Tom Pollard (28 April 1857 – 30 August 1922) was a New Zealand comic opera producer and manager.He was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia in 1857 as Tom O'Sullivan. Pollard was his wife's name which he adopted because her family was well-known in opera and he joined the family opera company when it was formed in 1881. When the eldest son of the family died in 1884 Tom was taken into partnership of the company by his father-in-law J.J. Pollard and they made several successful tours to New Zealand.[