Years active 1971–present Name Tony Thomas | Role Television producer Spouse Ann Souder (m. 2005) | |
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Full Name Charles Anthony Thomas Occupation TV/film producer/director Siblings Marlo Thomas, Terre Thomas Parents Danny Thomas, Rose Marie Mantell Thomas Grandparents Margaret Christen Kairouz, Charles Yakhoob Kairouz Movies Dead Poets Society, Final Analysis, Mixed Nuts, Firstborn, The Gun and the Pulpit Similar People | ||
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Charles Anthony "Tony" Thomas (born December 7, 1948) is an American television and film producer, who has produced the TV series The Practice (1976–1977), Nurses, Herman's Head, Soap, Blossom, Empty Nest, Benson, Beauty and the Beast, The Golden Girls, and It's a Living, as well as Dead Poets Society. Thomas got his start in Hollywood film/TV production work at Screen Gems, where he worked as an associate producer on the acclaimed television movie Brian's Song. In 1974, he teamed with producer Paul Junger Witt and wife Susan Harris to form a TV production company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), which produced numerous successful television series from the 1970s into the 1990s.
Thomas is the son of Danny Thomas and Rose Marie Cassaniti, and the younger brother of actresses Terre Thomas and Marlo Thomas. He married Ann Souder on Christmas Eve, 2005, in Montecito, California. Thomas was born in Hollywood.
Thomas serves as a member of the ALSAC/St. Jude Boards of Directors and Governors, directing the operation of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital that his father had founded.