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Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas

1912–2004 · Fresno, California, USA

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Biography

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.

Visual effects 35

1960s

  1. 1968

    Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

    Animation Director

  2. 1967

    The Jungle Book

    Animation Director

    76
  3. 1964

    Mary Poppins

    Animation

    83
  4. 1963

    The Sword in the Stone

    Animation

    68
  5. 1961

    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Animation

    80

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

    Animation, Animation Director

    73

  2. The Wind in the Willows

    Animation

  3. 1946

    In Dutch

    Animation

  4. 1944

    The Flying Gauchito

    Animation

  5. The Three Caballeros

    Animation

    72
  6. 1943

    The Winged Scourge

    Animation

  7. Victory Vehicles

    Animation

  8. Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

    Animation

  9. 1940

    Fantasia

    Animation

    84

  10. Pinocchio

    Animation, Animation Director

    84

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Pointer

    Animation

  2. The Practical Pig

    Animation

  3. 1938

    Brave Little Tailor

    Animation

    73

  4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Animation

    80
  5. 1937

    Little Hiawatha

    Animation

  6. 1936

    More Kittens

    Animation

  7. Mickey's Elephant

    Animation

  8. Mickey's Circus

    Animation

  9. 1935

    Music Land

    Animation

  10. The Cookie Carnival

    Animation Production Assistant

Acted in 6

1950s

  1. 1957

    Tricks of Our Trade

    Movie

Wrote 3

Other crew 2

Directed 1

1940s

  1. 1944

    Camouflage

    Director

Appearances19

2000s

  1. 2009

    The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

    Self (Archive Footage)

  2. 2007

    The Pixar Story

    Self

    79
  3. 2005

    From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men

    Self (Archive Footage)

  4. From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

    Self (archive footage)

  5. 2004

    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

    Self

  6. 2003

    Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound

    Self

  7. 2001

    Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All

    Himself

  8. The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp

    Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'

  9. 2000

    The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

    Self

  2. 1996

    The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece

    Self - Animator

  3. 1995

    Frank and Ollie

    Himself

    79
  4. 1994

    The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born

    Self - Supervising Animator

1980s

  1. 1989

    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

    Self

1970s

  1. 1978

    From Fantasia to Fantasyland

    self

1950s

  1. 1959

    Disneyland '59

    Self

  2. 1954

    A Story of Dogs

    Self

  3. 1950

    One Hour in Wonderland

    Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two

Thanked in the credits2