Vincent Ball was born in Wee Waa, New South Wales, on the 4th Decenber, 1923. His dream of becoming a 'cowboy on the fillums' took him on adventure that includedserving in the RAAF in World War II, working his way to England on a tramp steamer and winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. He worked as an actor in England for twenty-five years, before returning to Australia.