Overview
Frank Gerard Lloyd (born 1928
-15 December 1995, Sydney, Australia) credited briefly as Frank Maxwell was an Australian actor in a career spanning five decades starting from the early 1940s, Lloyd worked in all sectors of the genre, he appeared in radio plays, theatre, television and film. He also served a script translator and dubber of international stage and film, He served in Moscow International Ministry of the Arts
He was perhaps best known for his brief 15-month stint in TV series Home and Away in 1988, as one of 16 original characters, in the role of retired carnival worker Neville McPhee, appearing in the first 109 episodes, opposite Sheila Kennelly who played his wife Floss, both actors where subsequently written out of the serries, with producers stating they wanted to focus more on a younger cast and updated formula.Lloyd died suddenly of unknown causes (or be it un-stipulated causes) in December 1995, aged 67, and his obituary was published in several Sydney newspapers, though never mentioned in any mainstream media, and it was thought until the late 2010's that he may still be living, then aged in his late 80s, though his whereabouts where unknown
Biography
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.
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