Harold Clayton Lloyd Jr. (January 25, 1931 â€" June 9, 1971) was an
American actor and singer.The second child and only son of the silent
film comedian Harold Lloyd and actress Mildred Davis, Lloyd made
several B-movies in the 1950s and 1960s, including The Flaming Urge
(1953) (one of only two starring roles) and Frankenstein's Daughter
(1958). In 1959, he had a role in the film Girls Town, which features
the son of another famous silent movie comedian, Charles Chaplin Jr.
He was given production roles in the compilations of his father's
films, released in the early 1960s. As a singer, he performed in
several films, had moderate successes in cabaret in Hollywood and
elsewhere, and released an album of romantic ballads in 1965 titled
Intimate Style.Lloyd (known as Dukey to his family) found it very
difficult to live in the shadow of his very famous father, and was an
alcoholic from his 20s onward. He was also gay at a time when it was
considered socially unacceptable. Author Tom Dardis notes that Lloyd
Sr. was understanding about his son's sexuality, all the more so given
Lloyd Jr.'s tendency toward violent lovers. Consequently, the younger
Lloyd often returned to Greenacres, the family estate, battered and
bruised after his encounters. His father's tolerance had its limits,
however, and (in not an uncommon view at the time) Lloyd Sr. blamed
his own absences during his son's childhood for his sexuality. In
1953, he briefly was engaged to the Chilean actress Marina Cisternas.
In 1960, he was again engaged, this time to Parisian socialite Irene
Barrelet deRicou, daughter of French tennis player Paul Barrelet de
Ricou and socialite Louise Barrelet de Ricou. Irene was warned by
many, including Bing Crosby, not to marry Lloyd, but it wasn't until
she caught him with another man that the wedding was canceled. He had
a home in Palm Springs, California Lloyd suffered a massive stroke in
1965 from which he never fully recovered. He died on June 9, 1971 at
the age of 40, three months after the death of his father. He was
interred with his parents in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum's Begonia
Corridor at Glendale Forest Lawn Cemetery.
American actor and singer.The second child and only son of the silent
film comedian Harold Lloyd and actress Mildred Davis, Lloyd made
several B-movies in the 1950s and 1960s, including The Flaming Urge
(1953) (one of only two starring roles) and Frankenstein's Daughter
(1958). In 1959, he had a role in the film Girls Town, which features
the son of another famous silent movie comedian, Charles Chaplin Jr.
He was given production roles in the compilations of his father's
films, released in the early 1960s. As a singer, he performed in
several films, had moderate successes in cabaret in Hollywood and
elsewhere, and released an album of romantic ballads in 1965 titled
Intimate Style.Lloyd (known as Dukey to his family) found it very
difficult to live in the shadow of his very famous father, and was an
alcoholic from his 20s onward. He was also gay at a time when it was
considered socially unacceptable. Author Tom Dardis notes that Lloyd
Sr. was understanding about his son's sexuality, all the more so given
Lloyd Jr.'s tendency toward violent lovers. Consequently, the younger
Lloyd often returned to Greenacres, the family estate, battered and
bruised after his encounters. His father's tolerance had its limits,
however, and (in not an uncommon view at the time) Lloyd Sr. blamed
his own absences during his son's childhood for his sexuality. In
1953, he briefly was engaged to the Chilean actress Marina Cisternas.
In 1960, he was again engaged, this time to Parisian socialite Irene
Barrelet deRicou, daughter of French tennis player Paul Barrelet de
Ricou and socialite Louise Barrelet de Ricou. Irene was warned by
many, including Bing Crosby, not to marry Lloyd, but it wasn't until
she caught him with another man that the wedding was canceled. He had
a home in Palm Springs, California Lloyd suffered a massive stroke in
1965 from which he never fully recovered. He died on June 9, 1971 at
the age of 40, three months after the death of his father. He was
interred with his parents in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum's Begonia
Corridor at Glendale Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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