Actor info
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Name :
Frank Thomas
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Born :
September 5, 1912 in Fresno, California, USA (92 years at death)
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Died :
September 8, 2004
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Known for :
Visual Effects
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
24 films (1942–2009)
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Also known as :
Franklin Rosborough Thomas, Franklin Thomas
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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.
Notable films
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- The Pixar Story (2007) as Self
- The Incredibles (2004) as Additional Voices (voice)
- The Iron Giant (1999) as Additional Voices (voice)
- Saludos Amigos (1942) as Frank Thomas
