Spanish on his father's (Sabino Tomás Gómez) side (Gibraltar and Santander, Spain) and French-Irish on his mother's side (Alsace and County Cork), Gomez's parents migrated to
New York City shortly before his birth in 1905 as Sabino Tomás Gómez (or Sabino Tomas Gomez or Thomas Sabino Gomez). He began his acting career in
theater in 1923, studying under actor
Walter Hampden in a production of
Cyrano de Bergerac in
Syracuse, New York. He was interred in the
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in
Los Angeles. ==Filmography==