Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas

Nascimento : 1949-05-20, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

História

David "Dave" Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where he attended Dundas District high school and later, graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Thomas was granted an honorary doctorate from McMaster University November 20, 2009.

Perfil

Dave Thomas

Filmes

Mistérios de Amor: A Arte do Assassinato
Writer
Angie Dove tropeça num assassinato em um museu de arte e consegue a atenção do Detective Carter. Nick, o pai de Angie, também está no rastro de um caso, tentando resolver uma série de pequenos furtos no museu.
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Himself
This documentary short tells the story of cartoonist David Boswell and his greatest creation: Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman.
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.
A Miser Brothers' Christmas
Director
A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a sequel to the classic 1974 television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. The stop-motion animated special, produced by Warner Brothers Television Animation (owners of the post-1973 Rankin/Bass animated special library) and Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, premiered as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas on December 13, 2008. Mickey Rooney reprised his role of Santa Claus, which originally debuted in the 1970 special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, while George S. Irving reprised his role as the Heat Miser. Original music was written by William K. Anderson, with the exception of "Snow Miser/Heat Miser", which was written by Maury Laws and Jules Bass for the 1974 special. Eddie Guzelian (Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch) wrote the story and Dave Barton Thomas directed. The special was nominated for the 2008 Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production.
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Writer
In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Doug McKenzie
In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.
Angel Wars: Guardian Force - Episode 3: Grace And Glory
Michael
With his angel hostage in tow, the archangel Michael on his tail, and a symbiotic stone taking control of his body, the demon Morg flees to the underworld where he quickly establishes a new base of operations. Feeding off the demon's pride, the symbiont stone slowly transforms Morg into an all-consuming beast with the power to threaten both Heaven and Earth. Facing impossible odds, it's up to Michael and the Guardian Force to prove the old Proverb true: that pride comes before the fall. Featuring the inventive action and effects that have made Angel Wars the top-selling inspirational action-adventure cartoon, Episode 3 explores the dangers of a prideful life.
Irmão Urso 2
Tuke (voice)
A primavera chegou e Kenai acordou de sua primeira hibernação com um apetite voraz. Ele e seu irmão mais novo, Koda, estão animadíssimos para cair na floresta e saborear os melhores frutos. Durante essa jornada, Nita, uma antiga amiga de infância de Kenai, reaparece. Crescida, Nita precisa se casar seguindo as tradições de sua tribo. Mas os Grandes Espíritos tem outros planos para ela e somente Kenai poderá ajudá-la.
Christmas with SCTV
Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many others as they play Liberace, Mayor Tommy Shanks, Dusty Towne, Johnnie LaRue and a host of their famous characters!
As Seen on TV: The K-Tel Story
Narrator
Documentary about K-Tel - the "As Seen on TV!" company that was hugely successful in the 1970s and 80s.
Uma Noite de Fúria
Pastor Timmons
Uma Noite de Fúria usa o mito de Papai Noel e a noite de Natal como pano de fundo para um filme de ação e aventura de tirar o fôlego. Papai Noel sempre foi muito mau, porém perdeu uma aposta com um anjo e teve que ser bonzinho por 1.000 anos, mas agora esse prazo acabou. Agora ele quer recuperar toda a maldade perdida e corrigir sua reputação. Para isso decide atropelar a noite de Natal, deixando sua marca. As pessoas descobrem da pior maneira possível que Papai Noel existe. Esta noite de Natal não será um sonho e, sim um pesadelo. Não assista este filme na noite de Natal. Fuja! Papai Noel existe e, é mau.
Angel Wars: Guardian Force - Episode 2: Over The Moon
Michael
