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| − | '''Frank Fillis Jr''' (b. Dundee, Scotland, **/03/1880 – d. Johannesburg, 23/03/1961) was a circus performer and thereafter a theatre manager.
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| − | == Biography ==
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| − | The son of showman [[Frank Fillis]] (Francis Edward Fillis) and Elizabeth Jane Carr, [[Francis Alfred Fillis]] (known as "Frank Jr.") was born in Dundee, Scotland, where his parents were with the John Henry Cooke Circus.
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| − | Professionally he first became equestrian director and ringmaster in his stepmother’s circus. In 1912 he was involved in the production of a film entitled ''[[I.D.B.]]'', in which both he, [[Adele Fillis]] and her fiancée [[Harry Vine]] had roles. After Madame Fillis ([[Vicente Fillis]]) disbanded her circus in 1913, Frank Jr. joined [[African Consolidated Theatres]] and became manager of the [[Orpheum Theatre]]. In 1916 he played an army officer in [[Harold M. Shaw]]’s film ''[[The Symbol of Sacrifice]]'' and in 1918 he was the captain of King Solomon’s guard in [[H. Lisle Lucoque]]’s version of ''[[King Solomon’s Mines]]''.
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| − | For some time he managed the King’s Hotel in Johannesburg, but subsequently returned to ACT as a theatre manager. The cinemas with which he was associated included the [[Astoria]] in East London and the [[Parysia]] and the [[Odeon]], both in Rosebank, Johannesburg. He married Violet Dorothy Taylor, the daughter of Herbert “Captain Joe” Taylor, a famous elephant trainer, in 1928. He was the half-brother of [[Adele Fillis]] and [[Cecil Fillis]]. (FO)
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Rand Daily Mail, 24 March 1961
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| − | Parsons, Neil - ''Black and white bioscope: making movies in Africa 1899 to 1925''
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| − | [[Floris van der Merwe]]. 2007. ''Frank Fillis: The Story of a Circus Legend''. Stellenbosch" FJG Publications
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