Euan Lloyd (6 December 1923 – 2 July 2016) was a British film producer.

Biography

He began his career directing short travelogue documentaries, starting with '' April in Portugal'' in 1954 (not released until 1956). He worked in publicity, giving away

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at her wedding to Anthony Steel. Lloyd befriended

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while making '' The Red Beret'' (1953) and Ladd gained Lloyd a job on production for Warwick Productions. He worked for that company for several years, then went to work for

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. Lloyd's first credit as producer came when

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, with whom he had made ''

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'' (1955), asked him to co produce '' The Secret Ways'' (1961). He went on to produce ''

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'' (1966), '' Murderer's Row'' (1966), and westerns such as ''

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'' (1968) ''

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'' (1971) and ''

The Man Called Noon ''The Man Called Noon'' is a 1973 film directed by Peter Collinson. It stars Richard Crenna and Stephen Boyd. It is based on a 1970 Louis L'Amour novel of the same name. Cast * Richard Crenna as Noon, a gunman who develops amnesia after an at ...

'' (1973). Lloyd obtained finance from international sources. In the 1970s, Lloyd went

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, but his first effort, ''

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'' (1975), was not a success, although he said it was probably his favourite picture.''The Last of the Gentleman Producers''
at

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He put everything he had behind the $10 million action film ''

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'' (1978). He followed with ''

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'', (1980) starring

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and

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and ''

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'' (1982). His last film was '' Wild Geese II'' (1985) starring

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and

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. Lloyd appeared in the short documentary ''The Last of the Gentleman Producers'' which accompanied the 2004 release of ''The Wild Geese'' on DVD, and also contributed to the

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alongside

and

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John Glen. He died on 2 July 2016 at the age of 92.

Personal life

Lloyd married actress Jane Hylton (born Audrey Clark). Their daughter is Rosalind Lloyd. Lloyd's second marriage was to Patricia Donahue (born Patricia Mahar) on 17 November 1961.

Credits

*'' The Red Beret'' (1953) – publicist *'' The Black Knight'' (1954) – production assistant *'' The Cockleshell Heroes'' (1955) – production assistant *''

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'' (1956) – production assistant *'' April in Portugal'' (documentary, 1956) – director *'' Zarak'' (1956) – production assistant *''Land of Laughter'' (documentary, 1957) – director, writer *'' Fire Down Below'' (1957) – production assistant *''Love in Monaco'' (documentary, 1959) aka ''Invitation to Monte Carlo'' – producer, director, writer *'' The Secret Ways'' (1961) – associate producer *''

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'' (1963) – associate producer *''

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'' (1966) – associate producer *''

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'' (1966) – associate producer *''

'' (1966) – producer *''

'' (1968) – producer *''

'' (1971) – producer *''

'' (1973) – producer *''

'' (1975) – producer *''

'' (1978) – producer *''

'' (1980) – producer *'' The Final Option'' (1982) – producer *'' Wild Geese II'' (1985) – producer

Unmade Films

*''The Tigers Roar'' (1961) – with Richard Widmark, a follow up to ''The Secret Ways'' *Musical with

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with script by Jack Davis (1968)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Euan 1923 births 2016 deaths British film producers