Danny Edward Lloyd (born October 13, 1972) is an American teacher and
former child actor best known for his role as Danny Torrance in the
horror film The Shining (1980), an adaptation of Stephen King's 1977
novel of the same name.Lloyd's first and best-known role is that of
Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was
selected for the role due to his ability to maintain his concentration
for extended periods. In the DVD commentary by Garrett Brown and John
Baxter, they state that Kubrick was able to film all of Lloyd's scenes
without the six-year-old actor realizing he was in a horror film. He
was led to believe that he was just acting in a drama film about a
family who lives in a hotel.Lloyd was also interviewed in Making The
Shining (1980), filmed by Stanley's daughter, Vivian Kubrick. Despite
his well-received performance in The Shining, Lloyd retired from
acting at the age of ten after his appearance as young G. Gordon Liddy
in the television film Will: G. Gordon Liddy (1982).In 2007, Lloyd
became a biology professor at Elizabethtown Community and Technical
College in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
former child actor best known for his role as Danny Torrance in the
horror film The Shining (1980), an adaptation of Stephen King's 1977
novel of the same name.Lloyd's first and best-known role is that of
Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). He was
selected for the role due to his ability to maintain his concentration
for extended periods. In the DVD commentary by Garrett Brown and John
Baxter, they state that Kubrick was able to film all of Lloyd's scenes
without the six-year-old actor realizing he was in a horror film. He
was led to believe that he was just acting in a drama film about a
family who lives in a hotel.Lloyd was also interviewed in Making The
Shining (1980), filmed by Stanley's daughter, Vivian Kubrick. Despite
his well-received performance in The Shining, Lloyd retired from
acting at the age of ten after his appearance as young G. Gordon Liddy
in the television film Will: G. Gordon Liddy (1982).In 2007, Lloyd
became a biology professor at Elizabethtown Community and Technical
College in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
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