Norman Lloyd, star of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Saboteur', dies at 106 - Lloyd had a long run as cancer-stricken Dr. Auschlander on the television hospital drama "St. Elsewhere" in the 1980s.
The American Jewish actor, director, and producer Norman Nathan Lloyd, who died May 10 at age 106, proved over a long career how in show business, it’s who you know as well as what you know that counts. In his 1990 memoir “Stages” from Scarecrow Press, reprinted in 2004 by Limelight Editions, Lloyd explains how he was born in Jersey City to Conservative Jewish parents who hastened back to the Bronx and eventually to Flatbush to enjoy New York culture.
His father Max managed a furniture store while his mother Sedia was a frustrated singer. When Lloyd was around nine years old, his mother took him for elocution and dance lessons. Lloyd and his mother haunted Broadway musicals of the 1920s and 30s, idolizing Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor, as well as the composers George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen. As Lloyd told “The Jewish Week” in 2007: “The Jews are an artistic people… It’s clear from the music, the actors, the writers. They are just artists. I
Norman Lloyd, Veteran Hollywood Actor, Dead at 106
Norman Lloyd, Veteran Hollywood Actor, Dead at 106
St. Elsewhere star s long career included working with Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock as well as producing and directing in a variety of mediums
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Saboteur and portrayed Dr. Daniel Auschlander on NBC’s
St. Elsewhere, died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, as
Variety reports. Lloyd’s friend, producer Dean Hargrove, confirmed his death to
Variety. He was 106.
The Hollywood veteran’s eight-decade career spanned theater, radio, film and TV, where he served in a variety of roles including director and producer. While his own name may not be widely recognized, he was deeply respected within industry circles and he worked with some of the most renowned names in the business through several generations, including Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Jean Renoir, Martin Scorsese, and Judd Apatow.
Renowned actor, director Norman Lloyd passes away at 106
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Norman Lloyd died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES: American actor, producer and director Norman Lloyd, whose career of more than 80 years included collaborations with legends such as Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles, has died at the age of 106,
Variety and
Deadline Hollywood reported on Tuesday.
Variety said Lloyd’s friend and fellow producer Dean Hargrove confirmed the death, saying Lloyd died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles.
Deadline Hollywood said he died in his sleep.
Lloyd had a long run as cancer-stricken Dr. Auschlander on the television hospital drama
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In this photo from 2008, actor Norman Lloyd attends the grand opening of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Winter 2008 Exhibitions at the Academy s Grand Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. Lloyd has died at the age of 106.(Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images/TNS)
Norman Lloyd, a Hitchcock villain who later saved lives on ‘St. Elsewhere,’ dies at 106
LOS ANGELES Norman Lloyd, who memorably fell to his death from the Statue of Liberty as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Saboteur” in the 1940s but became best known four decades later as the kindly Dr. Daniel Auschlander on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” has died at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.