Tom Gallery

American actor

ZaSu Pitts

(m. 1920; div. 1933)

Lillian Fette (m.1939?)

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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 director of sports broadcasting 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)

References

^ Murray, Jim (November 14, 1985). "Dog Bites Actor, Giving Us Promoter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
^ "Topping Names Gallery". The New York Times. April 11, 1944.
^ Glick, Shav (August 28, 1993). "Pioneer Tom Gallery Dies at 94". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.