The sequel in the acclaimed animated series, Angel Wars Guardian Force 2, draws us deeper into the continuing saga of our heroic angels. With each of the Guardians engaged on their assignments, Morg moves quickly to his hideaway base where he prepares to unleash a devastating blow against humankind. Drawn together by providence, the Guardian Force must uncover the secrets of their old foe and stop him before the earth is changed forever. Twice the action and twice the adventure, Angel Wars Guardian Force 2 is the ultimate journey in spiritual warfare.
Os Aristocratas
Self
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Angel Wars: Guardian Force - Episode 1: About Face
Michael
Angel Wars Guardian Force is an epic, animated, supernatural adventure of angels battling fallen spirits. Eli and Kira, two junior members of the Guardian Force must grow up in a hurry when their first mission to earth takes a detour, pitting them against Morg, a deadly but long forgotten foe. In a race against time, the Guardians must uncover the source of Morg's power, defeat his crafty minions, and stop the ruin of a mortal life, all while learning to work together. Get ready for heart-stopping action and awesome adventure as the premiere episode of Angel Wars Guardian Force takes flight.
Love on the Side
Red
Small town waitress Eve Stuckley is stuck. She has spent years pining for testosterone saturate local hunk Jeff Sweeney and yearns to escape from the Hog-Chow Diner she runs. Just when Eve finally decides to pursue her man, drop dead gorgeous Linda Avery blows into town on the hottest day of the year. The heat wave is nothing in comparison with the heat that's on as Jeff and Eve's dimwitted brother Chuck decide to face off for Linda's affections. It's a priceless contest: Linda wants Eve. Eve's confidante Alma Kerns is a sex expert trained by mortician beau Red Bishop. She encourages Eve to use Linda's interest in her to win Jeff's affection but the situation becomes even more complicated when Linda advises Jeff she prefers Eve. Now determined to "save" Eve, the narcissistically injured Jeff elicits Chuck's aid but Chuck, thinking it's part of the game, refuses to believe him. Ultimately, Jeff and Linda square off over Eve's future...
Os Estagiários
Writer
Grupo de estudantes de medicina é destinado ao pior Hospital do sistema de saúde, para cumprir o período de residência. Do mais atiradinho ao mais estudioso, todos, sem exceção, vão passar por experiências pra lá de engraçadas e inusitadas, formando então, um grupo de profissionais enlouquecidos.
Os Estagiários
Dr. Omar Olson
Grupo de estudantes de medicina é destinado ao pior Hospital do sistema de saúde, para cumprir o período de residência. Do mais atiradinho ao mais estudioso, todos, sem exceção, vão passar por experiências pra lá de engraçadas e inusitadas, formando então, um grupo de profissionais enlouquecidos.
Os Estagiários
Director
Grupo de estudantes de medicina é destinado ao pior Hospital do sistema de saúde, para cumprir o período de residência. Do mais atiradinho ao mais estudioso, todos, sem exceção, vão passar por experiências pra lá de engraçadas e inusitadas, formando então, um grupo de profissionais enlouquecidos.
Who's Your Daddy?
Carl Hughes
An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautiful co-workers come to his aid.
Beethoven 5
Freddy Kablinski
Após ser "convidada a se retirar" de sua colônia de férias e como os pais em Malibu uma garota de 12 anos, Sara Newton (Daveigh Chase), vai até Quicksilver, uma pequena cidade, para ficar com Freddy Kablinski (Dave Thomas), seu tio. Sara vai com Beethoven, seu gigantesco cão São Bernardo, e crê que terá as férias mais tediosas da sua vida. Freddy tem um jeito de ser nada convencional, assim como vários moradores da cidade, mas isto não a chateia de forma nenhuma. O que vai movimentar mesmo esta fériasé Beethoven ter achado uma nota de 1920, que provavelmente foi roubada por Moe (Rodman Fendler) e Rita Selig (Tina Illman), um casal de ladrões que supostamente morreu quando o carro deles caiu no rio. Como muitos acreditam que todo o dinheiro roubado por Moe e Rita está na região, uma caça ao tesouro tem início e sai do controle quando alguns dos moradores estão dispostos a fazer qualquer coisa para achar o dinheiro.
Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
Tuke (voice)
Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.
Irmão Urso
Tuke (voice)
Em busca de vingança por seu pai ter sido morto por um urso, o índio Kenai acaba sendo amaldiçoado pelos espíritos da floresta e é transformado em um urso. Obrigado a viver sob a nova pele, ele começa a ver a realidade sob a ótica dos animais. Logo faz amizade com outro urso, Koda, mas se vê em apuros quando seu próprio irmão começa a caçá-lo.
Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials
The Ghost of Christmas Specials Past (Bob Hope)
Dave Foley hosts a Christmas Special to convince himself through music, friends, and counsel from the Ghosts, that Christmas retains a special meaning in spite of the trappings of Santa, money and gifts, and Hollywood Star Power.
Fancy Dancing
Uncle Billy Gemmill
A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Tá Todo Mundo Louco!
Harold Grisham
Um dono de cassino de Las Vegas decide organizar uma competição especial. Fichas de cassino premiadas escolherão seis pessoas para uma corrida pela América com prêmio de dois milhões de dólares. Os competidores apelam a tudo para vencer a corrida maluca.
Ambushed
Producer
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.
Pippi Meia-longa
Thunder-Karlsson (voice)
Prepare-se para se divertir valer em uma super aventura com Pippi Meia-longa. Você nunca conheceu uma garotinha tão levada como ela. Pippi Meia-Longa adora usar seus super poderes para pregar peças no pessoal da vila. Por isso, a rabugenta Sra. Prysselius resolveu colocar um fim nas brincadeiras de Pippi. Nossa amiguinha precisará contar com todos os seus poderes, além de uma ajuda muito especial. Inspirada no famoso livro de Astrid Lindgren, sua família se encantará com Pippi Meia-Longa e toda a alegria e músicas desta inesquecível aventura.
Kidz in the Wood
Tom Foster
A class field trip to the Oregon Trail that results in the class and teacher getting lost.
Picture Perfect
Ernie Barrett
Two teenagers (with single parents) join their families together in order to win the grand prize in a soda company competition by pretending to be the perfect family. The only problem is the CEO of the company must live with them for one week.
Bury Me in Niagara
Teleplay
When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her ghost appears to him at her funeral, brought back to life by a mysterious Japanese stone. Now, Martin must move her body to Niagara Falls, N.Y., within 48 hours, or she won't be allowed into heaven. To make matters worse, Japanese hit men are trying desperately to get the stone back.
Bury Me in Niagara
Director
When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her ghost appears to him at her funeral, brought back to life by a mysterious Japanese stone. Now, Martin must move her body to Niagara Falls, N.Y., within 48 hours, or she won't be allowed into heaven. To make matters worse, Japanese hit men are trying desperately to get the stone back.
Cônicos e Cômicos
Highmaster
Uma família de extraterrestres chegam na Terra afim de observar a vida humana. O casal Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) e Prymaat (Jane Curtin) e a filha Connie (Michelle Burke) possuem uma aparência bem diferente dos humanos, e precisam tentar se adaptar a vida dos terrestres. E eles ainda precisam fugir de Seedling (Michael McKean), um ambicioso homem que pretende capturá-los para ganhar fama e prestígio.
Cold Sweat
Larry
Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a blonde, who keeps appearing in his bedroom at the worst of times. His life becomes even more complicated when he becomes caught up in the schemes of two business partners, one of the partner's spouse and her boyfriend(s).
Se Falhar, Morre
Boris Badunov
The classic cartoon spies, Boris and Natasha, get their very own live-action adventure. Sent to America to find an important microchip, the usually villainous duo begin to question who they're working for and why.
Lucky Luke
Chief Prairie Dog
O destemido cavaleiro agora é xerife de uma cidadezinha do Oeste e tem que enfrentar o chefão local e seus capangas, os terríveis irmãos Dalton, para impor a lei. Isso não é problema, pois Lucky (Terence Hill) conta com a ajuda de seu intrépido parceiro Jolly Jumper, o cavalo mais inteligente do velho Oeste! Baseado no personagem dos quadrinhos, Lucky Luke é uma comédia impossível, com muita pancadaria e risos, onde no fim Terence Hill é a grande estrela.
Andrea Martin... Together Again
Nightclub performer makes a comeback.
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
Roger Ebert
In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his classic characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Lawrence Orbach and Troy Soren, and co-starring some of his colleagues from "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live."
Rocket Boy
Rocketboy
In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the hair off human heads.
Os Espertinhos
Director
Dois amigos vão trabalhar numa discoteca em pequena cidade do interior dos Estados Unidos, mas descobrem que o local serve de esconderijo para uma base soviética que treina espiões.
The Best of SCTV
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
Mudança do Barulho
Gary Marcus
Arlo Pear é um engenheiro de trânsito que mora em Nova Jersey com a esposa, a filha adolescente e dois filhos gêmeos. É despedido da empresa onde trabalha e arruma um emprego irrecusável numa cidadezinha do interior. Seu primeiro desafio é convencer sua família a se mudar. É uma tarefa dura, mas que não é nem o começo de todas as confusões que passarão até se instalarem na nova casa.
Love at Stake
Salem, 1692. The mayor and judge are accusing land owner of witchery in order to grab their land. No one knows that are handsome stranger is a real witch and has evil plans for the town.
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Writer
A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true. He is now able to travel back and forth in time.
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Professor Henry Osgood
A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true. He is now able to travel back and forth in time.
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Director
A college professor wishes he could live in Victorian England. Through a scientific experiment that goes wrong, he is able to make his dream come true. He is now able to travel back and forth in time.
My Man Adam
Jerry Swit
A young man meets the girl of his dreams, whereupon he finds himself involved in a murder mystery.
The Steel Collar Man
Creator
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people.
The Steel Collar Man
Screenplay
An android soldier and its creator are on the run from the government (which it was created for and wants to destroy it), and find help from a truck driver with whom they help people.
Onde Está o Garibaldo?
Sam Sleaze
A Vila Sésamo é uma rua pacífica e feliz. É lar das criaturas mais divertidas, incluindo Garibaldo, o enorme pássaro amarelo. Toda essa paz e alegria vai acabar para Garibaldo. Ele é despejado e começa uma longa aventura através do país para encontrar seu lugar no mundo. Quando os ex-vizinhos e amigos descobrem a ausência de Garibaldo, eles partem em uma jornada ainda mais louca para trazê-los de volta. Junte-se nesta busca por Garibaldo - e nesta grande diversão - que inclui as participações de Chevy Chase, Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Waylon Jennings entre outros. Siga o seu coração enquanto Vila Sésamo apresenta "Onde Está o Garibaldo".
The Last Polka
Narrator
A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
A made for Showtime network comedy special with numerous skits and music starring Martin Short and featuring a number of his fellow SCTV cast members. The special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many more.
The Canadian Conspiracy
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.
The Adventures of the Get Along Gang
Leland Lizard (voice)
The Gang participates in the annual scavenger hunt to win their own ice cream flavor but the stakes are made even higher when Bingo makes a bet with Catchum that if he wins, he and Leland get the Gang's clubhouse.
Cerveja Maluca
Director
Dois irmãos malucos por cerveja descobrem que um estranho cientista quer dominar o planeta com um produto alucinógeno adicionado à bebida.
Cerveja Maluca
Writer
Dois irmãos malucos por cerveja descobrem que um estranho cientista quer dominar o planeta com um produto alucinógeno adicionado à bebida.
Cerveja Maluca
Doug McKenzie
Dois irmãos malucos por cerveja descobrem que um estranho cientista quer dominar o planeta com um produto alucinógeno adicionado à bebida.
Recrutas da Pesada
M.C.
Quando John Winger perde seu apartamento, sua namorada e seu emprego, tudo em um único dia, ele faz o que qualquer norte-americano faria: Se alista no exército, levando de arrasto o amigo Russell. Eles imaginam que terão vida fácil, com casa e comida de graça, mas logo serão transformados pelo rigor da rotina militar.
From Cleveland
Writer
Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.
From Cleveland
Various
Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.
Imagem Dupla
Howie
Michael Taylor, played by Michael Sarrazin, is tormented by his sheer lack of memory concerning the night his wife was found brutally killed.
Home to Stay
Petrie
A teenage girl sets off on an odyssey from her Illinois farming community with her free-spirited but frail grandfather to thwart her uncle's plans to put him in a home for the aged.