Frank Thomas
September 5, 1912 (112 years old) in Fresno, California, USA
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
Credits
- 2009 ·Waking Sleeping Beautyas Himself (archive footage)
- 2009 ·The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attachedas Himself (Archive Footage)
- 2007 ·The Pixar Storyas Self
- 2005 ·From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderellaas Self (archive footage)
- 2005 ·From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Menas Self (Archive Footage)
- 2004 ·Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'as Self
- 2004 ·The Incrediblesas Additional Voices (voice)
- 2003 ·Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Houndas Self
- 2002 ·Frank and Ollie... and Mickeyas
- 2001 ·Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them Allas Himself
- 2001 ·The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scampas Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'
- 2000 ·The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Featureas Self
- 1999 ·The Iron Giantas Additional Voices (voice)
- 1996 ·The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpieceas Self - Animator
- 1995 ·Frank and Ollieas Himself
- 1994 ·The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Bornas Self - Supervising Animator
- 1989 ·It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Storyas Self
- 1959 ·Disneyland '59as Self
- 1957 ·Tricks of Our Tradeas
- 1954 ·A Story of Dogsas Self
- 1950 ·One Hour in Wonderlandas Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two
- 1942 ·Saludos Amigosas Self