Vincent Ball is best known for film roles in British and Australian films and television films, including A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Muriel's Wedding and The Man Who Sued God.
16 Facts About Vincent Ball
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Vincent Ball appeared in numerous television roles, primarily in cameo guest roles, but had recurring roles in serials including the British serial Crossroads, Rush, The Young Doctors, A Country Practice and Home and Away.
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Vincent Ball cited film stars Virginia McKenna and Chips Rafferty and Australian actor Ray Meagher as among his co-stars and friends in the entertainment industry.
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Vincent Ball worked variously in theatre, including Shakespeare, with productions of Henry IV, Part 1 and Romeo and Juliet and a musical based on Charles Dickens famous novel Great Expectations.
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In 2003, Vincent Ball retired, but briefly returned to television in 2014.
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Vincent Martin Ball was born in the town of Wee Waa, New South Wales, on 4 December 1923, one of eight children to a father who worked as a linesman on the New South Wales Government Railways.
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Vincent Ball said he wanted to be an actor from an early age, particularly a "cowboy in the movies", as he loved going to the movies as a youngster and seeing Western stars like Tom Mix.
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Vincent Ball married Sydney actress Doreen Harrop in 1949, she was his elocution teacher and taught speech therapies.
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Vincent Ball left his job with the Australian division of the now defunct British firm General Electric Company after the Second World War broke out and, after military training in Canada, became a wireless air gunner with the Royal Australian Air Force, serving in Britain.
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Vincent Ball was then cast as Jack Warner's son in Smiling Irish Eyes,.
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Vincent Ball was working as a bricklayer, when he then won a scholarship to study drama at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Vincent Ball was a juvenile lead in the TV films Rain Before Seven, Barnet's Folly and Nitro, before moving into slightly larger parts in films such as A Town Like Alice, Robbery Under Arms, Sea of Sand, and Danger Within.
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Vincent Ball who was then living in Canterbury, Kent, returned to Australia in 1973.
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Vincent Ball was very busy acting in films, theatre and television.
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Vincent Ball is best known for his work in Australian films and television series, including film roles in Breaker Morant, Phar Lap and Muriel's Wedding.
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Vincent Ball was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Australia Day Honours.