Frank Mills

Albert Frank Mills (11 August 192711 February 2021) was an English actor. He starred in numerous films and television series such as Rumpole of the Bailey. Also in 1984 he appeared as Harry Martin, an accountant or book keeper, employed by agoraphobic bookmaker Albert Wendle in the Minder episode Get Daley! He again appeared in Minder in 1991, this time in the episode The Greatest Show in Willesden in which he played Arthur Daley's barber, Len. He also appeared in Channel 5's revival of Minder starring Shane Richie and Lex Shrapnel. Along with Linal Haft and Paul Brooke he is one of only three actors to appear in both the classic series and this reboot, but starring in different roles in each.

In 1997 he played Albert Potter in the Yorkshire Television period drama Heartbeat, the episode entitled "Small Beer."

Mills appeared in television series such as The Brief, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Flambards and The Palace.

Other television appearances have included Season Three of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates playing Frank Wainthropp (1997), and as William Caulder, an ill-treated pensioner in a retirement home who commits suicide in the 2004 The Royal episode "For Better For Worse".

He starred alongside Ray Brooks in the 1984 hit BBC drama Big Deal as the grumpy bookmaker Gil.

Death Mills died in 2021 at the age of 93.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1977 The Glitterball Supermarket Manager Uncredited1980 Rough Cut Passport Clerk 1982 Witness for the Prosecution Chief Inspector Hearne 1982 The Missionary Sir Cyril Everidge 1984 Champions Charles 1985 Parker Mr. Epps 1987 Bellman and True Security Man 1993 Closing Numbers Frank 1995 The Young Poisoner's Handbook Uncle Jack 1998 The Tribe Emily's Father 2001 Bodywork Sydney Greengrass 2002 Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War Leslie 2003 Wondrous Oblivion Mr. Robinson 2005 Oliver Twist Elderly Officer