Lowell Thomas
Actor · Writer · Story · Screenplay
Born Apr 6, 1892 · Woodington, Ohio, USA
Active 1930–1981 · Awards: Peabody Awards, Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Aviation Hall of Fame, Horatio Alger Award, Golden Plate Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, James Madison Medal
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.
Filmography
Schlitz on Mount Washington (1935) — Narrator (voice)Red China (1964) — NarratorIt's a Bird (1930) — WriterDriven to Kill (1948) — NarratorMussolini Speaks (1933) — ScreenplayAmerica Marching On (1937) — Host / NarratorAbout Faces (1941) — NarratorThe Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed (1977) — NarratorIke (1979) — Narrator (voice)Along the Rainbow Trail (1946) — NarratorThis Is Cinerama (1952) — Host / Narrator · Executive ProducerThe Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975) — narratorSearch for Paradise (1957) — WriterThe Best of Cinerama (1963) — NarratorKillers of the Sea (1937) — NarratorTitans of the Deep (1938) — Narrator · StoryThe Blonde Captive (1931) — WriterThe Chicken of Tomorrow (1948)Highway Mania (1937) — NarratorHighlights and Shadows (1938) — Narrator'Round & 'Round (1938) — NarratorAuto-Lite on Parade (1940) — NarratorAmelia Earhart (1976) — BroadcasterWings over the Andes (1932) — Narrator