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