Jeremy Lloyd

John Jeremy Lloyd (22 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an English writer, screenwriter, author, poet and actor. He was the co-writer of several successful British sitcoms, including Are You Being Served? and 'Allo 'Allo!.

Early years John Jeremy Lloyd was born in Danbury, Essex to a mother who had been a dancer, and a petroleum engineer father who served as an officer in the Royal Engineers at the beginning of World War II. As a child he was sent to live with his grandmother in Manchester and rarely saw his parents, who he claimed had seen him as a failure.

Career Lloyd began his career as a writer in 1958 before making his film debut two years later in 1960 in School for Scoundrels, and appeared in numerous film and television comedies during the 1960s and 1970s. Notably, he was a regular performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In during the 1969–70 television season. Back in England, after he completed the season, he met actress Joanna Lumley. A decision had to be made as to whether he would return to the U.S. for the start of the new season or remain in the UK and marry Lumley. He never returned to the United States.

In A Hard Day's Night (1964) Lloyd is uncredited as a tall man dancing at the disco with Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. In Help! (1965), he is a restaurant patron, also uncredited. In 1969, he filmed a scene with Peter Sellers for The Magic Christian, which co-starred Ringo Starr. Lloyd can be seen in a boardroom meeting offering marketing slogans for a really big car, and suggests "the gang's all here back seat." In 1967 he played the eccentric chimney sweep, Berthram Fortesque Wynthrope-Smythe, Bert Smith, in The Avengers episode, "From Venus With Love". He and Croft subsequently produced 'Allo 'Allo!, which was equally popular in the UK, and a spinoff of Are You Being Served?, Grace & Favour, which aired in 1992.

Personal life Lloyd's first marriage in 1955 to model Dawn Bailey lasted seven years. After their marriage ended, he was briefly engaged to the actress Charlotte Rampling.

Death Lloyd died on 23 December 2014, aged 84, after being admitted to a London hospital with pneumonia. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth.

Filmography

School for Scoundrels (1960) – Dingle Man in the Moon (1960) – Jaguar driver Seven Keys (1961) – Freddy Very Important Person (1961) – Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC Flame in the Streets (1961) – (uncredited) Play it Cool (1962) – Man doing the Twist (uncredited) Operation Snatch (1962) – Capt. James Crooks Anonymous (1962) – M.C. at the Peekaboo Club Two and Two Make Six (1962) – Bowler-hatted young man We Joined the Navy (1962) – Dewberry Jr. Just for Fun (1963) – Prime Minister's son Death Drums Along the River (1963) – Tom Hamilton A Hard Day's Night (1964) – Tall Dancer at the Disco (uncredited) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) – Lieutenant Parsons Help! (1965) – Restaurant Patron (uncredited) A Study in Terror (1965) – Rupert (uncredited) The Liquidator (1965) – Young Man Doctor in Clover (1966) – Lambert Symington The Wrong Box (1966) – Brian Allen Harvey The Sandwich Man (1966) – Jeremy – the Guardsman Three Hats for Lisa (1966) – Guards Officer The Long Duel (1967) – Crabbe Smashing Time (1967) – Jeremy Tove Salt and Pepper (1968) – Lord Ponsonby The Assassination Bureau (1969) – English Officer (uncredited) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) – Johnson (uncredited) The Magic Christian (1969) – Lord Hampton Games That Lovers Play (1971) – Jonathan Chatterley Murder on the Orient Express (1974) – A.D.C. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Lord Fellama Grace & Favour, Series 1, Episode 4 (1992) – Car driver 'Allo 'Allo! – Series 9 Episode 1 – Gone with the Windmill (1992) – German officer Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013) – David Layton (final film role)