Frank Lloyd (actor)

Frank Gerard Lloyd (born 1927 - died 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]

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