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.

Фільмографія

• 2004Суперсімейка — 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'
• 1999Залізний велетень — Additional Voices (voice)
• 1989Маленький Немо: Пригоди в Країні Сну — Story Consultant
• 1987The Chipmunk Adventure — Thanks
• 1981Лис і пес — Animation Director
• 1977Halloween Hall o' Fame — Animation
• 1977Пригоди Вінні Пуха — Animation
• 1977Рятувальники — Story, Supervising Animator
• 1973Робін Гуд — Animation
• 1970Коти-аристократи — Screenplay, Animation
• 1968Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day — Animation Director
• 1967Книга джунглів — Animation Director
• 1964Мері Поппінс — Animation
• 1963Меч у камені — Animation
• 1961101 далматинець — Animation
• 1959Спляча красуня — Animation
• 1957Tricks of Our Trade
• 1955Леді та Блудько — Animation, Animation Director
• 1953Пітер Пен — Animation, Animation Director
• 1951Аліса в Країні чудес — Animation
• 1950Попелюшка — Animation Director
• 1949The Wind in the Willows — Animation
• 1949Пригоди Ікабода і містера Скрека — Animation, Animation Director
• 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
• 1942Saludos Amigos — Frank Thomas
• 1942Бембі — Supervising Animator
• 1940Піноккіо — Animation, Animation Director
• 1940Фантазія — Animation
• 1939The Pointer — Animation
• 1939The Practical Pig — Animation
• 1938Brave Little Tailor — Animation
• 1938Білосніжка та семеро гномів — Animation
• 1937Little Hiawatha — Animation
• 1936Mickey's Circus — Animation
• 1936Mickey's Elephant — Animation
• 1936More Kittens — Animation
• 1935Music Land — Animation
• 1935The Cookie Carnival — Animation Production Assistant

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (18)

• 2010Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2009The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2007Історія Pixar — 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