Tom Gallery Explained

Tom Gallery
Birth Name:	Thomas Patrick Sarsfield Gallery
Birth Date:	27 November 1897
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:	Encino, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Actor, sports promoter, television executive
Yearsactive:	1920–1927
Spouse:	Lillian Fette (m.1939?)
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

• 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)

External links

• • • Tom Gallery at Silent Era

Notes and References

1. News: Dog Bites Actor, Giving Us Promoter . Los Angeles Times . Jim. Murray . Jim Murray (sportswriter) . November 14, 1985 . December 2, 2014.
2. News: Topping Names Gallery . The New York Times . April 11, 1944.
3. News: Pioneer Tom Gallery Dies at 94 . Glick . Shav . Los Angeles Times . August 28, 1993 . November 14, 2023.
4. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 263. .