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Lloyd Bochner
Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was a Jewish actor, usually
playing the role of suave, rich leading men. Lloyd Bochner was a
Canadian who was born on July 29, 1924 to Jewish parents. Lloyd
Bochner died on October 29, 2005.
Career
At age 11, Lloyd Bochner began his acting career on Ontario radio
programs. Lloyd Bochner went on to garner two Liberty Awards, the
highest acting honour in Canada, for his work in Canadian film and
theatre. In 1951 Lloyd Bochner moved to New York City and appeared
in early television series such as One Man's Family and Kraft
Television Theatre. In 1960, ABC called with a starring role in the
series Hong Kong with co-star Rod Taylor. A few years later, Lloyd
Bochner appeared in one of his most famous roles, that of the
scientist attempting to decipher an alien text in the classic 1962
Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man," a part Lloyd Bochner himself
spoofed years later in the comedy The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of
Fear. Lloyd Bochner was a member of the repertory cast of The
Richard Boone Show (1963-1964). In 1964 Lloyd Bochner guest starred
in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Season One episode "The
Fear-Makers". In 1965, Lloyd Bochner guest starred on ABC's western
series The Legend of Jesse James starring Christopher Jones in the
title role. Two years later, Lloyd Bochner appeared on the ABC
military-western Custer starring Wayne Maunder in the title role.
Lloyd Bochner appeared twice on the long running television western
The Virginian in the 1960s. Lloyd Bochner is also memorably smooth
and malicious as the gangster Carter up against Lee Marvin in John
Boorman's seminal 1960s film noir Point Blank.
Over the years, Lloyd Bochner continued to portray a variety of
roles in television and film, from a warlock on Bewitched to a
homosexual doctor coming out at middle age in the 1977
television-movie Terraces, to Pia Zadora's abusive screenwriter
husband in the camp classic film The Lonely Lady. In 1960, Lloyd
Bochner starred in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's The Citadel along
with Ann Blyth. His son Paul said Lloyd Bochner "almost always
played a suave, handsome, wealthy villain."
Famous roles
A typical and very famous Lloyd Bochner role was that of the
scheming Cecil Colby on Dynasty, in part due to his notorious death
scene (the character suffered a heart attack while having sex with
Alexis Carrington (Joan Collins), and later died in his hospital bed
seconds after marrying her). A few years later, Lloyd Bochner
planned to star as C.C. Capwell on the daytime drama Santa Barbara,
but a heart attack caused his departure from the series. Lloyd
Bochner continued to appear in television series for the next few
decades, doing frequent voiceover work for the animated cartoon
version of Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman
Adventures. In 1998 Lloyd Bochner co-founded the Committee to End
Violence, a panel designed to study the impact violent images had on
culture. Lloyd Bochner was also active in Association of Canadian
Radio and Television Artists and was a licensed amateur radio
operator. Lloyd Bochner joined the Stratford Festival of Canada in
its first season in 1953 and spent six years there, playing Horatio
in Hamlet, Orsino in Twelfth Night, and Duke Vincentio in Measure
for Measure opposite James Mason.
Television roles
Lloyd Bochner appeared in the episode "The Pisces" of the
short-lived TV show The Starlost (1973), and was Commandant Leiter
in the Battlestar Galactica original series episode "Greetings from
Earth". Also in the 1960s Lloyd Bochner appeared on Combat! as
either a German or an English officer and on Twelve O'Clock High as
an Englishman or as a British army or air force officer.(Obtained
from ME-TV network.)
Personal life and death
Lloyd Bochner was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a middle-class
Jewish family.[1] Lloyd Bochner was married to Ruth Roher Lloyd
Bochner, a concert pianist,[2][3] until his death of cancer on
October 29, 2005, at the age of 81 at home in Santa Monica,
California. Lloyd Bochner left behind three children — Hart Lloyd
Bochner (actor, who also did voices for Batman), Paul[4] and a
daughter, Johanna.
Filmography
Drums of Africa (1963)
The Night Walker (1964)
Harlow (1965)
Sylvia (1965)
Stranger on the Run (1967)
Point Blank (1967)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
The Lonely Lady (1983)
Fine Gold (1989)
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