Biography
Lowell Thomas
Acting
Lowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and documentary filmmaker, known as a world traveler. He authored more than fifty non-fiction books, mostly travel narratives and popular biographies of explorers and military men. Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, Thomas appeared regularly on radio and occasionally on television as a travel and news commentator. Until the 1950s, he was a narrator of Movietone newsreels shown in cinemas. In total, there are 53 recognize…
Career works
53
Movies
48
Series
5
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
04/06/1892
Place of birth
Woodington, Ohio, USA
Date of death
08/29/1981
Filmography highlights
Movies
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018 · 7.4
Cinerama Adventure
2002 · 7.7
Search for the Titanic
1981 · 7.0
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The Legend of Lasseter
1979
Ike
1979 · 6.8
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The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
1977 · 8.0
Yesterday's Witness
1976 · 7.0
Amelia Earhart
1976
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The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War
1975 · 6.5
Patton
1970 · 7.5
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968 · 6.3
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Red China
1964 · 10.0
Polaroid Dealer Announcement
1964
The Best of Cinerama
1963 · 5.8
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The Challenge of Ideas
1961 · 5.3
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