Frank Thomas

from Fresno, California, USA

Artwork for The IncrediblesImage of Frank Thomas

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.

Timeline

2009Aged 97

  • Poster for The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Self (archive footage)

2007Aged 95

  • Poster for The Pixar Story

    Self

2005Aged 93

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

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella

    Self (archive footage)

2004Aged 92

  • Poster for The Incredibles

    Additional Voices (voice)

  • Poster for Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

    Self

2003Aged 91

  • Poster for Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound

    Self

2002Aged 90

  • Poster for Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

    (Unknown)

2001Aged 89

  • Poster for The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp

    Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'

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

    Himself

2000Aged 88

  • Poster for The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

    Self

1999Aged 87

  • Poster for The Iron Giant

    Additional Voices (voice)

1997Aged 85

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

    Self

1996Aged 84

  • Poster for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece

    Self - Animator

1995Aged 83

  • Poster for Frank and Ollie

    Himself

1994Aged 82

  • Poster for The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born

    Self - Supervising Animator

1989Aged 77

  • Poster for It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

    Self

1987Aged 75

  • Poster for The Chipmunk Adventure

    Thanks

1981Aged 69

  • Poster for The Fox and the Hound

    Animation Director

1977Aged 65

  • Poster for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

    Animation

  • Poster for The Rescuers

    Supervising Animator

1973Aged 61

  • Poster for Robin Hood

    Animation

1970Aged 58

  • Poster for The Aristocats

    Animation

1968Aged 56

  • Poster for Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

    Animation Director

1967Aged 55

  • Poster for The Jungle Book

    Animation Director

1964Aged 52

  • Poster for Mary Poppins

    Animation

1963Aged 51

  • Poster for The Sword in the Stone

    Animation

1961Aged 49

  • Poster for One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Animation

1959Aged 47

  • Poster for Disneyland '59

    Self

  • Poster for Sleeping Beauty

    Animation

1957Aged 45

  • Poster for Tricks of Our Trade

    (Unknown)

1955Aged 43

  • Poster for Lady and the Tramp

    Animation Director

1954Aged 42

  • Poster for A Story of Dogs

    Self

1953Aged 41

  • Poster for Peter Pan

    Animation Director

1951Aged 39

  • Poster for Alice in Wonderland

    Animation

1950Aged 38

  • Poster for One Hour in Wonderland

    Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two

  • Poster for Cinderella

    Animation Director

1949Aged 37

  • Poster for The Wind in the Willows

    Animation

  • Poster for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

    Animation Director

1946Aged 34

  • Poster for In Dutch

    Animation

1944Aged 32

  • Poster for Camouflage

    Director

  • Poster for The Flying Gauchito

    Animation

  • Poster for The Three Caballeros

    Animation

1943Aged 31

  • Poster for Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

    Animation

  • Poster for Victory Vehicles

    Animation

  • Poster for The Winged Scourge

    Animation

1942Aged 30

  • Poster for Saludos Amigos

    Frank Thomas

  • Poster for Bambi

    Supervising Animator

1940Aged 28

  • Poster for Pinocchio

    Animation Director

  • Poster for Fantasia

    Animation

1939Aged 27

  • Poster for The Practical Pig

    Animation

  • Poster for The Pointer

    Animation

1938Aged 26

  • Poster for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Animation

  • Poster for Brave Little Tailor

    Animation

1937Aged 25

  • Poster for Little Hiawatha

    Animation

1936Aged 24

  • Poster for Mickey's Circus

    Animation

  • Poster for Mickey's Elephant

    Animation

  • Poster for More Kittens

    Animation

1935Aged 23

  • Poster for The Cookie Carnival

    Animation Production Assistant

  • Poster for Music Land

    Animation