While still a teenager Frank began acting and singing on the London vaudeville stage.   In 1910 he emigrated to Canada  and by 1913 was in Hollywood acting in Silents.   Within a year he had moved up to directing and by the late teens was helming a series of notable films starring William Farnum, ranging from historic adaptations – a seven-reel version of “A Tale Of Two Cities” [1917] and a ten-reel “Les Miserables” [1918]) to Zane Grey westerns (“Riders of the Purple Sage” [1918], “The Rainbow Trail” [1918]).

Lloyd’s notable films of the ’20s include “Oliver Twist” (1922) with Lon Chaney as Fagin, the Milton Sills swashbuckler “The Sea Hawk” (1924), and his Academy Award-winning historical drama “The Divine Lady” (1929). A prolific and reliable craftsman, Lloyd’s enduring popularity resides in his 1930s films: “Cavalcade” (1933), “Mutiny on the Bounty” (1935), and the Preston Sturges-scripted “If I Were King” (1938).

In World War II Frank served as a major in the Army Air Force, the Pacific Theater.  He directing a number of war documentaries including the powerful “The Last Bomb”.   

His films from the 40’s and 50’s are also admired— an episode of “Forever and a Day” (1943), the James Cagney war movie “Blood on the Sun” (1945) and the 1955 “The Last Command”.

Frank Lloyd also produced several films in the  ’40s, most notably Alfred Hitchcock’s “Saboteur” (1942).

He was married to Alma Haller and had one child, Alma Katherine (Jimmie). He is survived by four grandchildren. 

You can visit his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6669 Hollywood Blvd. (near Las Palmas). Right in front of Musso & Frank’s, one of his favorite haunts!