Fred Thomson 1890 – 1928

Biography

Fred Thomson was born on February 26, 1890, in Pasadena, California, during the early years of American cinema. He would go on to become an accomplished actor during the silent film era, a period of remarkable innovation and growth in the entertainment industry. Though his life was marked by professional achievement, it would be tragically brief.

Thomson’s career in entertainment spanned the formative decades of Hollywood, a time when motion pictures were still a relatively new medium capturing the imagination of audiences across America. He worked in the burgeoning film industry during its most dynamic years of development and artistic experimentation.

On Christmas Day, December 25, 1928, Thomson’s life was cut short by tetanus at the age of thirty-eight in Los Angeles. His death marked the end of a promising career in an industry that was itself still in its infancy. He was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, where he remains among the notable figures of Hollywood’s earliest era.