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Learn about the life and career of Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's fast-food chain and a philanthropist for adoption and education. Find out how he started his business, why he named it after his daughter, and how he became a TV spokesperson.
Dave Thomas is a Canadian actor, comedian and writer, best known for his role as Doug McKenzie on SCTV and Strange Brew. He also appeared in films like Stripes, Coneheads and Rat Race, and voiced characters in animated shows like Bear and Brother Bear 2.
Apr 2, 2014 · Dave Thomas is best known for founding Wendy's hamburger restaurant chain. He became the company's TV spokesman in 1989.
Learn about Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers, who started the first restaurant in 1969 and established the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Discover his biography, his vision for quality food and service, and his passion for children in foster care.
Dec 14, 2001 · Wendy's restaurant founder Dave Thomas, the well-known face behind the fast-food chain, died early Tuesday after a long battle with liver cancer, the company said. He was 69.
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.
Jan 9, 2002 · Dave Thomas, an orphan who went to work in restaurants at 12 and by dint of hard work, quality control and shrewd marketing made Wendy's the third-largest hamburger chain in the world, died...
Jan 8, 2002 · Dave Thomas, the smiling pitchman whose homespun TV ads built Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers into one of the world's most successful fast-food franchises, died Tuesday of liver cancer.
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 supported adoption causes and had a trademark white shirt and red tie.
Jan 8, 2002 · America lost more than a businessman Monday night when Dave Thomas, patriarch of the fast food giant Wendy’s, died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 69. It lost...
