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| image = File:Hugh Lloyd.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|22|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chester]], [[England]]
| birth_place = [[w:Chester|Chester]], [[w:England|England]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|7|14|1923|4|22|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|7|14|1923|4|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Worthing]], [[Sussex]], England
| death_place = [[w:Worthing|Worthing]], [[w:Sussex|Sussex]], England
| birth_name = Hugh Lewis Lloyd
| birth_name = Hugh Lewis Lloyd
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| occupation = [[w:Actor|Actor]]
| yearsactive = 1957–2005
| yearsactive = 1957–2005
| spouse = Neredah Anne Rodgers (1948-1950)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
 
*{{marriage|José Stewart|<!-- Unknown -->|end=div}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-born-comedy-star-hugh-5236325|title=Chester born comedy star Hugh Lloyd dies|website=www.cheshire-live.co.uk}}</ref>
José Stewart<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-born-comedy-star-hugh-5236325|title=Chester born comedy star Hugh Lloyd dies|website=www.cheshire-live.co.uk}}</ref>
*{{marriage|Neredah Anne Rodgers|1948|1950|end=div}}
 
*{{marriage|Mavis Polley|<!-- Unknown -->|1968|end=div}}
Mavis Polley (1950s-1960s)
*{{marriage|Carole Wilkinson|1969|<!-- Unknown -->|end=div}}
 
*{{marriage|Shän Davies|1983|2008}}
Carole Giles (1969-
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Shän Davies (1983–2008)
 
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On the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage, Lloyd spent three seasons at the [[Windmill Theatre]]; a year at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] in ''[[When We Are Married]]''; two years in ''[[No Sex Please, We're British]]'' at the Strand; and at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] in ''[[Tonight at 8.30]]''. He was part of the [[Royal National Theatre]] company under [[Ian McKellen]], in ''[[The Critic (play)|The Critic]]'', ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]''. He also performed in over twenty pantomimes.
On the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage, Lloyd spent three seasons at the [[Windmill Theatre]]; a year at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] in ''[[When We Are Married]]''; two years in ''[[No Sex Please, We're British]]'' at the Strand; and at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] in ''[[Tonight at 8.30]]''. He was part of the [[Royal National Theatre]] company under [[Ian McKellen]], in ''[[The Critic (play)|The Critic]]'', ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]''. He also performed in over twenty pantomimes.


Lloyd met his fourth or fifth wife, [[journalist]] [[Shan Lloyd]], at Allen's restaurant in [[London]]'s [[West End of London|West End]], in 1978.<ref name=argus>{{cite news |title= Actor's widow dies at just 55 |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3981550.Actor_s_widow_dies_at_just_55/|work= [[The Argus (Brighton)]] |date=2008-12-16 |access-date=2008-12-26}}</ref> Lloyd, who was in his fifties at the time, had been married and divorced three times before meeting Shan.<ref name=argus/> In his [[autobiography]], he described his future wife as "a scatty, blondehaired [[Fleet Street]] [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] journalist".<ref name=argus/> Hugh and Shan married in 1983. The couple moved to [[Worthing]] in 2003 and remained married until his death on 14 July 2008.<ref name=argus/> Shan Lloyd died in December 2008, just five months after Hugh Lloyd.<ref name=argus/>
Lloyd met his fourth or fifth wife, [[w:journalist|journalist]] [[w:Shan Lloyd|Shan Lloyd]], at Allen's restaurant in [[London]]'s [[West End of London|West End]], in 1978.<ref name=argus>{{cite news |title= Actor's widow dies at just 55 |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3981550.Actor_s_widow_dies_at_just_55/|work= [[w:The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus (Brighton)]] |date=2008-12-16 |access-date=2008-12-26}}</ref> Lloyd, who was in his fifties at the time, had been married and divorced three times before meeting Shan.<ref name=argus/> In his [[autobiography]], he described his future wife as "a scatty, blondehaired [[w:Fleet Street|Fleet Street]] [[w:tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] journalist".<ref name=argus/> Hugh and Shan married in 1983. The couple moved to [[w:Worthing|Worthing]] in 2003 and remained married until his death on 14 July 2008.<ref name=argus/> Shan Lloyd died in December 2008, just five months after Hugh Lloyd.<ref name=argus/>


Lloyd was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the 2005 [[New Year Honours List]] for his services to drama and charity. He died on 14 July 2008 at his home in Dolphin Court, Grand Avenue, [[West Worthing]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2403860/Hugh-Lloyd.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Hugh Lloyd | date=14 July 2008 | access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>
Lloyd was awarded an [[w:Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the 2005 [[w:New Year Honours List|New Year Honours List]] for his services to drama and charity. He died on 14 July 2008 at his home in Dolphin Court, Grand Avenue, [[w:West Worthing|West Worthing]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2403860/Hugh-Lloyd.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Hugh Lloyd | date=14 July 2008 | access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0516005|name=Hugh Lloyd}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0516005|name=Hugh Lloyd}}
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2403860/Hugh-Lloyd.html Obituary] in ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''
*Anthony Hayward [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hugh-lloyd-popular-comedy-actor-who-found-fame-in-hancocks-half-hour-868659.html "Obituary: Hugh Lloyd"], ''[[The Independent]]'', 16 July 2008
*[http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2008/07/comic-actor-hugh-lloyd-dies/ Obituary] in ''[[The Stage]]''
<!--*[http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/21477/hugh-lloyd Obituary] in ''[[The Stage]]''-->


