Harold Lloyd Jr
- Category : Entertainment-Actor-Actress
- Type : GE
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Unexpected 4
Biography
American actor and singer.
The second child and only son of the silent film comedian Harold Lloyd and actress Mildred Davis, Lloyd made several B-movies in the 1950s and '60s, including The Flaming Urge (1953) (his only starring role) and Frankenstein's Daughter (1958). He was also given production roles in the compilations of his father's films, released in the early 1960s. As a singer he performed in several films, had moderate successes in cabaret in Hollywood and elsewhere, and released an album of romantic ballads in 1965 entitled Intimate Style.
Lloyd (known as 'Dukey' to his family) found it very difficult to live in the shadow of his very famous father, and was alcoholic from his twenties onward. He was also gay at a time when it was considered socially unacceptable. Lloyd tended to acquaint with violent lovers, and was left battered and bruised after several encounters. In 1953 he was briefly engaged to the Chilean actress Marina Cisternas. He had a home in Palm Springs, California, and was friends with Tab Hunter.
Lloyd suffered a massive stroke in 1965 from which he never fully recovered. He died on June 9, 1971. He was aged 40, and had outlived his father by 93 days.