Frank R. Mills

For other uses, see Frank Mills (disambiguation).

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.

Frank R. Mills
Emily Stevens and Frank Mills in The Wheel of the Law
Born	Frank Ransom Mills (1868-01-24)January 24, 1868 Kendall, Michigan, US
Died	June 11, 1921(1921-06-11) (aged 53) Galesburg, Michigan, US
Other names	Frank Mills
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1890s-1921
Spouse	Helen McBeth Loveland

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

• The Way of the World (1901) *with Elsie De Wolfe

Filmography

Film
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

1. American and British Theatrical Biography, p.668 by J. P. Wearing c.1979 ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
2. Silent Film Necrology, p.369 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
3. Kalamazoo Gazette June 12, 1921
4. Wearing, J. P p.616. ...American and British Theatrical Biography

External links

• 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