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