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==Obituaries==
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2403860/Hugh-Lloyd.html Obituary] in ''[[w:The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''
*Anthony Hayward [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hugh-lloyd-popular-comedy-actor-who-found-fame-in-hancocks-half-hour-868659.html "Obituary: Hugh Lloyd"], ''[[w:The Independent|The Independent]]'', 16 July 2008
*[http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2008/07/comic-actor-hugh-lloyd-dies/ Obituary] in ''[[w:The Stage|The Stage]]''
 
 


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Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lloyd.jpg
Born
Hugh Lewis Lloyd

(1923-04-22)22 April 1923
Chester, England
Died14 July 2008(2008-07-14) (aged 85)
Worthing, Sussex, England
OccupationActor
Years active1957–2005
Spouses
José Stewart
​
(divorced)​
[1]
Neredah Anne Rodgers
​
​
(m. 1948; div. 1950)​
Mavis Polley
​
(div. 1968)​
Carole Wilkinson
​
​
(m. 1969, divorced)​
Shän Davies
​
(m. 1983⁠–⁠2008)​

Hugh Lewis Lloyd MBE (22 April 1923 – 14 July 2008) was an English actor who made his name in television and film comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in Hancock's Half Hour, Hugh and I and other sitcoms of the 1960s.

Life

Hugh Lloyd was born in Chester and attended the King's School. After leaving school he spent two years as a newspaper reporter on the Chester Chronicle.[2]

His first professional acting appearance was with ENSA and he worked in repertory theatres until 1957, when he made the first of 25 appearances in the television series Hancock's Half Hour. Many years after its first transmission, he is still remembered as the character in the episode entitled The Blood Donor in which he forgets to return Tony Hancock's wine gums.[3]

He appeared with Terry Scott in the series Hugh and I and The Gnomes of Dulwich; with Peggy Mount in Lollipop Loves Mr. Mole; in Jury and You Rang M'Lord?.[4] He created the series Lord Tramp (1977), written by Michael Pertwee, in which he also starred.[2][5] The Comedy Playhouse episode, Hughie, in which he starred as a recently released prisoner following the ending of Hugh and I, was unsuccessful.[6]

Television plays in which he appeared include She's Been Away (starring Peggy Ashcroft); The Dunroamin' Rising; A Matter Of Will (with Brenda Bruce); and a number of Alan Bennett plays, such as A Visit From Miss Protheroe (with Patricia Routledge), Say Something Happened (with Julie Walters and Thora Hird), and Me, I'm Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.[7] He played Goronwy Jones in the Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen and appeared in numerous television light entertainment shows, including Victoria Wood, Jimmy Cricket and Babble Quiz.[8]

On the West End stage, Lloyd spent three seasons at the Windmill Theatre; a year at the Strand Theatre in When We Are Married; two years in No Sex Please, We're British at the Strand; and at the Lyric Theatre in Tonight at 8.30. He was part of the Royal National Theatre company under Ian McKellen, in The Critic, The Cherry Orchard and The Duchess of Malfi. He also performed in over twenty pantomimes.

Lloyd met his fourth or fifth wife, journalist Shan Lloyd, at Allen's restaurant in London's West End, in 1978.[9] Lloyd, who was in his fifties at the time, had been married and divorced three times before meeting Shan.[9] In his autobiography, he described his future wife as "a scatty, blondehaired Fleet Street tabloid journalist".[9] Hugh and Shan married in 1983. The couple moved to Worthing in 2003 and remained married until his death on 14 July 2008.[9] Shan Lloyd died in December 2008, just five months after Hugh Lloyd.[9]

Lloyd was awarded an MBE in the 2005 New Year Honours List for his services to drama and charity. He died on 14 July 2008 at his home in Dolphin Court, Grand Avenue, West Worthing.[10]

Appearances

Films

Television

References

  1. ^ "Chester born comedy star Hugh Lloyd dies". www.cheshire-live.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b Barker, Dennis (15 July 2008). "Obituary: Hugh Lloyd" – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ "Hugh Lloyd". www.scotsman.com.
  4. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Scott, Terry (1927-1994) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  5. ^ "Lord Tramp (1977)". BFI.
  6. ^ "Comedy Playhouse: Hughie". 19 May 1967. p. 58 – via BBC Genome.
  7. ^ "Hugh Lloyd". BFI.
  8. ^ "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Delta and the Bannermen - Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Actor's widow dies at just 55". The Argus (Brighton). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Hugh Lloyd". The Daily Telegraph. London. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

External links

Obituaries

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