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{{Infobox writer
{{Infobox writer
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| name        = Jeremy Lloyd
| name        = Jeremy Lloyd
| image        = Jeremy_Lloyd.jpg
| image        = Jeremy Lloyd (actor).jpg
| caption      = Lloyd {{circa}} 2010
| caption      =  
| birth_name  = John Jeremy Lloyd
| birth_name  = John Jeremy Lloyd
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1930|7|22|df=y}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1930|07|22|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Danbury, Essex]], [[England]], UK
| birth_place  = [[w:Danbury, Essex|Danbury]], [[w:England|England]], UK
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2014|12|23|1930|7|22|df=y}}  
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2014|12|23|1930|07|22|df=y}}  
| death_place  = [[London]], [[England]], UK
| death_place  = [[w:London|London]], [[w:England|England]], UK
| occupation  = [[Screenwriter|Scriptwriter]]
| occupation  = [[w:Screenwriter|Scriptwriter]]
| nationality  = [[British people|British]]
| nationality  = [[w:British people|British]]
| period      = 1958–2014
| period      = 1958–2014
| genre        = Television
| genre        = Television
| notableworks = ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' (1969–70)<br>''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (1972–85)<br>''[[Come Back Mrs Noah]]'' (1977–78)<br>''[[Oh, Happy Band!]]'' (1980)<br>''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (1982-92)<br>''[[Grace and Favour]]'' (1992–93)<br>''[[Which Way to the War]]'' (1994)
| notableworks = ''[[w:Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In|Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' (1969–70)<br>''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' (1972–85)<br>''[[Come Back Mrs. Noah]]'' (1977–78)<br>''[[Oh Happy Band!]]'' (1980)<br>''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' (1982-92)<br>''[[Grace & Favour]]'' (1992–93)<br>''[[Which Way to the War]]'' (1994)
| spouse      =  {{marriage|Dawn Bailey<br>|1955|1962|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|[[Joanna Lumley]]<br>|1970|1970|end=divorced}}<br>Collette Northrop<br>(1992–??)<br>{{marriage|Elizabeth Moberly<br>|2014}}  
| spouse      =   
*{{marriage|Dawn Bailey<br>|1955|1962|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|[[w:Joanna Lumley|Joanna Lumley]]<br>|1970|1970|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Collette Northrop|1992|<!-- Unknown -->}}
*{{marriage|Elizabeth Moberly<br>|2014}}  
}}
}}


'''John Jeremy Lloyd''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor.  He was the co-writer of several successful [[British sitcom]]s, including ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' and ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''.
'''John Jeremy Lloyd''', [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor.  He was the co-writer of several successful [[w:British sitcom|British sitcom]]s, including ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' and ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''.


==Early years==
==Early years==
John Jeremy Lloyd was born in [[Danbury, Essex]] to a mother who had been a dancer, and a petroleum engineer father who served as an officer in the [[Royal Engineers]] at the beginning of [[World War II]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11310788/Jeremy-Lloyd-obituary.html Jeremy Lloyd Obituary"]. 23 December 2014. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. London. Retrieved 8 May 2017.</ref> As a child he was sent to live with his grandmother in [[Manchester]] and rarely saw his parents, who he claimed had seen him as a failure.<ref name=guardian/> His father withdrew him from a private [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in 1943.
John Jeremy Lloyd was born in [[w:Danbury, Essex|Danbury]] to a mother who had been a dancer, and a petroleum engineer father who served as an officer in the [[w:Royal Engineers|Royal Engineers]] at the beginning of [[w:World War II|World War II]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11310788/Jeremy-Lloyd-obituary.html Jeremy Lloyd Obituary"]. 23 December 2014. ''[[w:The Daily Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]''. London. Retrieved 8 May 2017.</ref> As a child he was sent to live with his grandmother in [[Manchester]] and rarely saw his parents, who he claimed had seen him as a failure.<ref name=guardian/> His father withdrew him from a private [[w:Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in 1943.


