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Canadian comedian and actorDavid William Thomas CM (born May 20, 1948) is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer, known for being one half of the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two nominations, and in the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also co-directed.
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- McMaster University (B.A., English literature)
- 1974–present
- Ian Thomas (brother)
Dave Thomas is best known for co-creating and starring in SCTV, a comedy series with Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, and others. He also wrote and directed Strange Brew, The Experts, and Bears, and voiced animated shows like The Simpsons and Duckman.
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Dave Thomas (1932-2002) was an actor who starred in many TV commercials for Wendy's, the fast-food chain he founded in 1969. He was also a philanthropist who created the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
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- Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
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- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Dave Thomas was a successful businessman and actor, best known for founding Wendy's and appearing in its commercials. He was born in 1932, adopted as an infant, and died of liver cancer in 2002.
- July 2, 1932
- January 8, 2002
Jan 1, 2012 · Dave Thomas is a founding partner and co-owner of Animax Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based, Emmy Award-winning digital animation studio producing animated shows as well as corporate broadband and television advertising animation. In 2002, as a member of the cast of SCTV, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
Dave Thomas / ACTOR / COMEDIAN / WRITER / PRODUCER / DIRECTOR. Dave Thomas and Road to Perdition creator Max Allan Collins have co-written an exciting, innovative thriller: THE MANY LIVES OF JIMMY LEIGHTON, in which smalltime Boston thief Jimmy Leighton stumbles into a perilous quantum experiment – and a bullet – propelling him down the multiple paths his life might have taken.
Dave Thomas was a Canadian comedian, actor and writer who starred in SCTV and wrote scripts for movies like Spies Like Us. See his filmography and photos from his roles in Beethoven's Fifth, Boris and Natasha, Coneheads and more.
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