Frank M. Thomas
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known for
Credits
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Hendricks (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as Dr. Jepson
Bachelor Mother (1939)
as Doctor
Vivacious Lady (1938)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Brigham Young (1940)
as Hubert Crum
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Bert
Strange Faces (1938)
as Ward
The Sleeping City (1950)
as Police Lt. Lally (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night (1942)
as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
Geronimo (1939)
as Politician
Racing Lady (1937)
as Bradford
Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Ralph Bryan
Deadline at Eleven (1920)
as Jack Rawson
A Man to Remember (1938)
as Jode Harkness
Lillian Russell (1940)
as Official
Joy of Living (1938)
as Arthur (Uncredited)
The Saint in New York (1938)
as Prosecutor (Uncredited)
Maid's Night Out (1938)
as 'Mac' McCarthy
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Frisbee
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
as Mike North (uncredited)
Law of the Underworld (1938)
as Police Captain Gargan
Chad Hanna (1940)
as Burke
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
as Mr. Roberts
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Tweed
Society Lawyer (1939)
as Lt. Stevens
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as Bill Keenan - Editor (uncredited)
Everybody's Doing It (1938)
as Charlie
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Railroad Official (Uncredited)
Women Without Names (1940)
as Prison Warden
High Flyers (1937)
as Officer Collins
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
as Jeff "Pops" Plummer
Secret Service of the Air (1939)
as Doc
They Made Her a Spy (1939)
as Col. John Shaw
They All Come Out (1939)
as Superintendent - Chillicothe
Mummy's Boys (1936)
as Phillip Browning
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
as Judge Wend
Horace Mann's Miracle (1953)
as Horace
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as William Walker
Among the Living (1941)
as Sheriff
Queen of the Mob (1940)
as Doctor
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
as Police Chief
We're on the Jury (1937)
as Mr. Van Cobb
Without Orders (1936)
as Arthur Trueman
City of Chance (1940)
as Publisher
Apache Trail (1942)
as Maj. Lowden
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
as Detective Decker
Maryland (1940)
as Dr. J. J. Bunker, Veterinarian
Grand Jury (1936)
as John Taylor
Saga of Death Valley (1939)
as Ed Tasker
Breakfast for Two (1937)
as Sam Ransome
China Passage (1937)
as Captain Williams
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
as Auctioneer
Blind Alibi (1938)
as Larson
Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
as Attorney Pierce
Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
as Banks
This Marriage Business (1938)
as Mayor Frisbee
Sunset Serenade (1942)
as Clifford Sheldon
The Big Game (1936)
as Coach
Sunset on the Desert (1942)
as Judge Alvin Kirby
You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
as Lieutenant Bond
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as M.L. Carter
The Last Outlaw (1936)
as Dr. Charles Mason
Shooting High (1940)
as Calvin Pritchard
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
as Prosecutor
Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
as Benton
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
as Detective
A Shot in the Dark (1941)
as Klein
Night Spot (1938)
as Headwaiter
Quick Money (1937)
as Jim Clark
Crime Ring (1938)
as Thomas Redwine
The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
as District Attorney Al Ross
Life with Henry (1941)
as Joe Nye
High School (1940)
as History Teacher
Danger Patrol (1937)
as Rocky Sanders
Arkansas Judge (1941)
as August Huston
The Rookie Cop (1939)
as Police Chief Gordon H. Lane
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
as Dr. Black (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady (1943)
as Webley, club owner
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
as Mr. Redford
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
as Coach Hammond
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
as Capt. H.T. Daley
Behind The Headlines (1937)
as Naylor
Wednesday's Child (1934)
as Attorney for Mr. Phillips (in some prints as Tom Franklin)
Mountain Rhythm (1943)
as Dr. Elihu Prindle
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Reynolds
Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
as Reeves
Scandal Sheet (1939)
as District Attorney
The Shadow (1954)
as Commissioner Weston
Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
as Insperator Mallory
M'Liss (1936)
as Alf Edwards
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
as Jim Nixon
The Big Shot (1937)
as A.C. Murdock
Disbarred (1939)
as Dist. Atty. G.H. Blanchard
Sierra Sue (1941)
as Banker Bromfield
Nearly Married (1917)
as Harry Lindsey
Meet the Missus (1937)
as Barney Lott
Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
as Frank Gannon
Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D. (1946)
as John Randall