Lloyd then worked as a junior assistant in the menswear department at [[Simpsons of Piccadilly]] and many of the characters depicted in ''Are You Being Served?'' were drawn from his recollections of his time there. He was also a travelling paint salesman and believed his early jobs gave him a better education than a university could have provided.<ref name=autobiography>{{cite web| url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2825757-listen-very-carefully-i-shall-say-this-only-once| title=Listen Very Carefully – I Shall Say This Only Once| website=[[Goodreads]]| access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>
Lloyd then worked as a junior assistant in the menswear department at [[w:Simpsons of Piccadilly|Simpsons of Piccadilly]] and many of the characters depicted in ''Are You Being Served?'' were drawn from his recollections of his time there. He was also a travelling paint salesman and believed his early jobs gave him a better education than a university could have provided.<ref name=autobiography>{{cite web| url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2825757-listen-very-carefully-i-shall-say-this-only-once| title=Listen Very Carefully – I Shall Say This Only Once| website=[[w:Goodreads|Goodreads]]| access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Lloyd began his career as a writer in 1958 before making his film debut two years later in 1960 in ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'', and appeared in numerous film and television comedies during the 1960s and 1970s. Notably, he was a regular performer on ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' during the 1969–70 television season. Back in England, after he completed the season, he met actress [[Joanna Lumley]]. A decision had to be made as to whether he would return to the U.S. for the start of the new season or remain in the UK and marry Lumley. He never returned to the United States.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Lloyd began his career as a writer in 1958 before making his film debut two years later in 1960 in ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'', and appeared in numerous film and television comedies during the 1960s and 1970s. Notably, he was a regular performer on ''[[w:Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In|Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' during the 1969–70 television season. Back in England, after he completed the season, he met actress [[w:Joanna Lumley|Joanna Lumley]]. A decision had to be made as to whether he would return to the U.S. for the start of the new season or remain in the UK and marry Lumley. He never returned to the United States.


In ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' (1964) Lloyd is uncredited as a tall man dancing at the disco with Beatles drummer [[Ringo Starr]]. In ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (1965), he is a restaurant patron, also uncredited. In 1969, he filmed a scene with [[Peter Sellers]] for ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'', which co-starred Ringo Starr. Lloyd can be seen in a boardroom meeting offering marketing slogans for a really big car, and suggests "the gang's all here back seat." In 1967 he played the eccentric chimney sweep, Berthram Fortesque Wynthrope-Smythe, aka Bert Smith, in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' episode, "[[From Venus with Love (The Avengers)|From Venus With Love]]".<ref name="imdb"/>
In ''[[w:A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' (1964) Lloyd is uncredited as a tall man dancing at the disco with Beatles drummer [[w:Ringo Starr|Ringo Starr]]. In ''[[w:Help! (film)|Help!]]'' (1965), he is a restaurant patron, also uncredited. In 1969, he filmed a scene with [[Peter Sellers]] for ''[[The Magic Christian (film)|The Magic Christian]]'', which co-starred Ringo Starr. Lloyd can be seen in a boardroom meeting offering marketing slogans for a really big car, and suggests "the gang's all here back seat." In 1967 he played the eccentric chimney sweep, Berthram Fortesque Wynthrope-Smythe, aka Bert Smith, in ''[[w:The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' episode, "[[w:From Venus with Love (The Avengers)|From Venus With Love]]".<ref name="imdb"/>


Lloyd's first major success as a comedy writer was with ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' in 1972, on which he worked with [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]].<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|id=0516027|name=Jeremy Lloyd}}</ref> He and Croft subsequently produced ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'', which was equally popular in the UK, and a spinoff of ''Are You Being Served?'', ''[[Grace & Favour]]'', which aired in 1992.<ref name="imdb"/> Lloyd wrote the poem/lyrics for the popular ''[[Captain Beaky and His Band|Captain Beaky]]'' album and books in 1980.<ref name=death/>
Lloyd's first major success as a comedy writer was with ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' in 1972, on which he worked with [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]].<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|id=0516027|name=Jeremy Lloyd}}</ref> He and Croft subsequently produced ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'', which was equally popular in the UK, and a spinoff of ''Are You Being Served?'', ''[[Grace & Favour]]'', which aired in 1992.<ref name="imdb"/> Lloyd wrote the poem/lyrics for the popular ''[[w:Captain Beaky and His Band|Captain Beaky]]'' album and books in 1980.<ref name=death/>


