Credit is due to Hitchcock and Joan Harrison for pushing through the blacklist issue in the mid-50s and bringing Lloyd on board with ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS as an associate producer, which kicked off an incredibly prolific career as a producer/executive producer in television, covering a wide range of dramatic genres and subjects.
Early in his career, he played a wonderful series of weaselly characters, beginning with SABOTEUR (as Dan mentioned), but these were exceptions to the rule, as they generally didn't capture the made-for-theatre voice that he possessed, and that he'd use to such great effect later in life on the fondly-remembered "St. Elsewhere" (and the fact that this show debuted nearly forty years ago is a sobering thought to contemplate, but it reminds us of just how productive Lloyd continued to be, given that he was in his late 60s at that time).
They really don't make "grand old men" any grander than Norman Lloyd--he and his work will continue to resonate for decades to come.
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