---
name: "Jimmy Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jimmy-thompson"
fi1m_id: "jimmy-thompson"
imdb_id: "nm0860302"
tmdb_id: 1324198
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 December 1923"
died: "13 August 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:41:24.474669+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."
---

# Jimmy Thompson

## Identity

Jimmy Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jimmy-thompson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jimmy-thompson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0860302
- **TMDB ID:** 1324198
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1324198

Actor. Born 9 December 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Died 13 August 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 December 1923, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 13 August 1962
- **Also known as:** James Edward Thompson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1324198

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Forbidden Planet*](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md) (81)

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## Biography

Jimmy Thompson was an American actor and dancer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and began working as a freelance performer before serving in the US Army from 1943 to 1945.

After his military service, Thompson appeared in numerous MGM musicals, often in uncredited chorus or supporting roles. He is credited as the Beautiful Girl Singer in *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Charlie Chisholm Dalrymple in *Brigadoon* (1954) — a last-minute replacement — and Crewman Youngerford in *Forbidden Planet* (1956). He also appeared in *Summer Stock* (1950) and *White Christmas* (1954).

His film career was largely confined to the late 1940s and 1950s. He died on 13 August 1962.

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Fi1m 81, as Crewman Youngerford — [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Ronny Gamble
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), as Crewman Youngerford — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *Brigadoon* (1954), as Charlie Chisholm Dalrymple
- *Red Garters* (1954), as Dancing Townsman (uncredited)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), as Beautiful Girl Singer (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *Summer Stock* (1950), as Stock Company Member (uncredited)

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