Frank Lloyd (actor)

Frank Gerard Lloyd (died 15 December 1995, Sydney, Australia)^[1] also credited as Frank Maxwell, was an Australian character actor, in a career spanning five decades he appeared in radio, theatre, television and film. He was perhaps best known for his stint as Neville McPhee, in the Australian soap Home And Away. Lloyd and co-star Sheila Kennelly, who played his wife Floss, were two of the 16 original cast members of the Australian television soap opera in 1988.^[2]

Early life, radio and film

Lloyd's first roles stemmed from his after-school job as an office boy at 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 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 Days and featured in Those Dear Departed and Fast Talking

Television and theatre

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 a year-long role in a production of Guys and Dolls

Lloyd died in Potts Point, New South Wales on 15 December 1995 from unspecified causes

References

External links

• Frank Lloyd on IMDb
• Frank Lloyd biography on backtothebay.net