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name: "Frank Thring"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 May 1926"
died: "29 December 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:08.149385+00:00"
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# Frank Thring

Actor. Born 11 May 1926 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 29 December 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 May 1926, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 29 December 1994
- **Also known as:** Francis William Thring IV, Frank Thring Jr.

## Biography

Frank Thring (Francis William Thring IV) was an Australian character actor and theatre director. Born in Melbourne in 1926, he began his career in radio at station 3XY before moving to stage work. He established the Arrow Theatre in Melbourne in 1951, directing and starring in numerous productions, and later performed in London, including with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company.

Thring appeared in several Hollywood epics of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He played Pontius Pilate in *Ben-Hur* (1959), Aella in *The Vikings* (1958), Al Kadir in *El Cid* (1961) and Herod Antipas in *King of Kings* (1961). Later roles included appearances in *Age of Consent* (1969), *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976) and *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985). He was the son of Australian film entrepreneur F. W. Thring.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ben-Hur* (1959), Fi1m 76, as Pontius Pilatus — [page](https://film.one/film/ben-hur.md)

## Also known for

- *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985), The Collector
- *The Vikings* (1958), Aella
- *El Cid* (1961), Al Kadir
- *King of Kings* (1961), Herod Antipas
- *The Marsupials: The Howling III* (1987), Jack Citron
- *Age of Consent* (1969), Godfrey
- *The Man from Hong Kong* (1975), Willard
- *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976), Superintendent Cobham

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