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Frankie Thomas is a Actor American born on 9 april 1921 at New York City (USA)
Frank Marion Thomas, Jr. (April 9, 1921 – May 11, 2006) was an American actor, author and bridge-strategy expert who played both lead and supporting roles on Broadway, in films, in post-World War II radio, and in early television. He was best known for his starring role in Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. Both his parents lived to 100 years old, however he died aged 85.
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Birth name Frank M. Thomas, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 9 april 1921 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 may 2006 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 9 april 1921 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 may 2006 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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The Major and the Minor (1942)
, 1h40Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn, Edward Fielding
Roles Cadet Osborne
Rating73%
After her client Albert Osborne (Robert Benchley) makes a pass at her, Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) quits her job as a scalp massager for the Revigorous System and decides to leave New York City and return home to Stevenson, Iowa. Upon arriving at the train station, she discovers she has only enough money to cover a child's fare, so she disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl named Su-Su. When a suspicious conductor catches her smoking, Su-Su takes refuge in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby (Ray Milland) who, believing she is a frightened child, agrees to let her stay with him until they reach his stop.
Always in My Heart (1942)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren, Frankie Thomas, Una O'Connor, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Martin Scott
Rating61%
MacKenzie Scott (Walter Huston), a brilliant musician, is falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life. While Scott languishes in prison, his long-suffering ex-wife Marjorie (Kay Francis) raises their two children to adulthood. Out of respect for Scott, whom she still loves, Marjorie never reveals to the kids that their father is in jail, insisting instead that Scott has long since died.
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
, 1h48Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart, Elisabeth Fraser, Laura Hope Crews
Roles Hartzell Spence
Rating66%
In Stratford, Ontario in 1904, William Spence (Fredric March), a medical student on the verge of becoming a doctor, receives "The Call" while passing a Methodist church one Sunday. His bride-to-be, Hope Morris (Martha Scott), accepts his decision to enter the ministry with a whole heart despite the disappointment of her prominent and affluent parents. Will "dives right in," but with no vacancies in Canada, is posted as a circuit minister to a small town in rural Iowa, beginning a life for them of frequent moves around the district, dingy parsonages, and scraping a living from poor boxes and performing weddings. Hope yearns for a decent parsonage and a sense of permanence for their children, but uncomplainingly provides them a good life and a supportive home for Will. For his part, Will understands his own nature and laughs at his own foibles, bending where he can in good conscience. He often enters situations in anger or to instruct but leaves humbled and renewed in spirit. While Will sincerely lives by and teaches by example (which includes his family) the tenets of the Methodist Discipline, he also learns from his congregations to be flexible and change with the times.
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
, 1h26Directed by Ray Enright
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Ronald Reagan, Bernard Punsly, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall
Roles Gabe Ryan
Rating60%
Gabe Ryan (Frankie Thomas) is released from reform school and it taken to a new house by his sister Joy (Ann Sheridan) to start a new life where no one knows of his past. However, Gabe immediately joins a local gang, the Beale Street Termites, where he meets up with William Kroner (Bernard Nedell), a local gangster. William accuses him of starting a fire at one of his properties, and Alfred Martino (Eduardo Ciannelli), the actual arsonist, uses this opportunity to frame Gabe for any fire. He decides to torch one of his apartment complexes so that he can collect the insurance money. Unfortunately, one of the kids, Sleepy (Bernard Punsly) is killed in the fire.
Invisible Stripes (1939)
, 1h21Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime
Themes Prison films, Gangster films
Actors George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, Flora Robson, Paul Kelly
Roles Tommy
Rating66%
Cliff Taylor (George Raft) is an ex-con who wants to go straight, but since being released from prison on parole, he finds it hard to find and hold a job due to his criminal past. Cliff's younger brother Tim (William Holden) is worried because he cannot afford to marry his girlfriend Peggy (Jane Bryan) and increasingly disillusioned about being able to make a position for himself in the world honestly. Afraid that Tim might end up leading a life of crime like himself, Cliff decides to help him find the money to settle down. He tells his family he has found a job as salesman, but in reality he gets back to ex fellow convict Charles Martin (Humphrey Bogart) and they organize a number of robberies. With the money he gets from his criminal activities, Cliff is able to buy a garage for his brother, who is now able to get married. Cliff, in the meantime, decides to quit the gang. However, after a failed robbery, Martin and his pals hide in Tim's garage. The police finds out, and Tim is taken to the police station. Cliff manages to exonerate his brother from the charges, but in exchange Tim has to identify the robbers and testify against them. Before the police can proceed to arrest Martin, Cliff meets him in his house and tells him to escape before being caught. However, Martin's pals, seeing their boss and Cliff together, understand that they are trying to escape and kill them.
