Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Leonard George Thiele

26 September, 1922
Milton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

14 May, 1994 (aged 71)
St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Gibson, Grace Isabel (employer)
• Crawford, Hector William (employer)
• Paterson, Andrew Barton (influence)
• Lawson, Henry (influence)

• Milton State School (Brisbane) (student, 1927-1933)
• Brisbane Grammar School (student, 1934-1938)

• radio entertainer (1939-1940) Queensland, Australia
• radio entertainer (1940-1942) New South Wales, Australia
• air force officer (1942-1945) Federal, Australia
• soldier (1942-1942) Federal, Australia
• radio entertainer (1946-1954) New South Wales, Australia
• actor (television) (1954-1974) New South Wales, Australia
• actor (stage) (1974-1994) New South Wales, Australia

• World War II (soldier)

• Logie: Best Australian Actor (recipient, 1974)
• Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1992)

• Actors' Equity of Australia (NSW) (member)
• Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife (NSW) (trustee)

• 2LM radio station (Lismore, NSW) (radio presenter)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio presenter, 1939)
• Brisbane City Council (employee, 1939)
• 2GB radio station (Sydney) (radio actor, 1949-1954)