Frank R. Mills

Frank R. Mills (January 24, 1868 – June 11, 1921)[2] 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
Died	June 11, 1921(1921-06-11) (aged 53) Galesburg, Michigan
Resting place	Oak Grove Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Michigan[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1890s-1921
Spouse(s)	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.[3][4] He was survived by his wife Helen MacBeth.[5]

Plays

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

Filmography

• The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
• The Sundowner (1911)
• The Lily and the Rose (1915)*uncredited
• The Edge of the Abyss (1915)
• The Golden Claw (1915)
• The Moral Fabric (1916)
• The House of Mirrors (1916)
• The Wheel of the Law (1916)
• The Flower of Faith (1916)
• As Man Made Her (1917)
• House of Cards (1917)
• To-Day (1917)
• The Price of Pride (1917)
• A Sleeping Memory (1917)
• The Eternal Mother (1917)
• De Luxe Annie (1918)
• The Unchastened Woman (1918)
• Wives of Men (1918)
• The Silent Woman (1918)
• Wild Honey (1918)
• Twilight (1918)
• Let's Elope (1919)
• The Misleading Widow (1919)
• The Bramble Bush (1919)
• The Right to Lie (1919)
• Women Men Forget (1920)

References

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

External links

• Frank R. Mills on IMDb
• Frank R. Mills at IBDb.com
• Frank Mills portraits c.1914 (University of Louisville)
• Frank R. Mills portraits(Univ. of Washington Sayre collection)
• kinotv.com