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Danny Thomas(1912-1991)

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Writer
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"The Danny Thomas Show" Danny Thomas
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Known primarily as a TV actor, he starred as a nightclub singer on the popular Make Room for Daddy (1953).

He also served TV behind the cameras partnering with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling to create such shows as Dick Van Dyke's show, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and The Mod Squad (1968).

He was also dedicated to building the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, which he founded in 1962.
BornJanuary 6, 1912
DiedFebruary 6, 1991(79)
BornJanuary 6, 1912
DiedFebruary 6, 1991(79)
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  • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 6 wins & 7 nominations total

Photos65

Danny Thomas in McCloud (1970)
Sally Kemp and Danny Thomas in McCloud (1970)
Danny Thomas in The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Frank Sinatra, Wayne Newton, and Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas
Peggy Lee and Danny Thomas in The Jazz Singer (1952)
Doris Day and Danny Thomas in I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Hedda Hopper and Danny Thomas
Doris Day and Danny Thomas in I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Doris Day and Danny Thomas in I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Doris Day and Danny Thomas in I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, and Danny Thomas

Known for:

Angela Cartwright, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson, Marjorie Lord, and Danny Thomas in Make Room for Daddy (1953)
Make Room for Daddy
7.1
TV Series
  • Danny Williams
  • Robert Browning (dream sequence)
"Make Room for Granddaddy" Sid Melton, Roosevelt Grier, Angela Cartwright, Marjorie Lord, Danny Thomas, Michael Hughes
Make Room for Granddaddy
6.7
TV Series
  • Producer
Peggy Lee and Danny Thomas in The Jazz Singer (1952)
The Jazz Singer
5.6
  • Jerry Golding
  • 1952
Marlo Thomas in That Girl (1966)
That Girl
7.2
TV Series
  • Danny Thomas
  • Priest

Credits

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Producer

  • The Unbroken Circle: A Tribute to Mother Maybelle Carter
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 1979
  • Featherstone's Nest (1979)
    Featherstone's Nest
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Starting Fresh
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews, Michael Cole, and Clarence Williams III in The Return of Mod Squad (1979)
    The Return of Mod Squad
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Samurai (1979)
    Samurai
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Three on a Date (1978)
    Three on a Date
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1978
  • Remember When (1974)
    Remember When
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1974
  • Peggy Lipton, Michael Cole, and Clarence Williams III in The Mod Squad (1968)
    The Mod Squad
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 1968–1973
  • Captain Newman, M.D.
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1972
  • Second Chance (1972)
    Second Chance
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1972
  • "Make Room for Granddaddy" Sid Melton, Roosevelt Grier, Angela Cartwright, Marjorie Lord, Danny Thomas, Michael Hughes
    Make Room for Granddaddy
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 1970–1971
  • The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
    The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1970
  • Stephen Boyd, Richard Pryor, and Billy Dee Williams in Carter's Army (1970)
    Carter's Army
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1970
  • Lee Majors and Joey Heatherton in The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
    The Ballad of Andy Crocker
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1969
  • Sammy Davis Jr. in The Pigeon (1969)
    The Pigeon
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1969

Actor

  • Dinah Manoff, Kristy McNichol, David Leisure, Richard Mulligan, and Park Overall in Empty Nest (1988)
    Empty Nest
    • Dr. Leo Brewster
    • TV Series
    • 1991
  • Gail Edwards, Ann Jillian, Marian Mercer, Wendy Schaal, Susan Sullivan, and Barrie Youngfellow in It's a Living (1980)
    It's a Living
    • Mr. Dee
    • Dr. Jacobs
    • TV Series
    • 1986–1989
  • Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, and Danny Thomas in Side by Side (1988)
    Side by Side
    • Charlie Warren
    • TV Movie
    • 1988
  • One Big Family (1986)
    One Big Family
    • Jake Hatton
    • TV Series
    • 1986–1987
  • Missy Gold, Robert Guillaume, Caroline McWilliams, James Noble, Lewis J. Stadlen, and Inga Swenson in Benson (1979)
    Benson
    • Albert Breyer
    • Charlie Rosano
    • TV Series
    • 1982–1984
  • I'm a Big Girl Now (1980)
    I'm a Big Girl Now
    • Dr. Benjamin Douglass
    • TV Series
    • 1980–1981
  • That's Life
    • 1979
  • Danny Thomas: Young & Foolish
    • TV Movie
    • 1978
  • Kojak (1973)
    Kojak
    • Asst. Chief Howard Brokaw
    • TV Series
    • 1978
  • Three on a Date (1978)
    Three on a Date
    • Man in Airport (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 1978
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    • Sean Cunningham
    • TV Series
    • 1978
  • The Practice (1976)
    The Practice
    • Dr. Jules Bedford
    • TV Series
    • 1976–1977
  • Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)
    McCloud
    • Marcus Rubin
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • The Many Faces of Comedy
    • Various Roles
    • TV Movie
    • 1973
  • Here's Lucy (1968)
    Here's Lucy
    • Danny Gallupi
    • TV Series
    • 1973

Writer

  • Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    The Andy Griffith Show
    • created by (creator, uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1960–1968
  • Four Star Revue (1950)
    Four Star Revue
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1950

Videos4

Trailer
Trailer 2:57
Trailer
The Unfinished Dance
Trailer 3:35
The Unfinished Dance
Here's Lucy: Lucy And Danny Thomas
Trailer 2:06
Here's Lucy: Lucy And Danny Thomas
Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills
Trailer 3:32
Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills

Personal details

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    • Motion Pictures Editors Guild
  • Alternative names
    • Cameo
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • January 6, 1912
    • Deerfield, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • February 6, 1991
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Rose Marie Mantell ThomasJanuary 15, 1936 - February 6, 1991 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Marlo Thomas
  • Parents
      Charles Yakhoob Kairouz
  • Other works
    (1970s) TV commercial: Norelco coffee makers
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    In the 1960s he was instrumental in developing the career of a struggling young actress named Mary Tyler Moore, by co-starring her with Dick Van Dyke in a sitcom he was developing--The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961).
  • Quotes
    Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
  • Trademarks
      His eagle beak nose
  • Nicknames
    • Muzzy
    • Jake
  • Salary
    • I'll See You in My Dreams
      (1951)
      $50 .000

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