Frank Lloyd (actor)

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.

He subsequently travelled to England, and whilst in the United Kingdom when had small roles in the films Let Us Be True in 1953 and The Battle of the River Plate in 1956. He later played small roles in Australian films including Mr Tinkle in Around the World in Eighty Ways, Those Dear Departed and Fast Talking.. Lloyd was also sometimes asked to translate, dub or edit theatre/film scripts of international productions.

Lloyd is probably best known for his many guest character roles in television in both soap opera's, and serials and telemovies with parts in 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, Lloyd's career was mainly confined to

However he worked regularly in theatres throughout his career, including playing including productions of 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.

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