Lloyd Reckord
Biography
Lloyd Malcolm Reckord was a Jamaican actor, director, producer, playwright and film-maker. Reckord studied acting in Jamaica, Grest Britain and the United States. He found early success in the UK after studying at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol becoming a well-known figure in both the theatre and television. Having returned home to Jamaica he founded the Actor's Theatre Company before branching out into film first with Ten Bob in Winter and then Dream A40. The National Theatre Trust followed in what was to become a hugely prolific period interspersed with numerous other projects. His goal was always to produce quality theatre. Reckord was honoured in July 2013 by London's National Theatre when it hosted Walk in the Light, a week of events celebrating the rich contribution of black artists to British theatre over the past 50 years. Lloyd Reckord died on 8th July 2015 in Newtown, Trinidad.
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles
Drama Series - 1960, 16 episodes • as Barman
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
Drama Series - 1960, 16 episodes • as Bartender
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • as Sgt. Christie
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Colonel Mahadi
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police. It ran for 26 episodes over two series between 1964 and 1966, being about 50 minutes in a 60 minute time slot. Surprisingly for a 1960s ABC Weekend Television programme, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist.
Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes • as Jeff Broadley
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Pianist in International Club
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Sonny Lincoln
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Sonny Lincoln
Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the deep-seated racial tensions hidden in British family life during the late 1950s. Written for the stage by Unity Theatre's Ted Willis, this television recording was filmed a few weeks after the play's successful West End run, and most of the stage cast repeat their roles here, including the terrific John Slater, Andree Melly and Lloyd Reckord. The drama's interracial kiss is probably the first to be shown on British TV.
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Jojo
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as The Judge
A Jamaican comedy, the story of a village madman, Aloysious, who has the amazing ability to talk to anything, including trees, cows and cricket balls.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Reverend
Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he uncovers gun smuggling operation that may be connected with lead criminal Oney. However his old crew, led by Ratty, also are involved leading Capone to a choice between his job and his old crew.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Dave Jordan
Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for him. The very early intimate portrayal of this interracial relationship broke new ground, and is believed to feature one of the world's first examples of an interracial kiss on TV.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Narrator (voice)
An unemployed black student borrows ten shillings from a friend, then lends the money to a musician he has just met.