Euan Lloyd (1923-2016) *92

was a British film producer.

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.

Lloyd befriended Alan Ladd while making The Red Beret and Ladd got Lloyd a job on production for Warwick Productions. He worked for that company for a number of years, then went to work for Carl Foreman.

Lloyd's first credit as producer came when Richard Widmark, with whom he had made A Prize of Gold, asked him to co produce The Secret Ways. He went on to produce The Poppy Is Also a Flower, Murderer's Row, and westerns such as Shalako A Man Called Noon and Catlow. Lloyd obtained finance from a variety of international sources.

In the 1970s, Lloyd went independent, but his first effort, Paper Tiger (1975), was not a success, although he says it was probably his favourite picture.

He put everything he had behind the $10 million action film The Wild Geese (1978). He followed with The Sea Wolves, (1980) starring Roger Moore, David Niven and Gregory Peck and Who Dares Wins (1982). His last film was Wild Geese II (1985) starring Scott Glenn and Laurence Olivier.

Lloyd appeared in the short documentary The Last of the Gentleman Producers which accompanied the 2004 release of The Wild Geese on DVD, and also contributed to the audio commentary alongside Roger Moore and film editor/second unit director John Glen. He died in July 2016 at the age of 92.

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