

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.
1981
Animation Director
1977
Animation
1977
1973
Animation
1970
Animation
1968
Animation Director
1967
Animation Director
1964
Animation
1963
Animation
1961
Animation
1959
Animation
1955
Animation Director
1955
Animation
1953
Animation Director
1953
Animation
1951
Animation
1950
Animation Director
1949
Animation Director
1949
1949
Animation
1946
Animation
1944
Animation
1943
Animation
1943
1940
Animation
1940
Animation
1940
Animation Director
1939
Animation
1939
Animation
1938
Animation
1938
Animation
1937
Animation
1936
Animation
1936
Animation
1936
Animation
1935
Animation
1935
Animation Production Assistant
2009
Self (archive footage)
2007
Self
2004
2004
Additional Voices (voice)
2001
1999
Additional Voices (voice)
1997
1995
Himself
1950
Self - Firehouse Five Plus Two
1942
Frank Thomas
2004
Thanks
1987
Thanks
1981
Supervising Animator
1942
Supervising Animator
Franklin Rosborough Thomas
Franklin Thomas