Norman Lloyd, whose distinguished acting career stretched from ‘Saboteur’ to ‘St. Elsewhere,’ dies at 106
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
FILE - Norman Lloyd poses before a 50th anniversary screening of the film The Sound of Music at the opening night gala of the TCM Classic Film Festival on March 26, 2015, in Los Angeles. Lloyd, the distinguished stage and screen actor known for his role as a kindly doctor on TV s St. Elsewhere, has died at 106. Manager Marion Rosenberg said the actor died Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
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By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writers
LOS ANGELES (AP) â Norman Lloyd, whose role as kindly Dr. Daniel Auschlander on TVâs âSt. Elsewhereâ was a single chapter in a distinguished stage and screen career that put him in the company of Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin and other greats, has died. He was 106.
Lloyd s son, Michael Lloyd, said his father died Tuesday at his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
His credits stretch from the earliest known U.S. TV drama, 1939â²s âOn the Streets of New Yorkâ on the nascent NBC network, to 21st-century projects including âModern Familyâ and âThe Practice.â
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