Sir Frank Samuel Tait (12 November 1883 – 23 August 1965) was an Australian theatre entrepreneur, managing director of J. C. Williamson's.
[4] He was co-founder in 1935 and co-proprietor of Village Theatre Ltd. with Hirsch Krantz, John Henry Tait, Karl Millbrook and Jascha Spivakosky, co-directors.
In June 1938 Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd. was founded to control the assets of J. C.
Dean, S. S. Crick, and Frank Tait served as joint managing directors, then around 1940 he became the managing director of Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd. Tait was knighted in 1956 for services to the theatre[7] and died in Portsea, Victoria on 23 August 1965, aged 81.
[citation needed] Tait married twice; firstly, on 29 November 1913[8] to Iris Olga Field Barnard; and secondly, on 16 August 1941 to the soprano Viola Wilson Hogg aka Viola Wilson.