
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)

Vivacious Lady (1938)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as Dr. Jepson

The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
as Mr. Roberts

Eyes in the Night (1942)
as Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as M.L. Carter

Brigham Young (1940)
as Hubert Crum

The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Railroad Official (Uncredited)

The Saint in New York (1938)
as Prosecutor (Uncredited)

They All Come Out (1939)
as Superintendent - Chillicothe

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
as Mike North (uncredited)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)
as Doc

Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Bert

Maid's Night Out (1938)
as 'Mac' McCarthy

They Made Her a Spy (1939)
as Col. John Shaw

A Man to Remember (1938)
as Jode Harkness

Strange Faces (1938)
as Ward

Bachelor Mother (1939)
as Doctor

The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
as Prosecutor

A Shot in the Dark (1941)
as Klein

$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
as Dr. Black (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Tweed

Law of the Underworld (1938)
as Police Captain Gargan

Queen of the Mob (1940)
as Doctor

The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Frisbee

Breakfast for Two (1937)
as Sam Ransome

Everybody's Doing It (1938)
as Charlie

The Sleeping City (1950)
as Police Lt. Lally (uncredited)

Without Orders (1936)
as Arthur Trueman

Maryland (1940)
as Dr. J. J. Bunker, Veterinarian

Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as Bill Keenan - Editor (uncredited)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
as Mr. Redford

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
as Insperator Mallory

Apache Trail (1942)
as Maj. Lowden

Sunset on the Desert (1942)
as Judge Alvin Kirby

Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Reynolds
Horace Mann's Miracle (1953)
as Horace

Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
as Attorney Pierce

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
as District Attorney Al Ross

Saga of Death Valley (1939)
as Ed Tasker

Criminal Lawyer (1937)
as William Walker

No Place for a Lady (1943)
as Webley, club owner

Chad Hanna (1940)
as Burke

Joy of Living (1938)
as Arthur (Uncredited)

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)
as Coach Hammond

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
as Capt. H.T. Daley

Lillian Russell (1940)
as Official

Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
as Banks

We're on the Jury (1937)
as Mr. Van Cobb

They Wanted to Marry (1937)
as Detective

You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
as Lieutenant Bond

Among the Living (1941)
as Sheriff

Mummy's Boys (1936)
as Phillip Browning

Deadline at Eleven (1920)
as Jack Rawson

Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Ralph Bryan

Smashing the Rackets (1938)
as Judge Wend

Society Lawyer (1939)
as Lt. Stevens

Shooting High (1940)
as Calvin Pritchard

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
as Jim Nixon

Wednesday's Child (1934)
as Attorney for Mr. Phillips (in some prints as Tom Franklin)

Go Chase Yourself (1938)
as Police Chief

Blind Alibi (1938)
as Larson

Racing Lady (1937)
as Bradford

Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
as Jeff "Pops" Plummer

Crime Ring (1938)
as Thomas Redwine

The Rookie Cop (1939)
as Police Chief Gordon H. Lane

High School (1940)
as History Teacher

China Passage (1937)
as Captain Williams

This Marriage Business (1938)
as Mayor Frisbee

City of Chance (1940)
as Publisher

The Big Game (1936)
as Coach

Scandal Sheet (1939)
as District Attorney

Night Spot (1938)
as Headwaiter

Life with Henry (1941)
as Joe Nye

Geronimo (1939)
as Politician

Crashing Hollywood (1938)
as Detective Decker

The Big Shot (1937)
as A.C. Murdock

Grand Jury (1936)
as John Taylor

Arkansas Judge (1941)
as August Huston

Disbarred (1939)
as Dist. Atty. G.H. Blanchard

High Flyers (1937)
as Officer Collins

Behind The Headlines (1937)
as Naylor

Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D. (1946)
as John Randall

Danger Patrol (1937)
as Rocky Sanders

M'Liss (1936)
as Alf Edwards

Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
as Reeves

Women Without Names (1940)
as Prison Warden

The Last Outlaw (1936)
as Dr. Charles Mason

The Shadow (1954)
as Commissioner Weston

Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
as Frank Gannon

Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
as Auctioneer

Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
as Benton

Sierra Sue (1941)
as Banker Bromfield

Sunset Serenade (1942)
as Clifford Sheldon

Nearly Married (1917)
as Harry Lindsey

Mountain Rhythm (1943)
as Dr. Elihu Prindle

Meet the Missus (1937)
as Barney Lott

Quick Money (1937)
as Jim Clark





