Actor Frank Whitten first won attention in 1984 as the enigmatic farmer in Vincent Ward's breakthrough film Vigil. These days he is best known for his role as the Southern Man in the Speights "onya mate" commercials, and his ongoing role in Outrageous Fortune, playing the manipulative grandfather to the West clan.
How could Grandpa die when he’s having such fun?
– Frank Whitten on his role in Outrageous Fortune