- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Jeremy Lloyd
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Jeremy Lloyd was born on July 22, 1930 in Danbury, Essex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Are You Being Served? (1977) and Whodunnit? (1972). He was married to Elizabeth Moberly, Collette Northrop, Joanna Lumley and Dawn Bailey. He died on December 23, 2014 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesElizabeth Moberly(June 2014 - December 22, 2014) (his death)Collette Northrop(1992 - ?) (divorced)Joanna Lumley(May 23, 1970 - February 11, 1971) (divorced)Dawn Bailey(1955 - 1962) (divorced)
- His most famous sitcom as a writer, "Are You Being Served?", was based on Lloyd's own experiences working at Simpsons of Piccadilly.
- Before starting as a comedian and writer, he worked variously as a paint salesman, a metal sorter and road digger.
- Subject of a persistent urban legend which claims that he was invited to a dinner party at the home of Sharon Tate on the night that she was murdered by followers of Charles Manson. There seems to be no truth in this story, as Lloyd was performing at a live show in New York during the week of Tate's death, and there is no evidence to suggest that he had ever met Tate or her husband, Roman Polanski, while she was still living.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to British Comedy. He is a screen writer.
- Ex-stepfather of Jamie Lumley.
- You never write a catchphrase, you never write something and say 'this is going to be a catchphrase', you just write the show and then in the course of the show somebody says something and for some reason it gets a laugh.
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