Frank Jarvis (13 May 1941 – 15 September 2010) was a British character actor.
He was educated at Orange Hill County Grammar School for Boys, Edgware, where he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the title role in Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. He trained at RADA and made his film debut in Mix Me a Person (1962).
One of Jarvis' best known cinema roles was his portrayal of Roger in the 1969 British crime caper film, The Italian Job. In one of the film's iconic scenes, Jarvis' character is stranded in a bus hanging off a cliff. He also appeared in films such as That Kind of Girl (1963), Rotten to the Core (1965), Nobody Ordered Love (1972), Out of Season (1975) and A Bridge Too Far (1977).
His television appearances include the Doctor Who serials The War Machines (1966), Underworld (1978) and The Power of Kroll (1978).
In the 1980s he spent many summer seasons with Wendy Macphee's outdoor Shakespeare company Theatre Set-Up, touring throughout England and the Isle of Man as well as Belgium and Denmark.
Jarvis died on 15 September 2010, at the age of 69. He was a resident of Merry Hill Road in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
2006
as Mr. McClintock
2002
as Harry
1986
as Foreman
1981
as Farm Heavy
1979
as Skart
1979
as Cabbie
1978
as Builder
1978
as Ankh
1977
as Patterson
1977
as Musgrave
1977
as Dale
1977
as Bluebeard
1977
as Pierre
1977
as Belgian Resistance Worker
1977
as Col. Frost's Aide
1975
as Postman
1975
as Prison Officer
1972
as Corporal
1970
as Hubert
1969
as Roger
1968
as PC Dent
1966
as Soldier
1966
1965
as Old Ears
1965
as Moby
1963
as Ankh
1963
as Skart
1963
as Rikki
1963
as Max
1962
as Johnny Maxwell