Tommy Garland

Name: Tommy Garland
Alias: Tommy Leonard
Birth Name: Thomas Leonard Garland
Hometown: Culver City, California, USA
Birthplace: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Died: 2001-09-27 (Age:81)
Height: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Boxer Tommy Garland moonlighted as an actor. From 1939-1956, Garland appeared in a half-dozen movies, generally as a boxer or a referee. He is best remembered for roles in William Holden's Golden Boy, and Paul Newman's Somebody Up There Likes Me. As an amateur, Garland was the 1938 Pacific Coast Diamond Belt champion at 175 pounds.