- Acting films
- 38
- Acting avg
- 6.65
- Peak run
- 1938’42
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Frank by the numbers
Average
6.65
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.77
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.62
rating spread
Career
15y
1936 to 1950
Total votes
1.85K
across every film
Best
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Worst
6.1
Among the Living
Newest first
Filmography
| 1950 |  The Sleeping City | Police Lt. Lally (uncredited) | · | 20 |
| 1943 |  Hello, Frisco, Hello | Auctioneer | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1942 |  Eyes in the Night | Police Lieutenant (Uncredited) | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1942 | Apache Trail | Maj. Lowden | · | 7 |
| 1942 |  Reap the Wild Wind | Dr. Jepson | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady | Bill Keenan - Editor (uncredited) | · | 3 |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Frisbee | · | 12 |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live | Ralph Bryan | · | 11 |
| 1941 |  Among the Living | Sheriff | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1941 | A Shot in the Dark | Klein | · | 7 |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Burke | · | 4 |
| 1940 |  Brigham Young | Hubert Crum | · | 17 |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Official | · | 13 |
| 1939 |  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Hendricks (uncredited) | 7.8 | 1,239 |
| 1939 | They All Come Out | Superintendent - Chillicothe | · | 8 |
| 1939 |  Bachelor Mother | Doctor | 7.2 | 82 |
| 1939 | Society Lawyer | Lt. Stevens | · | 11 |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Doc | · | 6 |
| 1939 |  Idiot's Delight | Bert | · | 17 |
| 1938 | A Man to Remember | Jode Harkness | · | 7 |
Better together?
Frank M. Thomas's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Christy Cabanne and Frank M. Thomas movies
Takes