Frank M. Thomas
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Frank M. Thomas

Jul 12, 1889 - Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

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Frank Marion Thomas (July 13, 1889 – November 25, 1989), was an American character actor of stage, screen and television fame. He and his wife, actress Mona Bruns, both lived to 100 years old. He died the day before her 90th birthday; she died 11 years later. Their son was Frankie Thomas

Thomas' parents were Jesse and Virginia Thomas. He first appeared on Broadway in 1914. Thomas also played many supporting roles in films from the 1930s through the 1970s. His best-known films were We Who Are About To Die (1937), A Man to Remember (1938), A Shot In the Dark (1941), Desert Trail (1942), and No Place for a Lady (1943). His last screen appearance was in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976).

He performed frequently on television from the 1950s to the 1970s. He was president (Shepherd) of The Lambs (1962-63). His film appearances were so prolific at one point in his career that, in 1937 alone, he appeared in no fewer than 21 films.

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Movie1943Mountain RhythmDr. Elihu Prindle
Movie1942The Postman Didn't RingProsecutor
Movie1938This Marriage BusinessMayor Frisbee
Movie1942Reap the Wild WindDr. Jepson
Movie1942A Desperate Chance for Ellery QueenCapt. H.T. Daley
Movie1941Dangerously They LiveRalph Bryan
Movie1940Brigham YoungHubert Crum
Movie1939They Made Her a SpyCol. John Shaw
Movie1936The Ex-Mrs. BradfordMike North (uncredited)
Movie1942Sunset on the DesertJudge Alvin Kirby
Movie1939Scandal SheetDistrict Attorney
Movie1939The Mysterious Miss XDistrict Attorney Al Ross
Movie1939Society LawyerLt. Stevens
Movie1936Grand JuryJohn Taylor
Movie1937Racing LadyBradford
Movie1939The Rookie CopPolice Chief Gordon H. Lane
Movie1934Wednesday's ChildAttorney for Mr. Phillips (in some prints as Tom Franklin)
Movie1937Behind The HeadlinesNaylor
Movie1939They All Come OutSuperintendent - Chillicothe
Movie1937Criminal LawyerWilliam Walker
Movie1938Mr. Doodle Kicks OffCoach Hammond
Movie1939Burn 'Em Up O'ConnorJim Nixon
Movie1938Go Chase YourselfPolice Chief
Movie1939DisbarredDist. Atty. G.H. Blanchard
Movie1941Life with HenryJoe Nye
Movie1938Law of the UnderworldPolice Captain Gargan
Movie1940Shooting HighCalvin Pritchard
Movie1941Among the LivingSheriff
Movie1936Wanted: Jane TurnerBanks
Movie1937Meet the MissusBarney Lott
Movie1938Maid's Night Out'Mac' McCarthy
Movie1937Breakfast for TwoSam Ransome
Movie1937They Wanted to MarryDetective
Movie1938Crime RingThomas Redwine
Movie1937Forty Naughty GirlsJeff "Pops" Plummer
Movie1940Chad HannaBurke
Movie1939Saga of Death ValleyEd Tasker
Movie1938A Man to RememberJode Harkness
Movie1937Quick MoneyJim Clark
Movie1937Danger PatrolRocky Sanders
Movie1938Crashing HollywoodDetective Decker
Movie1938Everybody's Doing ItCharlie
Movie1938Night SpotHeadwaiter
Movie1937Don't Tell the WifeInsperator Mallory
Movie1936M'LissAlf Edwards
Movie1937The Man Who Found HimselfMr. Roberts
Movie1954The ShadowCommissioner Weston
Movie1937We Who Are About to DieM.L. Carter
Movie1937The Big ShotA.C. Murdock
Movie1937You Can't Buy LuckLieutenant Bond
Movie1941Arkansas JudgeAugust Huston
Movie1938Smashing the RacketsJudge Wend
Movie1937High FlyersOfficer Collins
Movie1939Secret Service of the AirDoc
Movie1936Mummy's BoysPhillip Browning
Movie1950The Sleeping CityPolice Lt. Lally (uncredited)
Movie1939Idiot's DelightBert
Movie1941Three Sons o' GunsReynolds
Movie1939Two ThoroughbredsReeves
Movie1939Bachelor MotherDoctor
Movie1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonHendricks (uncredited)
Movie1939Grand Jury SecretsBenton
Movie1941Sierra SueBanker Bromfield
Movie1940Women Without NamesPrison Warden
Movie1941The Great Man's LadyFrisbee
Movie1938Blind AlibiLarson
Movie1936Without OrdersArthur Trueman
Movie1941A Shot in the DarkKlein
Movie1940Lillian RussellOfficial
Movie1936Don't Turn 'em LooseAttorney Pierce
Movie1940MarylandDr. J. J. Bunker, Veterinarian
Movie1940City of ChancePublisher
Movie1953Horace Mann's MiracleHorace
Movie1939GeronimoPolitician
Movie1941Wyoming WildcatFrank Gannon
Movie1942Sunset SerenadeClifford Sheldon
Movie1942Wild Bill Hickok RidesTweed
Movie1942Apache TrailMaj. Lowden
Movie1937China PassageCaptain Williams
Movie1937We're on the JuryMr. Van Cobb
Movie1937The Soldier and the LadyRailroad Official (Uncredited)
Movie1940High SchoolHistory Teacher
Movie1942Obliging Young LadyBill Keenan - Editor (uncredited)
Movie1936The Big GameCoach
Movie1939$1,000 a TouchdownDr. Black (uncredited)
Movie1943No Place for a LadyWebley, club owner
Movie1938The Saint in New YorkProsecutor (Uncredited)
Movie1938Joy of LivingArthur (Uncredited)
Movie1917Nearly MarriedHarry Lindsey
Movie1936The Last OutlawDr. Charles Mason
Movie1943Hello, Frisco, HelloAuctioneer
Movie1942Eyes in the NightPolice Lieutenant (Uncredited)
Movie1940Queen of the MobDoctor
Movie1937The Outcasts of Poker FlatMr. Redford
Movie1946Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D.John Randall
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of Fame1
TV Show1949Martin Kane, Private Eye4
TV Show1948The Philco Television PlayhouseMarley's Ghost1
TV Show1950Robert Montgomery Presents1
TV Show1949Lights Out1
TV Show1949The Clock1

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