American actor, producer and director Norman Lloyd passed away at the age of 106. The news was confirmed by Lloyd's friend and fellow producer Dean Hargrove
American
actor,
producer
and
director
Norman
Lloyd
passed
away
at
the
age
of
106.
The
news
was
confirmed
by
Lloyd's
friend
and
fellow
producer
Dean
Hargrove,
who
revealed
that
the
veteran
actor
died
on
Tuesday
(May
11)
at
his
home
in
Los
Angeles.
According
to
Deadline,
the
actor
who
has
worked
in
the
industry
for
more
than
80
years,
died
in
his
sleep.
Lloyd
and
wife
Peggy
had
two
children
and
were
married
for
75
years
until
her
death
in
2011
at
the
age
98.
According
to
reports,
Lloyd
was
born
in
Jersey
City,
New
Jersey
and
took
interest
in
acting
after
his
mother
took
him
to
Broadway
plays.
He
was
still
a
teenager
when
he
dropped
out
of
New
York
University
to
pursue
entertainment
full
time.
Apart
from
acting
in
films,
Lloyd
also
debuted
as
a
Broadway
theatre
actor
in
1935
with
the
play
The
Crime
alongside
Peggy
Craven.
Lloyd
had
garnered
fame
back
in
the
1980s
for
his
long-lasting
performance
as
Dr
Auschlander
on
the
television
hospital
drama
St.
Elsewhere.
He
was
also
seen
in
films
like
Martin
Scorsese's
The
Age
of
Innocence
in
1993,
Dead
Poets
Society
alongside
Robin
Williams,
Citizen
Kane,
Saboteur
and
many
more.
He
also
worked
with
Chaplin
in
the
1940s
including
a
production
called
Limelight.
However,
Lloyd's
first
screen
credit
can
be
traced
back
to
1939
for
a
television
segment
The
Streets
of
New
York.