In 1993 Lloyd published his [[autobiography]], titled with a phrase from '''Allo 'Allo!'', called ''Listen Very Carefully—I Shall Say this Only Once'' (BBC Books: {{ISBN|978-0-5633-6203-6}}).<ref name=autobiography />
In 1993 Lloyd published his [[w:autobiography|autobiography]], titled with a phrase from '''Allo 'Allo!'', called ''Listen Very Carefully—I Shall Say this Only Once'' (BBC Books: {{ISBN|978-0-5633-6203-6}}).<ref name=autobiography />


Lloyd was the subject of what was considered an [[urban legend]], that he had been invited to a dinner party at the home of [[Sharon Tate]] on the night that she was murdered by followers of [[Charles Manson]]. However, the story was verified as true when the octogenarian was interviewed by [[Emma Freud]] on the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme, ''[[Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]'', on 10 December 2011.
Lloyd was the subject of what was considered an [[w:urban legend|urban legend]], that he had been invited to a dinner party at the home of [[w:Sharon Tate|Sharon Tate]] on the night that she was murdered by followers of [[w:Charles Manson|Charles Manson]]. However, the story was verified as true when the octogenarian was interviewed by [[w:Emma Freud|Emma Freud]] on the [[w:BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4]] programme, ''[[w:Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]'', on 10 December 2011.


Lloyd was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to British comedy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=12 |supp=y}}</ref>
Lloyd was appointed an [[w:Officer of the Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to British comedy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60367|date=29 December 2012|page=12 |supp=y}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Lloyd's first marriage in 1955 to model Dawn Bailey lasted seven years. After their marriage ended, he was briefly engaged to the actress [[Charlotte Rampling]].<ref name=guardian/> Lloyd then married actress [[Joanna Lumley]] in May 1970, but that union ended in September of the same year.<ref name=death/> In 1992 he married actress Collette Northrop. In August 2014, Lloyd married Elizabeth "Lizzy" Moberly.<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeremy-lloyd-actor-and-writer-who-teamed-david-croft-two-comedy-classics-are-you-being-served-and-allo-allo-9945187.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeremy-lloyd-actor-and-writer-who-teamed-david-croft-two-comedy-classics-are-you-being-served-and-allo-allo-9945187.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jeremy Lloyd: Actor and writer who teamed up with David Croft for two |date=25 December 2014 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London}}</ref>
Lloyd's first marriage in 1955 to model Dawn Bailey lasted seven years. After their marriage ended, he was briefly engaged to the actress [[w:Charlotte Rampling|Charlotte Rampling]].<ref name=guardian/> Lloyd then married actress [[w:Joanna Lumley|Joanna Lumley]] in May 1970, but that union ended in September of the same year.<ref name=death/> In 1992 he married actress Collette Northrop. In August 2014, Lloyd married Elizabeth "Lizzy" Moberly.<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeremy-lloyd-actor-and-writer-who-teamed-david-croft-two-comedy-classics-are-you-being-served-and-allo-allo-9945187.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeremy-lloyd-actor-and-writer-who-teamed-david-croft-two-comedy-classics-are-you-being-served-and-allo-allo-9945187.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jeremy Lloyd: Actor and writer who teamed up with David Croft for two |date=25 December 2014 |newspaper=[[w:The Independent|The Independent]] |location=London}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Lloyd died on 23 December 2014, aged 84, after being admitted to a [[London]] hospital with [[pneumonia]]. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/23/comedy-writer-jeremy-lloyd-dies-aged-84|title=Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies at age 84| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| date=23 December 2014| access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=death>{{cite news| title=Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30591740| access-date=23 December 2014| publisher=[[BBC News]]| date=23 December 2014}}</ref>
Lloyd died on 23 December 2014, aged 84, after being admitted to a [[w:London|London]] hospital with [[w:pneumonia|pneumonia]]. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/23/comedy-writer-jeremy-lloyd-dies-aged-84|title=Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies at age 84| newspaper=[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]| location=London| date=23 December 2014| access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=death>{{cite news| title=Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30591740| access-date=23 December 2014| publisher=[[w:BBC News|BBC News]]| date=23 December 2014}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

