Frank M. Thomas
Frank Marion Thomas was an American character actor of stage, screen and television.
Biography
Thomas's 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. In 1937 alone, he appeared in 21 films. His best-known films were We Who Are About To Die, A Man to Remember, A Shot In the Dark, Desert Trail, and No Place for a Lady. His last screen appearance was in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
He performed on television from the 1950s to the 1970s. He was president of The Lambs.
He and his wife, actress Mona Bruns, were the parents of actor Frankie Thomas. He died in 1989 at the age of 100, and is interred next to his wife, who also died at 100, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood, California.
Filmography
Nearly Married as Harry LindseyDeadline at Eleven as Jack RawsonWednesday's Child as Attorney for the Defense M'liss The Big Game The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Don't Turn 'Em Loose Mummy's Boys Grand Jury The Last Outlaw Without Orders Wanted! Jane Turner Behind the Headlines Breakfast for Two The Toast of New York Forty Naughty Girls Danger Patrol We're on the Jury The Man Who Found Himself Don't Tell the Wife We Who Are About to Die Criminal Lawyer Quick Money Racing Lady The Outcasts of Poker Flat You Can't Buy Luck They Wanted to Marry The Soldier and the Lady You Can't Beat Love High Flyers Meet the Missus The Big Shot China Passage The Renegade Ranger Maid's Night Out Night Spot Joy of Living Crashing Hollywood Vivacious Lady Blind Alibi Go Chase Yourself Everybody's Doing It Crime Ring Mr. Doodle Kicks Off Law of the Underworld The Saint in New York Smashing the Rackets This Marriage Business Bringing Up Baby A Man to Remember Strange Faces Disbarred The Rookie Cop They Made Her a Spy Saga of Death Valley Death of a Champion Society Lawyer Bachelor Mother They All Come Out Secret Service of the Air Scandal Sheet Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Hendricks The Mysterious Miss X Grand Jury Secrets $1,000 a Touchdown Burn 'Em Up O'Connor Beware Spooks! Geronimo Lillian Russell Brigham Young - Frontiersman Chad Hanna Maryland Women Without Names High School The Man from Dakota City of Chance Shooting High Queen of the Mob Among the Living Arkansas Judge Dangerously They Live Life with Henry Man at Large The Monster and the Girl A Shot in the Dark Sierra Sue Three Sons o' Guns Wyoming Wildcat Apache Trail A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen Eyes in the Night Flight Lieutenant The Great Man's Lady Henry Aldrich, Editor Obliging Young Lady The Postman Didn't Ring Reap the Wild Wind Sunset on the Desert Sunset Serenade The Talk of the Town Wild Bill Hickok Rides Flight for Freedom Hello Frisco, Hello Mountain Rhythm No Place for a Lady The Desert Song The Story of Kenneth W. Randall, M.D.