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name: "Tony Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-thomas"
fi1m_id: "tony-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0859597"
tmdb_id: 2708
wikidata_id: "Q3531913"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 December 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:23:07.488570+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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# Tony Thomas

## Identity

Tony Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0859597
- **TMDB ID:** 2708
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3531913
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Thomas_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3531913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2708

Producer. Born 7 December 1948 in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 December 1948, Los Angeles
- **Active:** 1985–1989
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Thomas_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3531913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2708

## Biography

Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer. Born Charles Anthony Thomas (née Jacobs) on 7 December 1948 in Hollywood, California, he is the son of entertainer Danny Thomas and the brother of actress Marlo Thomas.

He began his career as an associate producer on the television film *Brian's Song* (1971). In 1974 he co-founded Witt/Thomas Productions with Paul Junger Witt (later joined by Susan Harris), which produced numerous series including *Soap* (1977), *The Golden Girls* (1985), *Beauty and the Beast* (1987) and *Blossom* (1990). He served as producer on the feature film *Dead Poets Society* (1989), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and on other films such as *Final Analysis* (1992), *Mixed Nuts* (1994) and *Insomnia* (2002). He has also been an executive producer on *A Better Life* (2011). Thomas serves on the boards of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded by his father.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *A Better Life* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Everything's Relative* (1999), series, Producer
- *The Secret Lives of Men* (1998), series, Producer
- *Common Law* (1996), series, Producer
- *Pearl* (1996), series, Producer
- *Radiant City* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Local Heroes* (1996), series, Producer
- *Brotherly Love* (1995), series, Executive Producer
- *Minor Adjustments* (1995), series, Producer
- *Muscle* (1995), series, Producer
- *Mixed Nuts* (1994), Producer
- *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, Producer
- *Woops!* (1992), series, Producer
- *The Golden Palace* (1992), series, Executive Producer
- *Final Analysis* (1992), Producer
- *Walter & Emily* (1991), series, Producer
- *Good & Evil* (1991), series, Producer
- *Nurses* (1991), series, Producer
- *Herman's Head* (1991), series, Producer
- *Lenny* (1990), series, Producer
- *Blossom* (1990), series, Producer
- *Budd Boetticher: One on One* (1989), Actor
- *Dead Poets Society* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-poets-society.md)
- *Heartland* (1989), series, Producer
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Producer
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, Executive Producer
- *Mama's Boy* (1987), series, Producer
- *Tough Cookies* (1986), series, Producer
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *The Comedy Factory* (1985), series, Executive Producer
- *Hail to the Chief* (1985), series, Producer
- *Firstborn* (1984), Producer
- *Condo* (1983), series, Producer
- *It Takes Two* (1982), series, Producer
- *I'm a Big Girl Now* (1980), series, Producer
- *It's a Living* (1980), series, Producer
- *Trouble in High Timber Country* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Benson* (1979), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Soap* (1977), series, Executive Producer
- *Loves Me, Loves Me Not* (1977), series, Producer
- *High Risk* (1976), Associate Producer
- *Griffin and Phoenix* (1976), Producer
- *Fay* (1975), series, Producer
- *Satan's Triangle* (1975), Executive Producer
- *Home for the Holidays* (1974), Associate Producer
- *The Gun and the Pulpit* (1974), Associate Producer
- *Blood Sport* (1973), Producer
- *Snatched* (1973), Producer
- *A Cold Night's Death* (1973), Associate Producer
- *Brian's Song* (1971), Associate Producer
- *The Sheriff* (1971), Associate Producer
- *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1990: Best Picture (nominated), for *Dead Poets Society*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1993: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Final Analysis*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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