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He was the third child of William Ernest Ball, a bank manager and Rosina whose other children were Marjorie, who died in 1980 and John, Thornton was his mother's maiden name and his middle name, He played the cello in his school's orchestra and was a corporal in the Officer's Training Corps which he left in1937 and became a clerk with the Guardian Insurance Company in London leaving to follow a colleague who'd left to be an actor and Frank thought he'd do the same and enrolled in the London School of Dramatic Art evening classes. In 1939 the school evacuated to Whitney in Oxfordshire. He went with them and still a student acted in the local repertory company which contained Peter Jones, In '1941 he was in the West End with Donald Wolfit and after that a year in The Scarlet #Pimpernel at Manchester Opera House where he met actress Beryl Evans, September '43 he was in the RAF and sent to Nova Scotia to train as a navigator, became a pilot officer and stayed on after the war in the entertainment unit with 3 corporals- Peter Sellers, Dick Emery and Tony Hancock. He was demobbed in 1947 and the same year in the musical The Dancing Years. Mid November 1950 he was compare on television's The Centre Show , a variety show in which Hugh Lloyd made his debut. Frank married Beryl on the 5th January 1945 and had a daughter, Jane in 1946 and lived in West Wickham in Kent

Jason Molina was born on 16 December 1973 in Lorain, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for The Circle (2017), Hearts Beat Loud (2018) and Dean Quixote (2000). He died on 16 March 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Henry A. Kokojan was born on 27 September 1925 in Clinton, Connecticut, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Giant Gila Monster (1959), The Killer Shrews (1959) and Rock Baby - Rock It (1957). He died on 16 March 2013 in Irving, Texas, USA.

Trond Brænne was born on 31 July 1953 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor and writer, known for Fortuna (1993), The Longest Journey (1999) and Skáidi (1995). He died on 16 March 2013 in Oslo, Norway.

Ray Johnson was born on 3 April 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for American Playhouse (1980), The Nanny (1993) and Rebel Highway (1994). He died on 16 March 2013 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

Badri Begalishvili was born on 5 April 1933. He was an actor, known for Chiriki da Chikotela (1975), Small Town of Anara (1978) and Chari-Rama (1972). He died on 16 March 2013.

Bobbie Smith was born on 10 April 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Laverne & Shirley (1976), Soul! (1968) and Rhyme and Reason (1975). He died on 16 March 2013 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Pierre Schneider was born on 24 December 1925 in Antwerp, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Matisse: Centennial at the Grand Palais (1970), The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1975) and Telescope (1963). He died on 16 March 2013 in Paris, France.

Paul Cook was born on 20 May 1928 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Somewhere in Time (1980), Damien: Omen II (1978) and The Untouchables (1993). He was married to Susan Knutsen. He died on 16 March 2013 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA.

Ngai Kong was born in October 1931 in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. He was an actor, known for Bald-Headed Betty (1975), Lao fang you xi (1999) and The Story Between Hong Kong and Macau (1966). He died on 16 March 2013 in Hong Kong, China.

Susan Tyler was born on 12 March 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was a casting director and executive, known for Tyrannosaurus Azteca (2007), Flashpoint (1984) and Heatstroke (2008). She was married to David Palmer. She died on 16 March 2013 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

Bob Patience was born on 27 June 1942 in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an editor, known for The Big Match (1968), Saint and Greavsie (1985) and Fifty Years of World of Sport (2005). He was married to Nanette Mason. He died on 16 March 2013 in London, England, UK.

Victor Magnussen was an actor, known for Deep Rising (1998), Mask of Death (1996) and The Resurrected (1991). He died on 16 March 2013 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.

Rasha Peper was born on 1 January 1949 in Driebergen, Utrecht, Netherlands. Rasha died on 16 March 2013 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.