Frank R. Mills
Appearance
Frank R. Mills | |
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Born | Frank Ransom Mills January 24, 1868 |
Died | June 11, 1921 | (aged 53)
Other names | Frank Mills |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1890s-1921 |
Spouse | Helen McBeth Loveland |
Frank R. Mills (January 24, 1868 – June 11, 1921)[1] was an American stage and silent film actor. In the 1890s he acted in a number of plays as a young juvenile.
He is frequently mistaken for other actors with the name Frank Mills. He began in films in 1906 in the historic Australian feature The Story of the Kelly Gang.
He died in an insane asylum in June 1921.[2][3] He was married to Helen MacBeth.[4]
Plays
[edit]- The Way of the World (1901) *with Elsie De Wolfe
Filmography
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1906 | The Story of the Kelly Gang | Ned Kelly | Incomplete |
1911 | The Sundowner | Undetermined role | Lost |
1915 | The Foundling | Scenes deleted | |
The Lily and the Rose | Undetermined role | Uncredited, Final reel missing | |
The Edge of the Abyss | Wayne Burroughs | Lost | |
The Golden Claw | Bert Werden | Lost | |
1916 | The Moral Fabric | Scott Winthrop | |
The House of Mirrors | Fred Probert | ||
The Wheel of the Law | John Norton | Lost | |
The Flower of Faith | Hugh Lee | Lost | |
1917 | As Man Made Her | Mason Forbes | |
House of Cards | Mr. Mannning | ||
To-Day | Fred Norton | Lost | |
The Price of Pride | Jeffrey Arnold Black | Lost | |
A Sleeping Memory | Powers Fiske | ||
The Eternal Mother | Dwight Alden | ||
1918 | De Luxe Annie | Walter Kendal | |
The Unchastened Woman | Hubert Knolleys | ||
Wives of Men | James Randolph Emerson Jr. | Lost | |
The Silent Woman | John Lowery | Lost | |
Wild Honey | Rev. Jim Brown - Pastor Holbrook | ||
1919 | Twilight | Jim Anwell | |
Let's Elope | Hilary Farrington | Lost |
References
[edit]- ^ American and British Theatrical Biography, p.668 by J. P. Wearing c.1979 ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
- ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.369 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
- ^ Kalamazoo Gazette June 12, 1921
- ^ Wearing, J. P p.616. ...American and British Theatrical Biography
External links
[edit]- Frank R. Mills at IMDb
- Frank R. Mills at IBDb.com
- Frank Mills[permanent dead link ] portraits c.1914 (University of Louisville)
- Frank R. Mills portraits(Univ. of Washington Sayre collection)
- kinotv.com