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Tom Gallery | |
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| File:Tom Gallery - Apr 1921 EH.jpg Gallery c.1921 | |
| Born | Thomas Patrick Sarsfield Gallery November 27, 1897 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 1993 (aged 95) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actor, sports promoter, television executive |
| Years active | 1920–1927 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
Thomas Patrick Sarsfield Gallery (November 27, 1897 – August 25, 1993) was an American silent film actor, sports promoter, and television executive.
Gallery appeared in 21 films between 1920 and 1927. Subsequent to his acting career, he became a successful promoter of boxing and other sports.[1] In 1944 he ran the day-to-day operations of the Brooklyn Tigers football team while owner Dan Topping served in the US Marine Corps.[2] After the war, Gallery served as a sports broadcasting executive for the DuMont and NBC television networks.[3]
Gallery was married to actress ZaSu Pitts from 1920 to 1933.
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- Dinty (1920)
- The Chorus Girl's Romance (1920)
- A Parisian Scandal (1921)
- The Son of Wallingford (1921)
- Home Stuff (1921)
- Patsy (1921)
- Bob Hampton of Placer (1921)
- Grand Larceny (1922)
- The Wall Flower (1922)
- A Daughter of Luxury (1922)
- The Eternal Three (1923)
- Itching Palms (1923) directed by James W. Horne[4]
- The Limited Mail (1925)
- Under the Rouge (1925)
- One Round Hogan (1927)
- Home Struck (1927)
- A Dog of the Regiment (1927)
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1897 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- American boxing promoters
- American male film actors
- American male silent film actors
- American television executives
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) executives
- Male actors from Chicago
- Presidents of NBC Sports
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- American film actor, 1890s birth stubs