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