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Euan Lloyd (6 December 1923 – 2 July 2016) [1] was a British film producer. Biography. He began his career directing short travelogue documentaries, starting with April in Portugal in 1954 (not released until 1956). He worked in publicity, giving away Anita Ekberg at her wedding to Anthony Steel. [2]
4 de jul. de 2016 · Euan Lloyd, a prominent independent producer of popular British action films, has died, aged 92. Lloyd stood alone within the depressed British film industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s as a producer with the self-belief, charisma and bluff to mount large-scale independent action-adventure films, such as The Wild Geese (1978 ...
Euan Lloyd. Producer: The Wild Geese. He started work as a theatre manager at 16, invalided out of the army at 19 after splitting his skull on the top of a tank. He spent 7 years as a film publicist. In 1953 Alan Ladd gave him a big break by making him production assistant on 'The Black Knight'.
- Producer, Additional Crew, Director
- December 6, 1923
- Euan Lloyd
- July 2, 2016
The film, which starred veteran American and British actors, was produced by Euan Lloyd and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen: both had previously worked together on the successful 1978 British-Swiss war film The Wild Geese.
The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger. The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
Born. December 6, 1923 · Rugby, England, UK. Died. July 2, 2016 · UK (undisclosed) Birth name. Euan Wallace Lloyd. Mini Bio. He started work as a theatre manager at 16, invalided out of the army at 19 after splitting his skull on the top of a tank. He spent 7 years as a film publicist.
- December 6, 1923
- July 2, 2016
Hace 6 días · Lloyd's next production, Paper Tiger (UK/US, d. Ken Annakin, 1975), was an unusual family film with thriller elements set in the Far East and starring David Niven, Toshiro Mifune and Hardy Kruger. But it was the much-loved 'Boy's Own' adventure The Wild Geese (Switzerland/UK, d. 1978) that would give him his biggest success. Adapted by Reginald ...