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Jeremy Lloyd

OBE
Jeremy Lloyd (actor).jpg
BornJohn Jeremy Lloyd
(1930-07-22)22 July 1930
Danbury, England, UK
Died23 December 2014(2014-12-23) (aged 84)
London, England, UK
OccupationScriptwriter
NationalityBritish
Period1958–2014
GenreTelevision
Notable worksRowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969–70)
Are You Being Served? (1972–85)
Come Back Mrs. Noah (1977–78)
Oh Happy Band! (1980)
'Allo 'Allo! (1982-92)
Grace & Favour (1992–93)
Which Way to the War (1994)
Spouse
Dawn Bailey
​
​
(m. 1955; div. 1962)​
​
​
(m. 1970; div. 1970)​
Collette Northrop
​
(m. 1992)​
Elizabeth Moberly
​
​
(m. 2014)​

John Jeremy Lloyd, OBE (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor. He was the co-writer of several successful British sitcoms, including Are You Being Served? and 'Allo 'Allo!.

Early years

John Jeremy Lloyd was born in Danbury to a mother who had been a dancer, and a petroleum engineer father who served as an officer in the Royal Engineers at the beginning of World War II.[1] As a child he was sent to live with his grandmother in Manchester and rarely saw his parents, who he claimed had seen him as a failure.[2] His father withdrew him from a private preparatory school in 1943.

Lloyd then worked as a junior assistant in the menswear department at Simpsons of Piccadilly and many of the characters depicted in Are You Being Served? were drawn from his recollections of his time there. He was also a travelling paint salesman and believed his early jobs gave him a better education than a university could have provided.[3]

Career

Lloyd began his career as a writer in 1958 before making his film debut two years later in 1960 in School for Scoundrels, and appeared in numerous film and television comedies during the 1960s and 1970s. Notably, he was a regular performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In during the 1969–70 television season. Back in England, after he completed the season, he met actress Joanna Lumley. A decision had to be made as to whether he would return to the U.S. for the start of the new season or remain in the UK and marry Lumley. He never returned to the United States.

In A Hard Day's Night (1964) Lloyd is uncredited as a tall man dancing at the disco with Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. In Help! (1965), he is a restaurant patron, also uncredited. In 1969, he filmed a scene with Peter Sellers for The Magic Christian, which co-starred Ringo Starr. Lloyd can be seen in a boardroom meeting offering marketing slogans for a really big car, and suggests "the gang's all here back seat." In 1967 he played the eccentric chimney sweep, Berthram Fortesque Wynthrope-Smythe, aka Bert Smith, in The Avengers episode, "From Venus With Love".[4]

Lloyd's first major success as a comedy writer was with Are You Being Served? in 1972, on which he worked with David Croft.[4] He and Croft subsequently produced 'Allo 'Allo!, which was equally popular in the UK, and a spinoff of Are You Being Served?, Grace & Favour, which aired in 1992.[4] Lloyd wrote the poem/lyrics for the popular Captain Beaky album and books in 1980.[5]

In 1993 Lloyd published his autobiography, titled with a phrase from 'Allo 'Allo!, called Listen Very Carefully—I Shall Say this Only Once (BBC Books: ISBN 978-0-5633-6203-6).[3]

Lloyd was the subject of what was considered an urban legend, that he had been invited to a dinner party at the home of Sharon Tate on the night that she was murdered by followers of Charles Manson. However, the story was verified as true when the octogenarian was interviewed by Emma Freud on the BBC Radio 4 programme, Loose Ends, on 10 December 2011.

Lloyd was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to British comedy.[6]

Personal life

Lloyd's first marriage in 1955 to model Dawn Bailey lasted seven years. After their marriage ended, he was briefly engaged to the actress Charlotte Rampling.[2] Lloyd then married actress Joanna Lumley in May 1970, but that union ended in September of the same year.[5] In 1992 he married actress Collette Northrop. In August 2014, Lloyd married Elizabeth "Lizzy" Moberly.[7]

Death

Lloyd died on 23 December 2014, aged 84, after being admitted to a London hospital with pneumonia. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth.[2][5]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Jeremy Lloyd Obituary". 23 December 2014. The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies at age 84". The Guardian. London. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Listen Very Carefully – I Shall Say This Only Once". Goodreads. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Jeremy Lloyd at IMDb
  5. ^ a b c "Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies". BBC News. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. ^ "No. 60367". w:The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 12.
  7. ^ "Jeremy Lloyd: Actor and writer who teamed up with David Croft for two". The Independent. London. 25 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.

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