Dave Thomas
Also Known As: Dave 'Canadian' Thomas , David Thomas
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 University in Hamilton, Ontario. Thomas was granted an honorary doctorate from McMaster University November 20, 2009.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: May 20, 1949
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Gender: Male
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Brother Bear 2
Overview: 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 dismay.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-17
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Brother Bear
Overview: 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 life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Just Me and You
Overview: A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-22
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Beethoven's 5th
Overview: 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 to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe Selig. Now everybody wants to be the dog's best friend as his discovery unleashes a frenzy of treasure hunting among the community's cast of kooky creatures. With help from Uncle Freddie and Garrett (a friend or maybe more), Sara and Beethoven try to help uncover a secret that has been in the crazy little town for years.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-02
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From Cleveland
Overview: Bob and Ray play two late night deejays, introducing sketches performed by several members of the SCTV cast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-24
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Santa's Slay
Overview: 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 about to return to his evil ways.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Pippi Longstocking
Overview: Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun nature makes her easy to befriend, as neighbors Tommy and Annika find, but can also earn ire, especially from social worker Mrs. Prysselius.
Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-20
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Strange Brew
Overview: 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-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-26
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Rat Race
Overview: In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-17
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Follow That Bird
Overview: 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 Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-02
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Public Enemy #2
Overview: Second City Television alumnus Dave Thomas stars in this hilarious spoof of "America's Most Wanted." Thomas portrays Wynn Dalton, a talentless acting hopeful who bears an uncanny resemblance to Dwayne Gary Steckler (also played by Thomas), a psycho killer currently terrorizing the nation. When Dalton's mug lands him a role playing Steckler on a "true life" crime show, "All Points Bullitain," the real Steckler decides to take his place. Naturally, the ratings go through the roof. Mike Connors and Mary Gross costar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Aristocrats
Overview: One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
Overview: Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-28
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Love on the Side
Overview: 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 Hog-Chow Diner she runs. Just when Eve finally decides to pursue her man, drop dead gorgeous Linda Avery blows into town on the hottest day of the year. The heat wave is nothing in comparison with the heat that's on as Jeff and Eve's dimwitted brother Chuck decide to face off for Linda's affections. It's a priceless contest: Linda wants Eve. Eve's confidante Alma Kerns is a sex expert trained by mortician beau Red Bishop. She encourages Eve to use Linda's interest in her to win Jeff's affection but the situation becomes even more complicated when Linda advises Jeff she prefers Eve. Now determined to "save" Eve, the narcissistically injured Jeff elicits Chuck's aid but Chuck, thinking it's part of the game, refuses to believe him. Ultimately, Jeff and Linda square off over Eve's future...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-30
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The Last Polka
Overview: A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-15
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The Adventures of the Get Along Gang
Overview: 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 Catchum that if he wins, he and Leland get the Gang's clubhouse.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-06
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Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys
Overview: 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 his AWOL fiancée.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-11
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Uncle Gus: Not So Fast!
Overview: 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.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-23
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Cold Sweat
Overview: 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 blonde, who keeps appearing in his bedroom at the worst of times. His life becomes even more complicated when he becomes caught up in the schemes of two business partners, one of the partner's spouse and her boyfriend(s).
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-07
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Picture Perfect
Overview: 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 perfect family. The only problem is the CEO of the company must live with them for one week.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-14
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MVP: Most Valuable Primate
Overview: 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 communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-11
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The New Beachcombers
Overview: 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 Nick's old salvage business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-25
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A Beachcombers Christmas
Overview: 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 auction for charity, only to find themselves cheated by con artists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-06
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Angel Wars: Over the Moon
Overview: 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 Guardians engaged on their assignments, Morg moves quickly to his hideaway base where he prepares to unleash a devastating blow against humankind. Drawn together by providence, the Guardian Force must uncover the secrets of their old foe and stop him before the earth is changed forever. Twice the action and twice the adventure, Angel Wars Guardian Force 2 is the ultimate journey in spiritual warfare.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-30
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Angel Wars: About Face
Overview: 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 Morg, a deadly but long forgotten foe. In a race against time, the Guardians must uncover the source of Morg's power, defeat his crafty minions, and stop the ruin of a mortal life, all while learning to work together.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-26
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White Coats
Overview: Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-16
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Misery Loves Comedy
Overview: 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—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-23
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Fancy Dancing
Overview: A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Overview: In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-20
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Love at Stake
Overview: 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 witch and has evil plans for the town.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-01
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Christmas with SCTV
Overview: Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many others as they play Liberace, Mayor Tommy Shanks, Dusty Towne, Johnnie LaRue and a host of their famous characters!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Double Negative
Overview: Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-12
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I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Overview: This documentary short tells the story of cartoonist David Boswell and his greatest creation: Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. In the late '70s, David Boswell birthed Reid Fleming, a counterculture icon in the form of a comic book anti-hero. Fast forward to the '80s, Warner Brothers aimed for a Hollywood film. Today, three decades later, Reid Fleming remains stuck in a contractual quagmire. Jonathan Demme, Academy Award-Winner (The Silence of the Lambs, Stop Making Sense), narrates "I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!" This documentary blends stop-motion animation with interviews from Boswell, Hollywood cohorts, and fans, exploring the enduring allure of the indomitable Reid Fleming, the World's Toughest Milkman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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My Man Adam
Overview: A young man meets the girl of his dreams, whereupon he finds himself involved in a murder mystery.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-25
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Who's Your Daddy?
Overview: 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 beautiful co-workers come to his aid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-07
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Angel Wars: Grace and Glory
Overview: 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 underworld where he quickly establishes a new base of operations. Feeding off the demon's pride, the symbiont stone slowly transforms Morg into an all-consuming beast with the power to threaten both Heaven and Earth. Facing impossible odds, it's up to Michael and the Guardian Force to prove the old Proverb true: that pride comes before the fall. Featuring the inventive action and effects that have made Angel Wars the top-selling inspirational action-adventure cartoon, Episode 3 explores the dangers of a prideful life.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-26
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Kidz in the Wood
Overview: A class field trip to the Oregon Trail that results in the class and teacher getting lost.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-25
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The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Overview: 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. He is now able to travel back and forth in time.
Genres: History Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-09
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Boris and Natasha
Overview: Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioning who they're working for and why.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-17
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Rocket Boy
Overview: 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 hair off human heads.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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The Canadian Conspiracy
Overview: A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-08
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As Seen on TV: The K-Tel Story
Overview: Documentary about K-Tel - the "As Seen on TV!" company that was hugely successful in the 1970s and 80s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
Overview: 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 special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many more.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Home to Stay
Overview: 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 put him in a home for the aged.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-02
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Lucky Luke
Overview: 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 peace treaty and attack the town.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-04
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Moving
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-04
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The Best of SCTV
Overview: Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-05
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I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
Overview: In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his classic characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Lawrence Orbach and Troy Soren, and co-starring some of his colleagues from "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-03
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Dave Foley's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials
Overview: Dave Foley hosts a Christmas Special to convince himself through music, friends, and counsel from the Ghosts, that Christmas retains a special meaning in spite of the trappings of Santa, money and gifts, and Hollywood Star Power.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-14
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Coneheads
Overview: 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 toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Andrea Martin... Together Again
Overview: Nightclub performer makes a comeback.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-01
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Stripes
Overview: John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his job, his girlfriend and his apartment.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-26
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Godspell 2025
Overview: A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited a comedy revolution.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
Overview: 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 sewers, mental wards, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself, Close emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. He's a muse with BO and dirty needles, offering transcendence despite (or because of) the trail of wreckage behind him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-14
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