FRANKIE THOMAS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1983 CO-SIGNED BY: FRANK M. THOMAS - HFSID 342165

FRANKIE THOMAS and FRANK M. THOMAS
The father and son actors poses together in candid 7x5 photograph, sign their names in black ink
Inscribed photograph signed: "To Clint:/ [illegible]/ Frankie/ Thomas" and "To Clint -/ All the best/ always -/ Frank M./ Thomas" in black ink. Color, 7x5. FRANKIE THOMAS (1921-2006) was a child actor on Broadway from 1932, sharing stages with actors like Jimmy Stewart and Burgess Meredith. Wednesday's Child (1934) had the longest stage part ever given to a child actor. When Wednesday's Child was filmed, Thomas went to Hollywood to star in it, with his parents playing character roles. He played many other youthful parts, including the mayor of Boys' Town (1940), before patrolling the Atlantic as a Coast Guard officer in World War II. From 1950 to 1955, Thomas starred as Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, beating out Jack Lemmon for the role. Thereafter he left acting to turn his hobbies into professions: writing books about bridge and novels featuring Sherlock Holmes. In the 1990s, Thomas was a hit at fan convention, wearing his old space cadet uniform, which still fit him. FRANK M. THOMAS (1889-1989) was an American stage, screen and television actor, best known for his film roles in westerns such as A Man to Remember (1938), A Shot in the Dark (1941), No Place for a Lady (1943) and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). His son Frankie Thomas became a famed child actor. Ink notes on verso in unknown hand. Fine condition.