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Tom Gallery

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Tom Gallery
Gallery c.1921
Born	Thomas Patrick Sarsfield Gallery (1897-11-27)November 27, 1897 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 25, 1993(1993-08-25) (aged 95) Encino, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, sports promoter, television executive
Years active	1920–1927
Spouses	ZaSu Pitts (m. 1920; div. 1933) 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 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[edit]

Ad for the film Bright Skies (1920) with Tom Gallery and ZaSu Pitts

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[edit]

^ 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.

External links[edit]

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Key figures

Tom Gallery (1952–1963)
Carl Lindemann (1963–1977)
Chet Simmons (1977–1979)
Arthur Watson (1979–1989)
Dick Ebersol (1989–2011)
Ken Schanzer (1998–2011)
Jon Miller (2011–present)

Executive producers

Scotty Connal (1970–1977)
Don Ohlmeyer (1977–1982)
Michael Weisman (1982–1989)
Terry O'Neil (1989–1993)
Tommy Roy (1993–2004)
David Neal (2005–2010)
Sam Flood (2010–present)

NBC Sports Group chairmen

Mark Lazarus (2011–present)

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