Frank Thomas

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

1935

[ ] Music Land (Animation)
[ ] The Cookie Carnival (Animation Production Assistant)

1936

[ ] More Kittens (Animation)
[ ] Mickey's Circus (Animation)
[ ] Mickey's Elephant (Animation)

1937

[ ] Little Hiawatha (Animation)

1938

[ ] Brave Little Tailor (Animation)
[ ] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Animation)

1939

[ ] The Pointer (Animation)
[ ] The Practical Pig (Animation)

1940

[ ] Pinocchio (Animation)
[ ] Fantasia (Animation)
[ ] Pinocchio (Animation Director)

1943

[ ] Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (Animation)
[ ] Victory Vehicles (Animation)
[ ] The Winged Scourge (Animation)

1944

[ ] The Flying Gauchito (Animation)
[ ] The Three Caballeros (Animation)

1946

[ ] In Dutch (Animation)

1949

[ ] The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Animation)
[ ] The Wind in the Willows (Animation)
[ ] The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Animation Director)

1950

[ ] Cinderella (Animation Director)

1951

[ ] Alice in Wonderland (Animation)

1953

[ ] Peter Pan (Animation)
[ ] Peter Pan (Animation Director)

1955

[ ] Lady and the Tramp (Animation)
[ ] Lady and the Tramp (Animation Director)

1959

[ W ] Sleeping Beauty (Animation)

1961

[ ] One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Animation)

1963

[ ] The Sword in the Stone (Animation)

1964

[ ] Mary Poppins (Animation)

1967

[ ] The Jungle Book (Animation Director)

1968

[ ] Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Animation Director)

1970

[ ] The Aristocats (Animation)

1973

[ ] Robin Hood (Animation)

1977

[ ] The Rescuers (Animation)
[ ] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animation)

1981

[ ] The Fox and the Hound (Animation Director)

Writing

1970

[ ] The Aristocats (Screenplay)

1977

[ ] The Rescuers (Story)

Crew

1942

[ ] Bambi (Supervising Animator)

1987

[ ] The Chipmunk Adventure (Thanks)

2004

[ ] The Incredibles (Thanks)

Directing

1944

[ ] Camouflage (Director)

Actor

1942

[ ] Saludos Amigos (Frank Thomas)

1950

[ ] One Hour in Wonderland (Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two)

1999

[ ] The Iron Giant (Additional Voices (voice))

2000

[ ] The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (Self)

2001

[ ] The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp (Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp')
[ ] Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (Himself)

2002

[ ] Frank and Ollie... and Mickey (????)

2003

[ ] Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound (Self)

2004

[ ] The Incredibles (Additional Voices (voice))
[ ] Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' (Self)

2005

[ ] From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men (Self (Archive Footage))
[ ] From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella (Self (archive footage))

2007

[ ] The Pixar Story (Self)

2009

[ ] Waking Sleeping Beauty (Self (archive footage))
[ ] The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (Himself (Archive Footage))

Frank Thomas

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1943

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1946

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1950

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1955

1959

1961

1963

1964

1967

1968

1970

1973

1977

1981

Writing

1970

1977

Crew

1942

1987

2004

Directing

1944

Actor

1942

1950

1954

1957

1959

1989

1994

1995

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