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Frank Mills was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Mills started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Stuart Erwin comedy adaptation "Make Me a Star" (1932), the crime flick "Parole!" (1936) with Henry Hunter and the musical "Follow the Fleet" (1936) with Fred Astaire. He also appeared in the drama "Cornered" (1945) with Dick Powell. He kept working in fi...

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Blackmail (1929)

Assistant Director

Champagne (1928)

Assistant Director

The Tribe (1998)

The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

Closing Numbers (1994)

Biography

Frank Mills was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Mills started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Stuart Erwin comedy adaptation "Make Me a Star" (1932), the crime flick "Parole!" (1936) with Henry Hunter and the musical "Follow the Fleet" (1936) with Fred Astaire. He also appeared in the drama "Cornered" (1945) with Dick Powell. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the eighties, starring in the adaptation "The Joker Is Wild" (1957) with Frank Sinatra, the adventure "Rough Cut" (1980) with Burt Reynolds and "The Missionary" (1981) with Michael Palin. He also appeared in "Country" (1981). More recently, he tackled roles in the biopic "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" (1996) with Hugh O'Conor, "The Tribe" (1998) with Joely Richardson and the Hans Matheson comedy "Bodywork" (2000). He also appeared in the Pauline Collins foreign "Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War" (2003). Most recently, Mills acted in the crime drama "Oliver Twist" (2005) with Ben Kingsley.

Filmography

Assistant Direction (Feature Film)

Blackmail (1929)

Assistant Director

Champagne (1928)

Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Tribe (1998)

The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

Closing Numbers (1994)

Champions (1983)

Witness for the Prosecution (1982)

Chief Inspector Hearne

The Missionary (1981)

Sir Cyril Everidge

The Golden Box (1970)

The Joker Is Wild (1957)

Florist truck driver

The Prodigal (1955)

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

The Girl Rush (1955)

The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)

Devil's Canyon (1953)

Code Two (1953)

Holiday for Sinners (1952)

East Side, West Side (1950)

I'll Get By (1950)

Fish market man

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

The Set-Up (1949)

Holiday Affair (1949)

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)

Chicken Every Sunday (1949)

Any Number Can Play (1949)

The Doctor and the Girl (1949)

Sorrowful Jones (1949)

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)

Cornered (1945)

Girl Rush (1944)

Casanova Brown (1944)

Couple in license bureau

The Woman in the Window (1944)

Ladies' Day (1943)

Flight for Freedom (1943)

Mr. Lucky (1943)

Slot machine workman

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

My Favorite Blonde (1942)

New York taxi driver

The Talk of the Town (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

Sullivan's Travels (1942)

Drunk in theatre

In Old California (1942)

Born to Sing (1942)

The Old Homestead (1942)

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

Land of the Open Range (1942)

Highways by Night (1942)

Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)

Powder Town (1942)

Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)

I Married a Witch (1942)

Flight Lieutenant (1942)

Syncopation (1942)

Heart of the Rio Grande (1942)

Unholy Partners (1941)

Down in San Diego (1941)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)

Under Age (1941)

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Western Union (1941)

Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1941)

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)

Kitty Foyle (1940)

Those Were the Days! (1940)

Men Without Souls (1940)

You'll Find Out (1940)

Stage to Chino (1940)

Lucky Partners (1940)

I'm from Missouri (1939)

In Name Only (1939)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Union Pacific (1939)

Penitentiary (1938)

Men with Wings (1938)

Sweethearts (1938)

Romance in the Dark (1938)

Tough man in audience

Blonde Trouble (1937)

The Toast of New York (1937)

Way Out West (1937)

She Had to Eat (1937)

A Fight to the Finish (1937)

Parole Racket (1937)

Midnight Taxi (1937)

Gas station attendant

Meet the Boyfriend (1937)

You Only Live Once (1937)

Wells Fargo (1937)

The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

The Bride Comes Home (1936)

Elevator conductor

Star for a Night (1936)

Dawson's friend

Swing Time (1936)

The Call of the Wild (1935)

The Daring Young Man (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)

Carnival (1935)

Hi, Gaucho! (1935)

Another Face (1935)

The Defense Rests (1934)

The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Broadway Bill (1934)

The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)

Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)

The Mighty Barnum (1934)

The Son of Kong (1933)

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

First forgotten man

King Kong (1933)

Men of America (1932)

Make Me a Star (1932)

Those Who Dance (1930)

Hit of the Show (1928)

Chicago After Midnight (1928)

Danger Street (1928)

My Husband's Friend (1922)

Women Men Forget (1920)

James Livingston

The Bramble Bush (1919)

The Right to Lie (1919)

Twilight (1919)

Let's Elope (1919)

Hilary Farrington

The Misleading Widow (1919)

The Unchastened Woman (1918)

Hubert Knolleys

Wives of Men (1918)

James Randolph Emerson, Jr.

The Silent Woman (1918)

Wild Honey (1918)

Rev. Jim Brown/Pastor Holbrook

De Luxe Annie (1918)

House of Cards (1917)

As Man Made Her (1917)

A Sleeping Memory (1917)

The Eternal Mother (1917)

The Price of Pride (1917)

Jeffrey Arnold Black

The Wheel of the Law (1916)

The Flower of Faith (1916)

The House of Mirrors (1916)

The Moral Fabric (1916)

The Golden Claw (1915)

The Edge of the Abyss (1915)

Wayne Burroughs

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Cast (Special)

Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation (1989)

Cast (Short)

Respect the Law (1941)

What a Life (1930)

Life Events

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