The Wild Geese
1978
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Biography. Personal life. Credits. Unmade Films. References. External links. Euan Lloyd (6 December 1923 – 2 July 2016) [1] was a British film producer. Biography [ edit] He began his career directing short travelogue documentaries, starting with April in Portugal in 1954 (not released until 1956).
Overview. Born. December 6, 1923 · Rugby, England, UK. Died. July 2, 2016 · UK (undisclosed) Birth name. Euan Wallace Lloyd. Mini Bio. He started work as a theatre manager at 16, invalided out of the army at 19 after splitting his skull on the top of a tank. He spent 7 years as a film publicist.
- December 6, 1923
- July 2, 2016
Euan Lloyd. Producer: The Wild Geese. He started work as a theatre manager at 16, invalided out of the army at 19 after splitting his skull on the top of a tank. He spent 7 years as a film publicist. In 1953 Alan Ladd gave him a big break by making him production assistant on 'The Black Knight'.
- Producer, Additional Crew, Director
- December 6, 1923
- Euan Lloyd
- July 2, 2016
The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger. The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
- $9.8 million (worldwide)
- Roy Budd
- $11.6 million
Jul 4, 2016 · 4 July 2016. By James Blackford. Euan Lloyd. Euan Lloyd, a prominent independent producer of popular British action films, has died, aged 92. Lloyd stood alone within the depressed British film industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s as a producer with the self-belief, charisma and bluff to mount large-scale independent action-adventure ...
Aug 25, 2016 · Born: 6 December, 1923, in Bilton, Warwickshire. Died: 2 July, 2016, in London, aged 92. The British film industry was in a state of depression when Euan Lloyd became an independent producer...
Jul 3, 2016 · James Bond star Sir Roger Moore has paid tribute to British film producer Euan Lloyd, who has died aged 92. Sir Roger starred alongside Richard Burton and Richard Harris in Lloyd's film...
