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Frank Thomas (animator)
American animator and writer (1912–2004)
This article is about the Disney animator. For other people named Frank Thomas, see Frank Thomas.
Franklin Rosborough Thomas (September 5, 1912 – September 8, 2004) was an American animator and pianist.
He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.
Biography
Thomas was born on September 5, 1912, in Santa Monica, California, to Frank Thomas, a teacher,[1] and Ina Gregg.[2] He had two older brothers, Lawrence and Welburne.[3] He grew up in Fresno.[4] 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 in 1933,[5] 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