Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas

1949-05-20 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 66 Credits

Biography

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 Univ...

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MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill

MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art of the Kill

2021

Writer

6.5
Writing

Angie Dove gets Det. Carter's attention by stumbling on a murder at an art museum. Angie's father Nick is on his own case, trying to solve a series of...

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

2020

as Himself

6.7
Acting

Comedy guru Del Close, mentor to everyone from Bill Murray to Tina Fey, sets out to write his autobiography for D.C. Comics. As he leads us through se...

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

2015

as Himself

5.0
Acting

This documentary short tells the story of cartoonist David Boswell and his greatest creation: Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. In the late '70...

Misery Loves Comedy

Misery Loves Comedy

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

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...

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

2007

as Doug McKenzie

6.0
Acting

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas cr...

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

2007

Writer

6.0
Writing

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas cr...

Angel Wars: Grace and Glory

Angel Wars: Grace and Glory

2006

as Michael

Acting

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 underw...

Brother Bear 2

Brother Bear 2

2006

as Tuke (voice)

6.6
Acting

Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dis...

Christmas with SCTV

Christmas with SCTV

2006

Acting

Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many o...

As Seen on TV: The K-Tel Story

2006

as Narrator

Acting

Documentary about K-Tel - the "As Seen on TV!" company that was hugely successful in the 1970s and 80s.

Santa's Slay

Santa's Slay

2005

as Pastor Timmons

5.4
Acting

Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is...

Angel Wars: Blue Moon

Angel Wars: Blue Moon

2005

as Michael

6.0
Acting

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 Aristocrats

The Aristocrats

2005

as Self

5.9
Acting

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

A Beachcombers Christmas

A Beachcombers Christmas

2004

as Dave McGonigal

Acting

While Donna MacGonigal is tempted by a business offer by an old love, her father and friends decide to put on an old timers celebrity hockey game and ...

Catching Kringle

2004

Executive Producer

2.0
Producing

In the not-so-distant future of Christmas, Santa Claus is declared a national security threat by an evil general with a 50-year old grudge.

Angel Wars: About Face

Angel Wars: About Face

2004

as Michael

7.0
Acting

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 ...

Love on the Side

Love on the Side

2004

as Red

5.1
Acting

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 ...

White Coats

White Coats

2004

as Dr. Omar Olson

5.0
Acting

Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.

White Coats

White Coats

2004

Director, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.

Who's Your Daddy?

Who's Your Daddy?

2004

as Carl Hughes

4.9
Acting

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 beautif...

Beethoven's 5th

Beethoven's 5th

2003

as Freddy Kablinski

5.3
Acting

When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue t...

Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way

Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way

2003

as Tuke (voice)

8.0
Acting

Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.

Brother Bear

Brother Bear

2003

as Tuke (voice)

7.3
Acting

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable li...

Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials

Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials

2002

as The Ghost of Christmas Specials Past (Bob Hope)

5.0
Acting

Dave Foley hosts a Christmas Special to convince himself through music, friends, and counsel from the Ghosts, that Christmas retains a special meaning...

The New Beachcombers

The New Beachcombers

2002

as Dave McGonigal

Acting

John Constable and his family return to Gibsons to find a new cast of characters who will battle over the fate of the now condemned Molly's Reach and ...

Fancy Dancing

Fancy Dancing

2002

as Uncle Billy Gemmill

Acting

A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.

Uncle Gus: Not So Fast!

Uncle Gus: Not So Fast!

2001

as Flapjack

Acting

In the second Uncle Gus short, Gus enters his loyal horse, Flapjack, in a horse race to win a bet with mysterious paperboy Ali Ali.

Rat Race

Rat Race

2001

as Harold Grisham

6.3
Acting

In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group...

MVP: Most Valuable Primate

MVP: Most Valuable Primate

2000

as Willy Drucker

4.7
Acting

Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communic...

Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys

Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys

1999

as Flapjack

Acting

This cartoon follows the journey of a wily unemployed geezer and his rag-tailed bunch of friends as they travel to the zoo to reunite Uncle Gus with h...

Ambushed

Ambushed

1998

Producer

4.9
Producing

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 ...

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

1997

as Thunder-Karlsson (voice)

5.6
Acting

Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun natu...

Kidz in the Wood

Kidz in the Wood

1996

as Tom Foster

5.0
Acting

A class field trip to the Oregon Trail that results in the class and teacher getting lost.

Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

1995

as Ernie Barrett

6.7
Acting

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...

Bury Me in Niagara

Bury Me in Niagara

1993

Director, Teleplay

4.0
Directing

When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her gh...

Coneheads

Coneheads

1993

as Highmaster

5.4
Acting

A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toil...

Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

1993

as Larry

4.5
Acting

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...

Boris and Natasha

Boris and Natasha

1992

as Boris Badunov

3.9
Acting

Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning wh...

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

1991

as Chief Prairie Dog

5.4
Acting

Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brothers arrive and try to get the Indians to break the p...

Public Enemy #2

Public Enemy #2

1991

as Wynn Dalton / Dwayne Gary Steckler

Acting

Second City Television alumnus Dave Thomas stars in this hilarious spoof of "America's Most Wanted." Thomas portrays Wynn Dalton, a talentless acting ...

Andrea Martin... Together Again

Andrea Martin... Together Again

1989

6.0
Acting

Nightclub performer makes a comeback.

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

1989

as Roger Ebert

5.7
Acting

In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his ...

The Rocket Boy

The Rocket Boy

1989

as Rocket Boy

3.7
Acting

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 ha...

The Rocket Boy

The Rocket Boy

1989

Writer

3.7
Writing

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 ha...

The Experts

The Experts

1989

Director

4.4
Directing

Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don'...

The Best of SCTV

The Best of SCTV

1988

6.0
Acting

Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.

Moving

Moving

1988

as Gary Marcus

5.6
Acting

Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.

Love at Stake

Love at Stake

1987

6.1
Acting

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 wi...

The Canadian Conspiracy

The Canadian Conspiracy

1986

6.0
Acting

A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

as Professor Henry Osgood

5.5
Acting

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...

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

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...

My Man Adam

My Man Adam

1985

as Jerry Swit

6.5
Acting

A young man meets the girl of his dreams, whereupon he finds himself involved in a murder mystery.

The Steel Collar Man

The Steel Collar Man

1985

Screenplay, Creator

Writing

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 d...

Follow That Bird

Follow That Bird

1985

as Sam Sleaze

6.3
Acting

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big...

The Last Polka

The Last Polka

1985

as Narrator

3.0
Acting

A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

1985

9.0
Acting

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 Adventures of the Get Along Gang

1984

as Leland Lizard (voice)

Acting

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 C...

Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983

as Doug McKenzie

6.1
Acting

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-de...

Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983

Writer, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-de...

Stripes

Stripes

1981

as M.C.

6.6
Acting

John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.

From Cleveland

From Cleveland

1980

as Various

4.0
Acting

Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.

From Cleveland

From Cleveland

1980

Writer

4.0
Writing

Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.

Double Negative

Double Negative

1980

as Howie

3.2
Acting

Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.

Just Me and You

Just Me and You

1978

5.0
Acting

A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.

Home to Stay

Home to Stay

1978

as Petrie

2.0
Acting

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 ...

Godspell 2025

N/A

Acting

A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited ...