Jimmy Lloyd (actor)

Jimmy Lloyd
Born	(1918-11-03)November 3, 1918 Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S.
Died	August 26, 1988(1988-08-26) (aged 69) Medford, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film and television actor

Jimmy Lloyd (November 3, 1918 – August 26, 1988) was an American actor who played Tex in the 1947 film serial The Sea Hound.[1]

Early years

Lloyd was born in Bettendorf, Iowa. Growing up, he lived in Kansas City, where he was a student at George B. Longan Elementary School and Westport High School. His career began when he did stand-up comedy in floor shows in Kansas City. He went to Hollywood in 1944.[2]

Career

Lloyd made 40 films while he was under contract to Columbia studios, and he made more than 120 appearances on television. He became a producer and personal manager, operating Jimmy Lloyd Productions, Incorporated. Based in Hollywood, the company provided "career motivation ... for career-minded children from 3 to 19 years old."[3]

Personal life and death

Lloyd and his wife, Lucille, had two sons and two daughters. He died in a hospital in Medford, Oregon, on August 26, 1988, aged 69.[2]

Partial filmography

• Blondie (1938)
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942) - Sailor (uncredited)
• She's a Sweetheart (1944) - Pete Ryan
• Together Again (1944) - Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
• Let's Go Steady (1945) - Henry McCoy
• Ten Cents a Dance (1945) - Billy Sparks
• The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - Private Spencer
• I Love a Bandleader (1945) - Assistant Band Leader (uncredited)
• Snafu (1945) - Danny Baker
• The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) - Crossbowman (uncredited)
• The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946) - Jimmy Drake
• Talk About a Lady (1946) - Reporter (uncredited)
• Night Editor (1946) - Clerk (uncredited)
• Gallant Journey (1946) - Dan Mahoney / Prof. LaSalle
• It's Great to Be Young (1946) - Ricky Malone
• The Jolson Story (1946) - Roy Anderson (uncredited)
• Cigarette Girl (1947) - Joe Atkins
• The Sea Hound (1947, Serial) - Tex
• Key Witness (1947) - Larry Summers
• Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947) - Tommy Randell
• Glamour Girl (1948) - Buddy Butterfield
• My Dog Rusty (1948) - Rodney Pyle
• The Fuller Brush Man (1948) - Williams (uncredited)
• Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) - FBI Agent Alison (uncredited)
• The Return of October (1948) - Man at Racetrack (uncredited)
• The Dark Past (1948) - Herb Fuller (uncredited)
• Slightly French (1949) - Assistant (uncredited)
• Shockproof (1949) - Clerk (uncredited)
• Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) - Forester Joe
• Manhattan Angel (1949) - Elmer
• Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) - Homer White (uncredited)
• Mary Ryan, Detective (1949) - Detective Gordon (uncredited)
• Hokus Pokus (1949, a Three Stooges film)[4]
• Blondie's Hero (1950) - Cpl. Bill Touhey (uncredited)
• Beauty on Parade (1950) - Johnny Fennell
• David Harding, Counterspy (1950) - Burton (uncredited)
• When You're Smiling (1950) - Dave
• Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950) - Agent Burton
• Gasoline Alley (1951) - Harry Dorsey
• Lullaby of Broadway (1951) - Reporter (uncredited)
• Fighting Coast Guard (1951) - Upper Classman (uncredited)
• G.I. Jane (1951) - Lt. B.B. Bradford
• Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951) - Bill, Reporter
• All That I Have (1951) - Reporter Noonan
• Venture of Faith (1951)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Soldier (uncredited)
• Calamity Jane (1953) - Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)
• The Battle of Rogue River (1954) - Pvt. Hanley (uncredited)
• A Touch of Larceny (1960)
• The Love-Ins (1967) - Mr. Henning
• Who's Minding the Mint? (1967) - Garbage Man (uncredited) (final film role)

References

1. I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews with 23 Veterans of Horror and ... 0786452684 Tom Weaver - 2009 " ... Jimmy Lloyd— you don't know him, probably—was a good-looking young guy who must have done at least a dozen B-pictures."
2. "Film personality Jimmy Lloyd dies". The Kansas City Times. August 30, 1988. p. B 16. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Lloyd Productions Plan UCLA Work Confab". Evening Vanguard. California, Venice. February 19, 1965. p. 5. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Michael R. Pitts Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982 078645766X - 2014 - Mary (Mary Ainslee) and her boyfriend Cliff (Jimmy Lloyd) have cooked up a scheme in which she pretends to be unable to walk.