For his father, also known as Frank Thring, see F. W. Thring.
For the Australian explorer, see John McDouall Stuart § Associates.
Frank Thring
Thring on the set of King of Kings in 1961
Born
Francis William Thring
(1926-05-11)11 May 1926
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
29 December 1994(1994-12-29) (aged 68)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Other names
William Francis Thring IV
Occupation(s)
Actor, theatre director
Years active
1941–1993
Spouse
Joan Cunliffe (divorced)
Family
F.W. Thring (father)
Francis William Thring IV (11 May 1926 – 29 December 1994) was an Australian character actor in radio, stage, television and film; as well as a theatre director. His early career started in London in theatre productions, before he starred in Hollywood film, where he became best known for roles in Ben-Hur in 1959 and King of Kings in 1961. He was known for always wearing black and styling his home in black decor.
(1858–1920); William FrankThring, known as Francis William Thring or F. W. Thring, (1882–1936). Thring was the son of F. W. Thring and Olive (née Kreitmeyer)...
clapper as two sticks hinged together was invented by F. W. Thring (father of actor FrankThring), who later became head of Efftee Studios in Melbourne, Australia...
Turner as Aunty Entity, the ruthless, determined ruler of Bartertown. FrankThring as The Collector, who runs Bartertown's trade and exchange network. Angelo...
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Roger Ward, Rosalind Speirs, Rebecca Gilling, Sammo Hung, Grant Page and FrankThring in supporting roles. The first film to be made as an international coproduction...
sound films. Efftee was owned by FrankThring Sr., father of internationally renowned actor FrankThring Jr. FrankThring Sr. died of cancer on 1 July 1936...
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2006 film The Inquiry. His dual roles as Pilate make him, along with FrankThring, one of two actors to twice portray a character directly responsible...
bankruptcy. Following release from prison Honey and Bill Wright (a.k.a. FrankThring) were commissioned to work on the first feature-length videos for Berth...
decadence. The 1959 film Ben-Hur shows Pilate (the Australian actor, FrankThring Jr.) presiding over a chariot race, in a scene that Ann Wroe says "seemed...
representations of the passion of Jesus – most notably portrayed by FrankThring in King of Kings (1961), José Ferrer in The Greatest Story Ever Told...
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Hadrian the Seventh, which he also played in Australia, co-featuring with FrankThring. He directed the Broadway debut of Staircase featuring Eli Wallach and...
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February 1962 – 3 March 1962), which starred FrankThring in the title role and Florance as Lady Macbeth. Thring and Florance were old friends; they performed...
2013. Retrieved 11 December 2018. Fitzpatrick, Peter (2012). The Two FrankThrings. Monash University Publishing. p. 131. ISBN 9781921867248. Fitzpatrick...
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