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: 6.96
Wikidata: Q937267
Also known as
Franklin Rosborough Thomas • Franklin Thomas
Other jobs
Animation (29)Animation Director (4)Thanks (2)Animation Production Assistant (1)Director (1)Screenplay (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.
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009 Movie
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2009 Movie
7.6
The Pixar Story
as Self
2007 Movie
10.0
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
as Self (archive footage)
2005 Movie
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
as Self (Archive Footage)
2005 Movie
8.0
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Self
2004 Movie
7.7
The Incredibles
as Additional Voices (voice)
2004 Movie
6.0
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
as Self
2003 Movie
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002 Movie
9.0
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
as Himself
2001 Movie
The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp
as Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'
2001 Movie
8.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
as Self
2000 Movie
7.9
The Iron Giant
as Additional Voices (voice)
1999 Movie
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
as Self
1997 Movie
6.0
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
as Self - Animator
1996 Movie
7.5
Frank and Ollie
as Himself
1995 Movie
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
as Self - Supervising Animator
1994 Movie
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
as Self
1989 Movie
6.8
The Chipmunk Adventure
Thanks
1987 Movie
7.1
The Fox and the Hound
Animation Director
1981 Movie
From Fantasia to Fantasyland
as self
1978 Movie
6.8
The Rescuers
Animation
1977 Movie
7.2
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Animation
1977 Movie
7.3
Robin Hood
Animation
1973 Movie