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.

Filmography

• 2004The Incredibles — Additional Voices (voice), Thanks
• 2002Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
• 2001The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp — Self - Veteran Animator, 'Lady and the Tramp'
• 1999The Iron Giant — Additional Voices (voice)
• 1989Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland — Story Consultant
• 1987The Chipmunk Adventure — Thanks
• 1981The Fox and the Hound — Animation Director
• 1977Halloween Hall o' Fame — Animation
• 1977The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh — Animation
• 1977The Rescuers — Story, Supervising Animator
• 1973Robin Hood — Animation
• 1970The Aristocats — Screenplay, Animation
• 1968Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day — Animation Director
• 1967The Jungle Book — Animation Director
• 1964Mary Poppins — Animation
• 1963The Sword in the Stone — Animation
• 1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians — Animation
• 1959Sleeping Beauty — Animation
• 1957Tricks of Our Trade
• 1955Lady and the Tramp — Animation, Animation Director
• 1953Peter Pan — Animation, Animation Director
• 1951Alice in Wonderland — Animation
• 1950Cinderella — Animation Director
• 1949The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad — Animation, Animation Director
• 1949The Wind in the Willows — Animation
• 1946In Dutch — Animation
• 1944Camouflage — Director
• 1944The Flying Gauchito — Animation
• 1944The Three Caballeros — Animation
• 1943Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi — Animation
• 1943The Winged Scourge — Animation
• 1943Victory Vehicles — Animation
• 1942Bambi — Supervising Animator
• 1942Saludos Amigos — Frank Thomas
• 1940Fantasia — Animation
• 1940Pinocchio — Animation, Animation Director
• 1939The Pointer — Animation
• 1939The Practical Pig — Animation
• 1938Brave Little Tailor — Animation
• 1938Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Animation
• 1937Little Hiawatha — Animation
• 1936Mickey's Circus — Animation
• 1936Mickey's Elephant — Animation
• 1936More Kittens — Animation
• 1935Music Land — Animation
• 1935The Cookie Carnival — Animation Production Assistant

Appearances as themselves (18)

• 2010Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2009The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2007The Pixar Story — Self
• 2005From Rags to Riches: The Making of Cinderella — Self (archive footage)
• 2005From Walt's Table: A Tribute to Disney's Nine Old Men — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2004Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' — Self
• 2003Passing the Baton: The Making of The Fox and the Hound — Self
• 2001Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All — Himself
• 2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature — Self
• 1997Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece — Self
• 1996The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece — Self - Animator
• 1995Frank and Ollie — Himself
• 1994The Making of Bambi: A Prince is Born — Self - Supervising Animator
• 1989It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story — Self
• 1978From Fantasia to Fantasyland — self
• 1959Disneyland '59 — Self
• 1954A Story of Dogs — Self
• 1950One Hour in Wonderland — Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two