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Norman Lloyd Facts
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Born |
Nov 8, 1914 Jersey City, NJ |
| Age | 111 |
| Total Facts | 47 |
After Lewis Friedman left PBS, after producing The Scarecrow (1972) (TV), Lloyd took over Friedman's duties as the executive producer of the network.
After his birth, his entire family moved to Manhattan before Brooklyn, where Norman had been raised.
As a young man, he was apprenticing for his profession under Eva Le Gallienne, she made the suggestion that he take elocution lessons to take all the rough edges off his Brooklyn accent.
At age 12, he studied with the fourmost dance team in America.
Attended New York University.
Attended the same high school as basketball player Jules Bender.
Bears a slight resemblance to his late best friend Alfred Hitchcock.
Before he was a successful actor he used to be a dancer.
Before he was a successful actor, producer and director, he used to be a child performer of the silent era.
Best known by the public for his starring role as Chief of Emergency Services - Dr. Daniel Auschlander on "St. Elsewhere" (1982).
Between Betty White, Mickey Rooney and Ernest Borgnine, he's one of the oldest actors in Hollywood not to retire.
Both his mother and Norman himself would go to shows, to look at comics in order to steal the material.
Despite not attending Harvard University, he was hired from their dramatic society to perform the play "The Bride and the Unicorn.".
Did not appear in his first movie until he was 27.
Did the voice-over for a Ben Gay commercial seen on national TV. The spot was rather sardonic, unlike any Ben Gay spot before or since, and Lloyd did a marvelous job, his voice and reading appropriately dry as a martini.
Friends with Harry Morgan, Karl Malden, Bill Dana, Arlene Dahl, Jane Wyatt, Wallace Ford, Charles Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock and his late wife Peggy Lee.
Got the job as producer of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) with the encouragement of his best friend Alfred Hitchcock.
Graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1929, at age 14, with higher grades.
Growing up in the depression, his father Max, lost his store, and the job that affected Lloyd's family, economically.
Had 2 sisters, Lloyd is the only son.
His 75-year marriage to Peggy Lloyd was the one of the longest marriages - if not the longest marriage - in Hollywood history.
His character of Dr. Daniel Auschlander on "St. Elsewhere" (1982) was supposed to stay on for 4 episodes, but with the connection of the show, along with some response from the audience, Lloyd stayed on for additional six seasons, which in turn was the show's ending.
His father, Max Lloyd, worked as a manager in a furniture store, his mother, Sedia Lloyd, was a housewife and a singer.
His hobbies include golfing, dining, tennis, punching ball, traveling, dancing and movies.
His idol when he was very young was Charles Chaplin. He would later be friends with him for 30 years until Chaplin's death on Christmas Day, 1977.
His wife Peggy Lloyd died exactly two months after her 75th wedding anniversary with him in 2011. In fact, she died just 16 days after her 98th birthday.
In his eight decade career, he has worked with some of the youngest players in Hollywood.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "I Was a Monster Movie Maker" (McFarland & Co., 2001).
Is a close friend of Christopher Lee.
Is also good friends with Orson Welles, Blythe Danner and John Houseman (who used to be partners with him at a theater).
Is the oldest cast member of "St. Elsewhere" (1982).
Later dropped out of New York University, much to his father's dismay, and began going on auditions as a stage actor.
Made his Broadway debut in the play "Noah.".
Met Alfred Hitchcock through partner John Houseman, who suggested Lloyd's name to Hitchcock. The friendship lasted for nearly 40 years until Hitchcock's death on April 29, 1980.
Met Blythe Danner while working on a TV movie Invitation to a March (1972) (TV).
Met his wife, actress Peggy Lloyd, while both were co-starring in the play, "Crime," by Elia Kazan.
Moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1942, at the time, he was working at Universal Studios.
Remains good friends with Howie Mandel and David Morse, during and after "St. Elsewhere" (1982).
Through mutual friend, Blythe Danner, he was invited to her husband's, Bruce Paltrow's cocktail party one day, and asked him to play one of the lead roles as Dr. Daniel Auschlander in "St. Elsewhere" (1982). Despite Lloyd's busy schedule, he accepted the role.
Was earning $23.87 a week in the theater, back in 1936, before marrying Peggy Lloyd.
Was raised nearby the same area as Jonathan Harris.
When he was 8, he wanted to be an actor.
When he went back to New York, he eventually got a job directing industrial films for $150 a week, this was before he came back to Los Angeles.
Worked on "St. Elsewhere" (1982), while producing "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979), at the same time.
Worked on a pilot with George Peppard that did not sell.
Worked with Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and Mel Ferrer at the La Jolla Playhouse, as a director, before becoming a successful actor. He made an appearance there.
Would frequently visit Karl Malden's house until his death in 2009.