - *Macao* (1952), as Lt. Sebastian - *Pony Soldier* (1952), as Natayo Smith - *Anne of the Indies* (1951), as Captaine Edward Teach alias Blackbeard - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor - *The Harlem Globetrotters* (1951), as Coach Abe Saperstein - *Kim* (1950), as Emissary - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as The Boss - *The Eagle and the Hawk* (1950), as Gen. Liguras - The Hawk - *Force of Evil* (1950), as Leo Morse - *The Furies* (1950), as El Tigre - *The Woman on Pier 13* (1950), as Vanning - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Pancho - *That Midnight Kiss* (1949), as Guido Russino Betelli - *Come to the Stable* (1949), as Luigi Rossi - *Sorrowful Jones* (1949), as Reardon - *Angel in Exile* (1948), as Dr. Esteban Chavez - *Key Largo* (1948), as Richard 'Curly' Hoff - *Casbah* (1948), as Louvain - *A Double Life* (1947), as Cassio (voice) (uncredited) - *Captain from Castile* (1947), as Father Bartolome Romero - *Ride the Pink Horse* (1947), as Pancho - *Singapore* (1947), as Mr. Mauribus - *Johnny O'Clock* (1947), as Pete Marchettis - *Swell Guy* (1946), as Dave Vinson - *Night in Paradise* (1946), as King Croesus - *The Daltons Ride Again* (1945), as 'Professor' J.K.McKenna - *I'll Tell the World* (1945), as J.B. Kindell - *Patrick the Great* (1945), as Max Wilson - *Frisco Sal* (1945), as Police Capt. Dan Martin - *Enemy Bacteria* (1945), Actor - *Can't Help Singing* (1944), as Carstairs - *Dead Man's Eyes* (1944), as Police Capt. Drury - *Bowery to Broadway* (1944), as Tom Harvey - *The Climax* (1944), as Count Seebruck - *In Society* (1944), as Drexel - *Follow the Boys* (1944), as Thomas Gomez (uncredited) - *To the People of the United States* (1944), as Compton - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited) - *Phantom Lady* (1944), as Inspector Burgess - *Crazy House* (1943), as N.G. Wagstaff - *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Smithy - *Frontier Badmen* (1943), as Ballard - *White Savage* (1943), as Sam Miller - *Arabian Nights* (1942), as Hakim - *Pittsburgh* (1942), as Joe Malneck (Miners Union President) - *Who Done It?* (1942), as Col. J.R. Andrews - *Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror* (1942), as R.F. Meade ## Gallery - ![Thomas Gomez](https://film.one/media/person/1097658/gallery-a1153104d91f.png) Thomas Gomez — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Thomas_Gomez_Captain_from_Castile_Henry_King_1947.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Promotional poster for the film The Furies. (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/1097658/gallery-542a1ca693f0.jpg) Promotional poster for the film The Furies. (1950) — "Copyright 1950 by Paramount Pictures", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/The_Furies_%281950_original_promotional_art%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Theatrical release poster for the 1950 film The Furies.](https://film.one/media/person/1097658/gallery-5e5fea98e978.jpg) Theatrical release poster for the 1950 film The Furies. — "Copyright 1950 by Paramount Pictures", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/The_Furies_%281950_poster%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![The Gambler From Natchez (1954) movie publicity still. Debra Paget and Thomas Gomez.](https://film.one/media/person/1097658/gallery-aacf980b6180.jpg) The Gambler From Natchez (1954) movie publicity still. Debra Paget and Thomas Gomez. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/The_Gambler_From_Natchez_1954_movie_publicity_still.jpg/1280px-The_Gambler_From_Natchez_1954_movie_publicity_still.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1948: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Ride the Pink Horse* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/thomas-gomez