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name: "Frankie Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frankie-thomas"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1921"
died: "11 May 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:33:54.887005+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Frankie Thomas

Actor. Born 9 April 1921 in New York, New York, USA. Died 11 May 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1921, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 11 May 2006
- **Active:** 1938–1941
- **Also known as:** Frankie Thomas Jr., Frank M. Thomas Jr., Frank Thomas, Frank Marion Thomas Jr.
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 65 (1), 1940s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5491081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89925

## Biography

Frankie Thomas (born Frank Marion Thomas Jr.) was an American actor who appeared in Broadway plays, films, radio and early television. He made his stage debut at the age of 11 in the 1932 Broadway production of Carry Nation and went on to perform in several further plays through the mid-1930s.

In Hollywood he played supporting roles in films including Boys Town (1938), One Foot in Heaven (1941) as Hartzell Spence, and The Major and the Minor (1942). He is best known for starring as the title character in the children's television series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, which ran from 1950 to 1955. After retiring from acting he worked as a writer and bridge instructor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, detailedpedia.com, latimes.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, as Hartzell Spence — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *Boys Town* (1938), Fi1m 65, as Freddie Fuller — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *First Love* (1954), series, Actor
- *A Woman to Remember* (1949), series, Actor
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Art
- *The Major and the Minor* (1942), as Cadet Osborne
- *Always in My Heart* (1942), as Martin Scott
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Hartzell Spence — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *Flying Cadets* (1941), as Newton R. Adams / Ames
- *Invisible Stripes* (1939), as Tommy
- *On Dress Parade* (1939), as Cadet Lt. Murphy
- *Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase* (1939), as Ted Nickerson
- *Angels Wash Their Faces* (1939), as Gabe Ryan
- *Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter* (1939), as Ted Nickerson
- *Code of the Streets* (1939), as Bob Lewis
- *Nancy Drew... Reporter* (1939), as Ted Nickerson
- *Nancy Drew… Detective* (1938), as Ted Nickerson
- *Little Tough Guys in Society* (1938), as Danny
- *Boys Town* (1938), as Freddie Fuller — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *Tim Tyler's Luck* (1937), as Tim Tyler
- *A Dog of Flanders* (1935), as Nello Daas
- *Wednesday's Child* (1934), as Bobby Phillips

## Gallery

- ![Frankie Thomas](https://film.one/media/person/1230650/gallery-3091a992049a.jpg) Frankie Thomas — Macfadden Publications, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Tom_Corbett_and_Doctor_Dale_1951.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Trailer screenshot of actor Frankie Thomas in On Dress Parade. (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/1230650/gallery-ef3f1c92cb40.jpg) Trailer screenshot of actor Frankie Thomas in On Dress Parade. (1939) — Warner Bros., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Frankie_Thomas_in_On_Dress_Parade_1939.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Frankie Thomas](https://film.one/media/person/1230650/gallery-27f56eb79dc7.jpg) Frankie Thomas — Image via TMDB
- ![Frankie Thomas](https://film.one/media/person/1230650/gallery-0282c9072096.jpg) Frankie Thomas — Image via TMDB
- ![Frankie Thomas](https://film.one/media/person/1230650/gallery-e2d274a4d7a4.jpg) Frankie Thomas — Image via TMDB

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