Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Frank Thomas
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 62Series: 0Crew credits: 39
TMDB ID: 63646
IMDb ID: nm0858826
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: September 5, 1912
Died: September 8, 2004
Age: 92
Place of birth: Fresno, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 2009
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q937267
Also known as
Franklin Rosborough Thomas • Franklin Thomas
Other jobs
Animation (28)Animation Director (4)Thanks (2)Animation Production Assistant (1)Director (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Supervising Animator (1)
Biography
Born in Fresno, California, Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanford, he attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934 as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and also was a member of the Dixieland band Firehouse Five Plus Two, playing the piano.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frank Thomas.
as Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 • Movie
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009 • Movie
as Self
The Pixar Story
2007 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005 • Movie
as Self (Archive Footage)
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
2005 • Movie
as Self
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004 • Movie
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Incredibles
2004 • Movie
as Self
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
2003 • Movie
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002 • Movie
as Himself
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001 • Movie
as Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'
The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp
2001 • Movie
as Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 • Movie
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Iron Giant
1999 • Movie
as Self
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997 • Movie
as Self - Animator
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
1996 • Movie
as Himself
Frank and Ollie
1995 • Movie
as Self - Supervising Animator
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
1994 • Movie
as Self
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989 • Movie
Thanks
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987 • Movie
Animation Director
The Fox and the Hound
1981 • Movie
as self
From Fantasia to Fantasyland
1978 • Movie
Story
The Rescuers
1977 • Movie
Animation
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 • Movie
Animation
Robin Hood
1973 • Movie