Frank Thring

Frank William Thring was an Australian character actor.

Thring was born in Melbourne, the son of Frank Thring Snr. and Olive , and was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School. His father was the head of the theatrical firm J. C. Williamsons in the 1920s, and subsequently Efftee Studios in the 1930s, in Melbourne, Australia. He has been anachronistically claimed to have been the inventor of the clapperboard. Thring Sr. was also a noted film producer , and partner in the nationwide Australian theatre circuit Hoyts. Thring Sr. died in July 1936 at the age of 52, when Frank Jnr wasyears old. Frank said his earliest memory is of his mother standing on a stepladder in the foyer of the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, and arranging gladioli in the vases attached to the pillars.

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