Sid Tomack
Birth Name:
Sidney Tomack
Birth Date:
September 8, 1907
Birth Place:
Brooklyn, New York
Death Date:
November 12, 1962
Place of Death:
Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California
Age:
55
Cause of Death:
Heart disease
Cemetery Name:
Desert Memorial Park
Claim to Fame:
Show Business
Sid Tomark was an American actor who appeared in over 50 mostly B-movies including A Wave, a WAC and a Marine, The Thrill of Brazil, Blind Spot, Blondie's Holiday, For the Love of Rusty, A Double Life, I Love Trouble, My Girl Tisa, Hollow Triumph, Homicide for Three, Force of Evil, Knock on Any Door, Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture, The Crime Doctor's Diary, Make Believe Ballroom, The Doctor and the Girl, Abandoned, Side Street, Love That Brute, The Fuller Brush Girl, Never Trust a Gambler, Joe Palooka in Triple Cross. And if you look closely you can spot him as the bartender in The Babe Ruth Story. In television he is best known as playing Chester A. Riley's friend and neighbor Jim Gillis in the first version of The Life of Riley (starring Jackie Gleason). He played Al, Irma Peterson's deadbeat boyfriend, in My Friend Irma. He also played Knobby Walsh, the fight manager of Joe Palooka, in the syndicated series, The Joe Palooka Story.
Fun Fact
Sid Tomack lived at 2153 N. Cerritos Avenue in Palm Springs, California at the time of his passing.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Desert Memorial Park
31-705 Da Vall Drive
Cathedral City, California, 92262
USA
North America
Map:
Map of Desert Memorial Park, in Cathedral City, California
Grave Location:
Section A-9, Plot 14Grave Location Description
As you enter the cemetery park at the A-9 tree and follow the row between the tree and the sidewalk (closest to the sidewalk). Actor Sid Tomack is the 11th marker.
Grave Location GPS
33.817153, -116.4423266Photos:
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Videos Featuring Sid Tomack:
Jackie Gleason and Sid Tomack for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer (1949)
Meet McGraw with Frank Lovejoy : "The Fighter" boxing "fix" drama
The Life Of Riley - A Day At The Beach (April 5, 1957)
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