Gaylord Fraser Lloyd (March 20, 1888 – September 1, 1943) was an actor and assistant director, known for ''Dodge Your Debts'' (1921), ''Trolley Troubles'' (1921) and ''Why Worry?'' (1923). He was the older brother of actor
Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many Silent film, silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influent ...
. He was married to
Barbara Starr. He was born in
Burchard, Nebraska
Burchard is a village in Pawnee County, Nebraska, Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 78 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The village is approximately 10 miles from the Nebraska-Kansas border and ten miles west ...
, and died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California.
He and his more famous brother looked very much alike, which allowed Gaylord to occasionally serve as a double for Harold. In the 1920 comedy ''
His Royal Slyness'', Gaylord played a prince while Harold played a lookalike American commoner.
While on the set of ''
Scarface'' (1932), either as a segment director or visitor (accounts differ), he was blinded in one eye by a flying splinter from a
copper explosive squib cap.
Thus like his brother before him (losing part of his right hand to a prop bomb), being permanently maimed by an onset accident.
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Gaylord Lloyd
1888 births
1943 deaths
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Male actors from Nebraska
People from Burchard, Nebraska
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