In Memoriam: Norman Lloyd
Actor-producer-director Norman Lloyd, known for St. Elsewhere and Dead Poets Society, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. His son, Michael Lloyd, reported that he passed at his home. He was 106 years old.
Lloyd played Dr. Daniel Auschlander for six seasons on the medical drama St. Elsewhere and starred in Dead Poets Society as Mr. Nolan. As a producer, he earned two Emmy nominations for The Name of the Game in 1970 and the made for TV movie, Steambath in ’74.
The Jersey City, New Jersey native was born on November 8, 1914. He finished high school at age 15 and two years later he became an apprentice at Eva La Gallienne’s Civic Repertory Theatre in New York City. He spent time performing on stage, then made his onscreen debut in the 1939 TV movie The Streets of New York.
His early credits included Saboteur, The Southerner, and Spellbound in the ‘40s and appearances in Kraft Theatre and General Electric Theater in the ‘50s. He starred in several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and had guest spots on Kojak, Quincy M.E., and Murder, She Wrote.
Lloyd was in episodes of Home Fires, appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and was in The Age of Innocence. He starred in the series Seven Days, had guest appearances in The Practice, and his final onscreen role was in Trainwreck.
His directorial credits include episodes of Chevron Theatre, 19 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plus Columbo and Tales of the Unexpected.
Lloyd also produced Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, episodes of Journey to the Unknown and The Name of the Game. His later work in producing was the 1980s show Tales of the Unexpected.
He made appearances on Broadway as an actor and director with the popular Shakespearean plays The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear.
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In Memoriam: Norman Lloyd
Actor-producer-director Norman Lloyd, known for St. Elsewhere and Dead Poets Society, died on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. His son, Michael Lloyd, reported that he passed at his home. He was 106 years old.
Lloyd played Dr. Daniel Auschlander for six seasons on the medical drama St. Elsewhere and starred in Dead Poets Society as Mr. Nolan. As a producer, he earned two Emmy nominations for The Name of the Game in 1970 and the made for TV movie, Steambath in ’74.
The Jersey City, New Jersey native was born on November 8, 1914. He finished high school at age 15 and two years later he became an apprentice at Eva La Gallienne’s Civic Repertory Theatre in New York City. He spent time performing on stage, then made his onscreen debut in the 1939 TV movie The Streets of New York.
His early credits included Saboteur, The Southerner, and Spellbound in the ‘40s and appearances in Kraft Theatre and General Electric Theater in the ‘50s. He starred in several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and had guest spots on Kojak, Quincy M.E., and Murder, She Wrote.
Lloyd was in episodes of Home Fires, appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and was in The Age of Innocence. He starred in the series Seven Days, had guest appearances in The Practice, and his final onscreen role was in Trainwreck.
His directorial credits include episodes of Chevron Theatre, 19 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plus Columbo and Tales of the Unexpected.
Lloyd also produced Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, episodes of Journey to the Unknown and The Name of the Game. His later work in producing was the 1980s show Tales of the Unexpected.
He made appearances on Broadway as an actor and director with the popular Shakespearean plays The Taming of the Shrew and King Lear.







