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Personal Info
Known For
Visual Effects
Birthday
September 5, 1912
Died
September 8, 2004
Place of Birth
Fresno, California, USA
Also Known As
- Franklin Rosborough Thomas
- Franklin Thomas
Frank Thomas
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
0.0
Himself (Archive Footage)
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009
7.6
Self
The Pixar Story
2007
10.0
Self (archive footage)
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
2005
0.0
Self (Archive Footage)
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
2005
8.0
Self
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
7.7
Additional Voices (voice)
The Incredibles
2004
6.0
Self
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
2003
0.0
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002
9.0
Himself
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
2001
Credits
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.2
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2009
0.0
The Pixar Story
as Self
2007
7.6
From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella
as Self (archive footage)
2005
10.0
From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men
as Self (Archive Footage)
2005
0.0
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Self
2004
8.0
The Incredibles
as Additional Voices (voice)
2004
7.7
Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound
as Self
2003
6.0
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002
0.0
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All
as Himself
2001
9.0
The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp
as Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'
2001
0.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
as Self
2000
8.0
The Iron Giant
as Additional Voices (voice)
1999
8.0
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
as Self
1997
0.0
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
as Self - Animator
1996
6.0
Frank and Ollie
as Himself
1995
7.4
The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born
as Self - Supervising Animator
1994
0.0
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
as Self
1989
0.0
Disneyland '59
as Self
1959
6.5
Tricks of Our Trade
1957
0.0
A Story of Dogs
as Self
1954
0.0
One Hour in Wonderland
as Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two
1950
6.8
Saludos Amigos
as Frank Thomas
1942
5.8