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Tommy Franks

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Tommy Franks
Logline: 'The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.' ~Harry S. Truman The United States emerged from World War II with its industrial base still intact and the only nation with the atomic bomb. It was without question the most
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Superpower (2008)
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Tommy Franks was born on 17 June 1945 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, USA.
BornJune 17, 1945
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    • Known for

    How to Sell A War: The George W. Bush Story (2025)
    How to Sell A War: The George W. Bush Story
    5.7
    • Self
    • 2025
    CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (2001)
    CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
    5.5
    TV Series
    • Self - Interviewee
    • Self - General
    60 Minutes (1968)
    60 Minutes
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Self - General
    The Presidents: Bush Jr (2024)
    The Presidents: Bush Jr
    7.5
    • Self
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Self

    • How to Sell A War: The George W. Bush Story (2025)
      How to Sell A War: The George W. Bush Story
      5.7
      • Self
      • 2025
    • The Presidents: Bush Jr (2024)
      The Presidents: Bush Jr
      7.5
      • Self
      • 2024
    • America: The Story of the US (2010)
      America: The Story of the US
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Self
      • 2010
    • Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt, and Lawrence Jones in Fox and Friends (1998)
      Fox and Friends
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2005
    • Paula Zahn in Paula Zahn Now (2003)
      Paula Zahn Now
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2004
    • Sylvia Chase, Michel Martin, Michele Mitchell, Bill Moyers, Christopher Shays, David Brancaccio, Peter Singer, Robert W. McChesney, Christine Todd Whitman, Kevin Phillips, Tom DeLay, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Piot, Peter Mugyenyi, Maria Hinojosa, Janice Crouse, Linda Uvari, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in Now on PBS (2002)
      Now on PBS
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Self - General (segment "The Politics of War", as Retired General Tommy Franks)
      • 2004
    • David Letterman in Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
      Late Show with David Letterman
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2003–2004
    • Barbara Walters in The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1976)
      The Barbara Walters Summer Special
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2003
    • CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip (2001)
      CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Self - Interviewee
      • Self - General
      • 2003
    • 60 Minutes (1968)
      60 Minutes
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Self - General (segment "Finding Saddam")
      • 2003
    • Primetime (1989)
      Primetime
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Self - General (segment "War with Iraq")
      • 2003
    • Jon Macks in National Memorial Day Concert (2021)
      National Memorial Day Concert
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Self - Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Central Command and Chief of the Allied Forces in Afghanistan (as General Tommy Franks)
      • 2002

    Archive Footage

    • GDF (2022)
      GDF
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2023
    • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021)
      Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Self - Former Commander of U.S. Central Command (archive footage, as Gen. Tommy Franks)
      • 2021
    • Babylon USA (2017)
      Babylon USA
      6.0
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2017
    • Superpower (2008)
      Superpower
      7.0
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2008
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2008
    • Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
      Taxi to the Dark Side
      7.4
      • Self - General (archive footage)
      • 2007
    • Knowledge Is for Acting Upon: The Manhattan Raid
      4.4
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2006
    • Independent Intervention
      6.7
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2006
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2005
    • Battle Plan Under Fire (2004)
      Battle Plan Under Fire
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Self - US Central Command (archive footage)
      • 2004
    • Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
      Fahrenheit 9/11
      7.5
      • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
      • 2004
    • 60 Minutes (1968)
      60 Minutes
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Self - General (archive footage)
      • 2003–2004
    • David Speers in Insiders (2001)
      Insiders
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2003
    • The 7.30 Report (1986)
      The 7.30 Report
      3.1
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2003
    • 10vor10 (1990)
      10vor10
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2001

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    Personal details

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      • Gen. Tommy Franks
    • Born
      • June 17, 1945
      • Wynnewood, Oklahoma, USA
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      • 2 Portrayals

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      Two movies he says make him cry: Old Yeller and The Bridges of Madison County

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