Life Summary

Name	Francis William Thring
Born	11 May, 1926 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 December, 1994 (aged 68) Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (oesophageal)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Holt, Thomas James (stepson) Florance, Sheila Mary (work colleague)
Education *	Geelong Grammar School junior campus (Glamorgan, Melbourne) (student, 1933-1938) Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1939-1941) Taylors College (Melbourne) (student, 1942-1942)
Occupation or Descriptor *	actor (film) (1931-1932) Victoria, Australia actor (radio) (1944-1948) Victoria, Australia actor (stage) (1945-1954) Victoria, Australia airman/woman (1945-1945) Federal, Australia theatre director (1951-1953) Victoria, Australia actor (stage) (1954-1961) Overseas theatre critic (1955-1955) Victoria, Australia actor (film) (1958-1961) Overseas actor (television) (1958-1959) Overseas actor (stage) (1961-1992) Victoria, Australia actor (television) (1962-1989) Victoria, Australia actor (film) (1969-1993) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airman, 1945-1945)
Awards	King of Moomba (Melbourne) (recipient, 1982)
Legacies *	Frank Thring scholarship (NIDA) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Melbourne Theatre Company (actor, 1959-1989)
Workplaces *	Arrow Theatre (Melbourne) (actor, 1951-1953) Arrow Theatre (Melbourne) (director, 1951-1953)

* Dates are approximate

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