Frank Windsor

Frank Windsor Higgins (12 July 1928 – 30 September 2020), professionally known as Frank Windsor, was an English actor. He gained recognition for his television roles, particularly as policeman John Watt in the popular series Z-Cars and its spin-offs. Windsor attended Queen Mary's Grammar School in Walsall and studied speech training and drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He portrayed Detective Sergeant John Watt in Z-Cars from 1962 to 1965, and continued to play the character in spin-offs such as Softly, Softly and Second Verdict. Windsor also made appearances in other TV shows like The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).