Bernard Lloyd Explained

Bernard Lloyd
Birth Date:1934 1, df=y
Birth Place:Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Death Place:Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation:Actor

Bernard Lloyd (30 January 1934 – 12 December 2018[1]) was a Welsh actor noted for his television roles. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Perhaps his most famous role was as The Traveller, the man who tries to unravel signalman Denholm Elliott's predicament in the 1976 Ghost Story for Christmas, The Signalman, based on the short story by Charles Dickens.[2]

He also played William Holman Hunt in the 1975 Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood drama The Love School.

Beginning his TV career in Redcap in 1965, he played roles in , Inspector Morse, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Lewis. He also performed as Jacob Marley's ghost in the 1999 television film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. In 2009 he played the role of the archbishop in the feature film The Young Victoria.[3]

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985–1986Lytton's DiaryHenry FieldTV series
1999A Christmas Carol Marley's Ghost TV movie
2009The Young Victoria Archbishop of Canterbury

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernard Lloyd - South Wales Argus.
  2. The Signalman at bbc.co.uk, retrieved 8 July 2010
  3. , retrieved 8 July 2010