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Bernard Lloyd
Born(1934-01-30)30 January 1934
Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Died12 December 2018(2018-12-12) (aged 84)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActor

Bernard Lloyd (30 January 1934 – 12 December 2018[1]) was a Welsh actor noted for his television roles.[2] 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.[3]

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 Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil, 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.[2]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1985–1986 Lytton's Diary Henry Field TV series
1999 A Christmas Carol Marley's Ghost TV movie
2009 The Young Victoria Archbishop of Canterbury

References

  1. ^ "Bernard Lloyd - South Wales Argus".
  2. ^ a b Bernard Lloyd at IMDb, retrieved 8 July 2010
  3. ^ The Signalman at bbc.co.uk, retrieved 8 July 2010
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