Frank Thomas
Personal Info
Know For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-09-05 (92 years old)
Deathday
2004-09-08
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Also known As
Franklin Rosborough Thomas
Franklin Thomas
Frank Thomas
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.
Acting
1942
as Self
2007
as Self
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1954
as Self
2009
as Himself (Archive Footage)
1994
as Self - Supervising Animator
2005
as Self (Archive Footage)
1996
as Self - Animator
2004
as Additional Voices (voice)
2001
as Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'
1999
as Additional Voices (voice)
1950
as Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two
1995
as Himself
2000
1959
as Self
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1970
as Screenplay
1977
as Author
1943
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1936
as Animation
1939
as Animation
1968
as Animation Director
1938
as Animation
1936
as Animation
1936
as Animation
1935
as Animation
1937
as Animation
1935
as Animation Production Assistant
1939
as Animation
1940
as Animation
1959
as Animation
1973
as Animation
1944
as Animation
1949
as Animation
1949
as Animation
1964
as Animation
1940
as Animation
1938
as Animation
1970
as Animation
1963
as Animation
1953
as Animation
1961
as Animation
1943
as Animation
1955
as Animation
1977
as Animation
1951
as Animation
1953
as Animation Director
1955
as Animation Director
1940
as Animation Director
1949
as Animation Director
1977
as Animation
1944
as Animation
1981
as Supervising Animator
1950
as Animation Director
1942
as Supervising Animator
1967
as Animation Director
1944
as Director
2004
as Thanks
1946
as Animation
1987
as Thanks
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