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Lowell Thomas (I) (1892–1981)

Actor | Writer | Producer

Lowell Thomas filmed Major T.E. Lawrence and his Arab army fighting the Ottoman Turks in the deserts of Palestine in early 1917 during WWI. It was he who coined the phrase "Lawrence of Arabia"' and with his film and the following publicity made Lawrence perhaps the greatest legend of the Twentieth Century... See full bio »

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in Woodington, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 89) in Pawling, New York, USA
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1977 Some Call It Greed
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 Amelia Earhart (TV movie)
Broadcaster
 
1961 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Host / Narrator
– Our American Heritage: Gentleman's Decision (1961) … Host
– Our American Heritage: The Secret Rebel (1961) … Host/Narrator
 
1952 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Narrator
– Next to Crash (1952) … Narrator
 
1948 Driven to Kill (short)
Narrator
 
1947 Holiday in South Africa (short)
Commentator
 
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1939 The Lion Has Wings
Narrator, US version
 
1938 Titans of the Deep
Narrator
 
1938 Five of a Kind
Movietone News Reporter (uncredited)
 
1937 America Marching On (short)
Host/Narrator
 
1935 Schlitz on Mount Washington (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1933 Inklings (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1931 The Blonde Captive
Lowell Thomas
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
1957 Search for Paradise (documentary)
 
1954/II Out of This World (documentary) (written by)
 
1946 The World Today: The Man from Missouri (documentary short)
 
1938 Titans of the Deep (story and narrative)
 
1937 Italian Libya (documentary short) (narrative)
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #39 (documentary short) (narrative)
 
1933 Mussolin Speaks! (documentary)
 
1931 The Blonde Captive (narrative)
 
1930 It's a Bird (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1956 Seven Wonders of the World (documentary) (producer)
 
1954/II Out of This World (documentary) (co-producer)
 
1952 This Is Cinerama (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1954/II Out of This World (documentary)
 
1937 Italian Libya (documentary short)
 
1919 With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1957 Search for Paradise (documentary) (lyrics: "Happy Land of Hunza", "Shalimar", "Kashmir Street Song", "Search for Paradise")
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (78 titles)
2002 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Battle at Midway (2002) … Himself (voice)
 
1993 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself - newsreel narrator
– Cary Grant: Hollywood's Leading Man (1993) … Himself - newsreel narrator (voice)
 
1979 Ike: The War Years (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1977 The Lions of Capitalism (documentary)
Narrator
 
1976 Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel (documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1975 The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1970 Patton
Himself - Movietone News Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1970 No Substitute for Victory (documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Around the World of Mike Todd (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1964 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 5 April 1964 (1964) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1964 Red China (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1964 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.17 (1964) … Himself
 
1963 Best of Cinerama (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1961 The Challenge of Ideas (documentary short)
Himself
 
1959 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Lowell Thomas (1959) … Himself
 
1957 Search for Paradise (documentary)
Narrator, Himself
 
1956 Seven Wonders of the World (documentary)
Himself
 
1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.15 (1954) … Himself
 
1954/II Out of This World (documentary)
Narrator
 
1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1952 This Is Cinerama (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1951 World's Middleweight Championship: Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Randy Turpin
Himself - Audience Member
 
1948 The Chicken of Tomorrow (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1946 Cradle of Liberty (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1946 Along the Rainbow Trail (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1946 The World Today: The Man from Missouri (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1945 Memories of Columbus (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1945 Alaskan Grandeur (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1942 United We Stand (documentary)
Himself, Narrator (voice)
 
1942 Magic Carpet No. 8: India the Golden (documentary short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1942 Magic Carpet No. 6: Heart of Mexico (documentary short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1941 Red Cross Trailer (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1941 Arctic Springtime (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1941 About Faces (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1940 Star Dust
Himself - Fox Movietone News Narrator (uncredited)
 
1939 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1939 Aghileen Pinnacles (documentary short)
Himself (orchestra conductor)
 
1937 Italian Libya (documentary short)
Commentator
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #39 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1937 Borneo (documentary)
Serious Narrator
 
1937 Killers of the Sea (documentary)
Narrator
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #43 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #42 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #41 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #40 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #38 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #37 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #36 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1937 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #35 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1936 You Can't Get Away with It (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #22 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #21 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #20 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #18 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #31 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #27 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #26 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #25 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #24 (documentary short)
Himself (narrator)
 
1936 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #23 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #12 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #11 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #10 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #9 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #8 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #17 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #16 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #15 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #14 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #13 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1934 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #4 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1934 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #3 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1934 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #2 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1934 Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #1 (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1933 Mussolin Speaks! (documentary)
Commentator
 
1931 Throne of the Gods (documentary)
Himself - Narrator: USA
 
1930 Africa Speaks! (documentary)
Himself (narrator)
 
1930 It's a Bird (short)
Himself, Lowell Thomas
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2013 Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (documentary)
Newsreel Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
2008 Journey to Palomar, America's First Journey Into Space (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Cinerama Adventure (documentary)
Himself
 

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