- Cold-eyed Australian character actor known particularly for his biblical villains Pontius Pilate in Ben-Hur (1959) and King Herod in King of Kings (1961). Also played Herod in an acclaimed 1950s stage production of "Salome".
- Kirk Douglas happened to see Anthony Quayle's Aaron chop off Laurence Olivier's hand of Titus to give it to Frank Thring's Saturninus in the Stratford-on-Avon production of "Titus Andronicus" directed by Peter Brook. Actor-producer Douglas was sufficiently impressed by this to have Thring himself do the same with Tony Curtis' hand in his upcoming production of The Vikings (1958), where Enid was played by Maxine Audley who had previously played Tamora in "Titus Andronicus".
- When he and Joan Cunliffe married at the Stratford-upon-Avon parish church, Laurence Olivier gave the bride away and Vivien Leigh was matron of honour. The marriage was dissolved on the grounds of non-consummation. At the time, Thring's homosexuality would not have been public knowledge.
- His father, F.W. Thring, invented the forerunner of the clapperboard still in use today. He was also big in early theatre and film production in Australia.
- Started as a sound effects man on radio with 3XY, before becoming an actor. His first regular role on radio was as part-Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte (later made into a television serial entitled Boney (1972), starring James Laurenson).
- Formed his own stock company as actor-manager, after acquiring the Middle Park Repertory Company in Melbourne, renaming it The Arrow.
- Served just six weeks in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1945, then made his stage debut at the age of 19 in 'Henry VIII' at the Melbourne Repertory Theatre in Middle Park. First theatrical appearance in Britain at the Q Theatre in Chiswick in 1954. Became a regular player with the Union Theatre Repertory Company in Melbourne from 1959.
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