, 1hDirected by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter
Roles Ted Nickerson
Rating65%
The elderly Turnbull sisters want to donate their mansion for a children's hospital. However, their father's will states that at least one of them has to stay in the house every night for twenty years before they can inherit the estate; there are two weeks left to go.
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Betty Amann
Roles Ted Nickerson
Rating64%
Nancy Drew, competing in the local newspaper's amateur reporter contest, clears a girl named Eula Denning of murder charges.
On Dress Parade (1939)
, 1h2Directed by William Clemens, Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Punsly
Roles Cadet Lt. Murphy
Rating59%
A hero of World War I, Colonel William Duncan (Don Douglas), is on his deathbed. He summons his old friend, Colonel Mitchell Reiker (John Litel) to ask him if he will care for his son Slip (Leo Gorcey) when he dies. Reiker agrees, and when Duncan passes, Slip, who does not want to leave the neighborhood he grew up in, is tricked into attending the military school that Reiker is in charge of.
Code of the Streets (1939)
, 1h12Directed by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frankie Thomas, Hal E. Chester, Harry Carey, David Gorcey, William Benedict, Rita Quigley
Roles Bob Lewis
Rating55%
Convicted on circumstantial evidence, Tommy Shay (Paul Fix), a young product of the Front Street slums, is sentenced to die for the murder of police lieutenant Carson (Monte Montague). When Denver Collins (Marc Lawrence), Tommy's only alibi, mysteriously disappears, Tommy's younger brother Danny (James McCallion) and his gang of alley kids (The Little Tough Guys) determine to find a way to save Tommy from the electric chair. Lieutenant Lewis (Harry Carrey), Tommy's arresting officer, also believes that the boy is innocent and tries to get the case reopened. For his efforts, Lewis is demoted to patrolman, prompting his son Bob (Frankie Thomas), a radio bug with an ambition to become a detective, to initiate his own investigation by which he hopes to find the real murderer and reinstate his father.
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Roger Imhof, Willie Best, John Harron
Roles Ted Nickerson
Rating65%
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Erville Alderson, Renie Riano, Roger Imhof
Roles Ted Nickerson
Rating65%
Un ami proche de la famille Drew est accusé de meurtre. Nancy Drew et son petit ami décident d'aider le père de Nancy à trouver le vrai tueur.
, 1hDirected by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Renie Riano, Vera Lewis
Roles Ted Nickerson
Rating65%
Les soeurs Turnbull désirent faire don de leur manoir à un hôpital pour les enfants, néanmoins, une clause dans le testament de leur père stipule que au moins l'une d'entre elles doit rester dans le manoir chaque nuit pendant vingt ans avant de pouvoir en hériter réellement.
Boys Town (1938)
, 1h36Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Darryl Hickman, Gene Reynolds
Roles Freddie Fuller
Rating71%
The story opens when a convicted murderer asks to make his confession on the day of his execution. The condemned man is visited by an old friend, Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) who runs a home for indigent men in Omaha, Nebraska. When the prison officials suggest that the condemned man owes the state a debt, Father Flanagan witnesses the condemned man's diatribe to prison officials and a reporter that describes his awful plight as a homeless and friendless boy who was a ward in state institutions. After the convicted man asks the officials to leave, Father Flanagan provides some comfort and wisdom. On the train back to Omaha, Father Flanagan is transformed in his humanitarian mission by revelations (echoed in the words) imparted by the condemned man's litany of hardships experienced as a child without friends or family as a ward of the state.
Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)
, 1h3Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frankie Thomas, Hal E. Chester, David Gorcey, William Benedict, Mischa Auer, Mary Boland
Roles Danny
Rating59%
Mrs. Berry, a socialite, hires a psychiatrist to care for her son Randolph. He exhibits antisocial behavior and stays bedridden all day. The doctor determines that if he was exposed to other boys of a lesser social stature he will break out of his shell and resume his place in society. They contact a place in the city and hire six underprivileged kids to come out to the country to help out. The boys who arrive are not the boys who were originally hired, but a gang of misfits who are wanted for destroying a glass factory. They quickly help Randolph overcome his antisocial behavior and assist in capturing some thieves who broke into Mrs. Berry's residence while Randolph's birthday party was taking place. The boys are then discovered to be on the run from the police, but with the assistance of a judge attending the party, they surrender and agree to return to New York and face their punishment.
Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
, 1h6Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson, Frankie Thomas, Frank Orth, Renie Riano
Roles Theodore 'Ted' Nickerson
Rating65%
Mary Eldridge promet de faire une donation à l'école de Nancy Drew, une jeune détective amateur, en souvenir de ses années dans cette même école avec la grand-mère de Nancy. Mais en rentrant chez elle, elle est kidnappée par un groupe d'hommes désirant lui prendre son argent.