Frith Banbury, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frith Banbury

British actor and director

Date of Birth: 04-May-1912

Place of Birth: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-May-2008

Profession: actor, paramedic, stage actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Frith Banbury

  • Frederick Harold Frith Banbury MBE (4 May 1912 – 14 May 2008) was a British theatre actor and director.Frith Banbury was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 4 May 1912, the son of Rear Admiral Frederick Arthur Frith Banbury and his wife Winifred (née Fink).
  • While attending Stowe School, Banbury rejected his father's naval background by refusing to join the Officer Training Corps, later being registered as a conscientious objector, enabling him to continue acting throughout the Second World War.
  • He went on to attend Hertford College, Oxford, though he left after one year without obtaining an academic degree.
  • He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art alongside Joan Littlewood, Rachel Kempson, Robert Morley, and Peter Bull.
  • Banbury died on 14 May 2008, at the age of 96.

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