
Frank Thring
Actor · 1926 – 1994 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Frank Thring (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 the son of Australian film director, producer and exhibitor Francis William Thring III.
Movies17
Movie6.2ActionAdventureMad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 · 3.4K votes
Movie7.9HistoryDramaIn ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.
Ben-Hur
1959 · 3.3K votes
Movie7.0AdventureHistoryEinar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
The Vikings
1958 · 385 votes
Movie6.8ActionDramaEpic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
El Cid
1961 · 312 votes
Movie6.6ActionCrimeAustralian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
The Man from Hong Kong
1975 · 61 votes
Movie7.1DramaHistoryWho is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
King of Kings
1961 · 245 votes
Movie4.5HorrorA strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?
The Marsupials: The Howling III
1987 · 155 votes
Movie5.9DramaComedyAn elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
Age of Consent
1969 · 86 votes
Movie5.9ActionCrimeThe true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
Mad Dog Morgan
1976 · 50 votes
Movie4.8DramaActionUnable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.
Ned Kelly
1970 · 28 votes
Movie2.8DramaHistoryBased on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to possess their voices. Despite the defense lawyer's concerns that the killer is not fit to stand trial, the US military presses forward with the case and its desire to have the killer executed in order to strengthen the shaky alliance.
Death of a Soldier
1986 · 6 votes
Movie6.3DocumentaryFollows the cast and crew of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome filming in the heat and dust of central Australia.
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'
1985 · 3 votes
Movie4.5DramaMark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy Sir John Loring, has never approved of the marriage and, again, tries to break it up. Believing that a child will hold the marriage together, Mary suggests artificial insemination to Mark, who finally agrees to accompany her to a clinic in Switzerland. However, when she is again pregnant, Mark finds it impossible to reconcile himself to the situation and leaves her. Prompted by his father, Mark sues for divorce, accusing her of adultery. She contests the divorce and a trial concerns itself with whether or not artificial insemination is a question of adultery. The Catholic Church's National League of Decency placed this film on its Condemned" list.
A Question of Adultery
1958 · 4 votes
Movie4.5ComedyAlvin Purple, a man who can't hold down a job because of his voracious sexual appetite, impersonates a dead American Gangster.
Alvin Rides Again
1974 · 13 votes
- MovieDocumentaryDrama
Television docudrama about the haunting of the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.
Movie6.7ComedyWhen Brad gets fired from his job, he goes to reopen an old cinema, he enlists his frends to help him show the last film the cinema aired before it closed... Only they don't know, the film is in Italian. With everyone sitting ready they begin to dub the movie... on the fly!
Hercules Returns
1993 · 29 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAussie comedy.
At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture
1983 · 1 votes
Series3
TV6.2FamilySkippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968 · 21 votes
TV7.6DramaDramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.
Bodyline
1984 · 7 votes
TV6.0Talk ShowAustralian version of Michael Parkinson's UK talk show. He interviews a broad range of famous Australians, and in later series, international stars.
Parkinson In Australia
1979 · 3 votes