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Lowell Thomas(1892-1981)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Director
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Lowell Thomas
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.

Lawrence and the Arabs were betrayed by European imperial politics of the day, the consequences of which we still endure to this day at great expense and continuing unspeakable human suffering in the Middle East. Lowell Thomas was there to film the beginning and the middle. But not the end.
BornApril 6, 1892
DiedAugust 29, 1981(89)
BornApril 6, 1892
DiedAugust 29, 1981(89)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins

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Lowell Thomas in Five of a Kind (1938)
Lowell Thomas in Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #3 (1934)
Lowell Thomas in The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Lew Lehr, Truman H. Talley, and Lowell Thomas in Italian Libya (1937)

Known for:

The Blonde Captive (1931)
The Blonde Captive
4.3
  • Lowell Thomas
  • 1931
With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia
7.1
  • Director
  • 1919
Titans of the Deep (1938)
Titans of the Deep
3.1
  • Narrator
  • 1938
Out of This World
6.7
  • Writer
  • 1954

Credits

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Actor

  • Susan Clark in Amelia Earhart (1976)
    Amelia Earhart
    • Broadcaster
    • TV Movie
    • 1976
  • Adventure Unlimited
    • TV Series
    • 1965
  • John Forsythe, Larry Blyden, and Barbara Rush in Sunday Showcase (1959)
    Sunday Showcase
    • Host
    • Narrator
    • TV Series
    • 1961
  • Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1956
  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    • Narrator
    • TV Series
    • 1952
  • Driven to Kill
    • Narrator
    • Short
    • 1948
  • Holiday in South Africa
    • Commentator
    • Short
    • 1947
  • Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, and John Payne in To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
    To the Shores of Tripoli
    • Opening Narrator (voice, uncredited)
    • 1942
  • I'll Tell the World
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1939
  • Titans of the Deep (1938)
    Titans of the Deep
    • Narrator
    • 1938
  • Five of a Kind (1938)
    Five of a Kind
    • Movietone News Reporter (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #60
    • Narrator
    • Short
    • 1938
  • George Sanders, Dolores del Rio, Dick Baldwin, and June Lang in International Settlement (1938)
    International Settlement
    • Narrator (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • America Marching On
    • Host
    • Narrator
    • Short
    • 1937
  • Schlitz on Mount Washington
    • Narrator (voice)
    • Short
    • 1935

Writer

  • Search for Paradise (1957)
    Search for Paradise
    • Writer
    • 1957
  • Remastered Version Movie Poster
    Seven Wonders of the World
    • based on an idea by
    • 1956
  • Out of This World
    • written by
    • 1954
  • The World Today: The Man from Missouri
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1946
  • Lowell Thomas
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1940
  • Titans of the Deep (1938)
    Titans of the Deep
    • story and narrative
    • 1938
  • Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #60
    • script
    • Short
    • 1938
  • Lew Lehr, Truman H. Talley, and Lowell Thomas in Italian Libya (1937)
    Italian Libya
    • narrative
    • Short
    • 1937
  • Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #39
    • narrative
    • Short
    • 1937
  • Killers of the Sea (1937)
    Killers of the Sea
    • dialogue
    • 1937
  • Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #5
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1934
  • Benito Mussolini in Mussolini Speaks (1933)
    Mussolini Speaks
    • Writer
    • 1933
  • The Blonde Captive (1931)
    The Blonde Captive
    • narrative
    • 1931
  • It's a Bird (1930)
    It's a Bird
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1930

Director

  • High Adventure with Lowell Thomas
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1957
  • Out of This World
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Lew Lehr, Truman H. Talley, and Lowell Thomas in Italian Libya (1937)
    Italian Libya
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1937
  • With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia
    • Director
    • 1919

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jock Chambers
  • Born
    • April 6, 1892
    • Woodington, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • August 29, 1981
    • Pawling, New York, USA(heart attack)
  • Other works
    Biography: "Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of Smedley D. Butler".
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Portrayals

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    As a boy, his Sunday school teacher was future actress and 1920's nightclub queen Texas Guinan.
  • Quotes
    I have four offices, and I try to stay away from all of them as much as I can.

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