Mr. Lloyd began performing when he was very young, appearing before ladies’ clubs, he told The Star-Ledger of Newark in 2007. There’s a Fly on Baby’s Head’ — that was my big number,” he recalled dryly. Mr. Lloyd’s performance as Cinna, in a version of “Julius Caesar” that Welles set in Mussolini’s Italy, brought him acclaim. When Welles moved to Los Angeles in 1940 to make films, the young Mr. Lloyd went with him. Welles’s first movie project fell through, however, and Mr. Lloyd, who was expecting a baby with his wife, Peggy, a fellow performer, decided to look for work elsewhere.

Source: New York Times May 11, 2021 23:33 UTC