Gaylord Lloyd

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Gaylord Lloyd
Lloyd (right) with his brother Harold Lloyd in His Royal Slyness
Born
Gaylord Fraser Lloyd

(1888-03-20)March 20, 1888
DiedSeptember 1, 1943(1943-09-01) (aged 55)
OccupationActor
Years active1916-1927
Spouse
(m. 1924; div. 1931)
RelativesHarold Lloyd (brother)

Gaylord Fraser Lloyd (March 20, 1888 – September 1, 1943[1]) 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. He was married to Barbara Starr. He was born in Burchard, Nebraska, 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.[2] Thus like his brother before him (losing part of his right hand to a prop bomb), being permanently maimed by an onset accident.

Partial filmography

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Year Title Role Note
1916 Luke's Double
1917 The Big Idea
1918 Hit Him Again
1919 The Marathon
Just Neighbors Man in Line at Bank Uncredited
Start Something
Bumping Into Broadway Uncredited
Giving the Bride Away
Order in the Court
It's a Hard Life
How Dry I Am
1920 His Royal Slyness
High and Dizzy uncredited
Haunted Spooks
Get Out and Get Under
Number, Please?
1921 Now or Never
Among Those Present
Trolley Troubles
Never Weaken uncredited
1922 Grandma's Boy
1923 Why Worry?
Do Your Stuff
1926 Pay the Cashier
1927 Meet the Folks

References

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  1. ^ http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/206807310/Gaylord-Fraser-Lloyd [dead link]
  2. ^ Wise, Arthur (1973). Stunting in the Cinema. London: Constable. p. 195. ISBN 0-09-459090-7.
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