Frank Lloyd (actor)

Frank Gerard Lloyd (born 1927 - 15 December 1995, Sydney, Australia)[2] also credited briefly as Frank Maxwell, was an Australian actor and international theatre/film script and voice translator and dubber,[1] in a career spanning five decades starting from 1940 he appeared in radio plays, theatre, television and film. He was perhaps best known for his 15-month stint starting in 1988 (as one of 16 original characters) of retired carnival worker Neville McPhee, in the Australian soap Home and Away[3]

Frank Lloyd
BornFrank Gerard Lloyd
born; 1927, Sydney, Australia[1]
Died15 December 1995 (aged 68)
Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor, script/voice translator
Years active
  • Radio early 1940s
  • theatre 1946–1991
  • film and television 1953-1992

Lloyd's first roles stemmed from his after-school job as an office boy at Sydney's radio station 2GB, where he was sometimes asked to appear in radio plays. After finishing school, Lloyd travelled to England, and studied theatre. He appeared in the New York stage production of The Drunkard. His film career started in Britain also when he had small role's in films "Let Us Be True" in 1953 and The Battle of the River Plate in 1956. He later played small roles in Australian films as Mr Tinkle in Around the World in Eighty Ways and featured in Those Dear Departed and Fast Talking

Lloyd is probably best known in television for his soap opera roles, with parts in serials The Young Doctors as (Ted Wilcox), Prisoner, Sons and Daughters, and A Country Practice, he also had guest roles on sitcoms including Mother and Son and Boys from the Bush, with his work in soap opera providing some notable exceptions, however Lloyds career was mainly confined to guest roles and minor telemovie appearances. However he worked regularly in theatres throughout his career, including playing in Twelfth Night , Othello, The Wizard of Oz, The Man of La Mancha, Annie, The Diary of Anne Frank and a year-long role in a production of Guys and Dolls

Lloyd was badly injured in a car crash, in Greece alongside Canadian actor and musician Donald Harvie (1929–2011) in 1963.[4] He died in Potts Point, New South Wales on 15 December 1995 from unspecified causes

Filmography

Year Type Title Role Credit
1953 TV movie Let Us Be TrueDerek
1953–1955 TV series BBC Sunday Night TheatreCharlie
1956 Feature film The Battle of the River PlateMessenger, HMS Achilles Uncredited
1956 TV series The Errol Flynn TheatreThomas
1960 TV series General Motors Presents
1962 Shoestring Theatre
1967 TV movie The School Mistress
1967 TV movie Love and WarLove 2: Intersection
1969 TV series HomicideAlistair James
1971 TV series The Group
1974 TV series Behind the LegendEddie Gilbert
1976 Film biopic CaddieRaffle Man
1976 TV series Luke's KingdomBroker
1978 TV series Father Dear Father In AustraliaHerbert Watson
1979 TV series Love Thy Neighbour in AustraliaDoctor
1982 TV series Sons and DaughtersDoctor Stevens Frank Maxwell
1983 TV series The Young DoctorsTed Wilcox
1984 Feature film Fast TalkingCareer Advisor
1984 Feature film Queen of the DamnedBrisbane Freight Manager
1986 TV series Return to EdenCaretaker
1986 TV series Mother and SonCatholic Priest
1986 TV series PrisonerDetective No. 2
1987 Feature film Those Dear DepartedCatholic Priest
1988 Direct-to-video Around the World In 80 DaysMr. Tinkle
1988–1989 TV series Home and AwayNeville McPhee (109 episodes)
1982–1992 TV series A Country Practice4 roles:
-Reg "Soapy" Jackson
-Neville Potts
-Harold Gleason
-Cliff Sutton
1992 TV series Boys from the BushRalph

References

  1. Mercado, Andrew (2004). Super Aussie soaps: behind the scenes of Australia's best loved TV shows. Pluto Press Australia. p. 258. ISBN 1-86403-191-3. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  2. James Oram (1989). "Home and Away:Behind the Scenes".
  3. Clark, Lucy (10 January 1988). "Big News – If You don't like the News". The Sun-Herald. Fairfax Media. p. 55. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  4. "Gifted musician born to entertain".

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