Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas (January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American comedian, actor and producer. He starred in the sitcom Make Room for Daddy (aka The Danny Thomas Show). He was the father of Marlo Thomas and two other children.
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| File:Danny Thomas 1957.JPG Danny Thomas in 1957 | |
| Born | Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz (later Anglicized to Amos Jacobs Kairouz) January 6, 1912 Deerfield, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1991 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Amos Jacobs |
| Years active | 1947–1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Marie Mantell Thomas
(m. 1936–1991) |
| Children | Tony Thomas Marlo Thomas Terre Thomas (b. 1942) |
Thomas also had a career in network radio. He also founded the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in 1962.
He was born in Deerfield, Michigan. He died in Los Angeles at age seventy-nine of heart failure.
Danny Thomas Media
- Danny thomas jerry dingle baby snooks 1945.JPG
Thomas as Jerry Dingle, 1945
- Danny Thomas Angela Cartwright.JPG
Danny plays house with television daughter Linda (Angela Cartwright)
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Publicity photo of Danny Thomas and Angela Cartwright from Make Room for Daddy.*Note: The file was formerly a non-free file. New information proves it to be a free use PD pre-1978 image.
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Thomas, Jack Benny, and Bob Hope in a March 1968 Jack Benny special
- Terre and Marlo Thomas That Girl 1969.JPG
Daughters Terre and Marlo Thomas on an episode of That Girl (1969).
Monument at Danny Thomas Park in Toledo, Ohio
