Kevin Reardon Lloyd (28 March 1949 â€" 2 May 1998) was an English
actor, best known for portraying DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames
Television's The Bill.Born in Derby, his Welsh-born father, Ellis Aled
Lloyd, was a police officer who was killed in a car accident while
answering an emergency call aged 46 in 1970. Lloyd's grandfather and
uncle were also police officers. Lloyd was the older brother of ITN
reporter Terry Lloyd who was killed in the Iraq War in 2003. Lloyd
suffered from Perthes disease as a child. After leaving grammar
school, he initially trained as a solicitor before he decided he
wanted to be an actor and trained at East 15 Acting School in
Loughton, Essex.Prior to appearing in The Bill Lloyd had already
played the high-profile role of nightclub owner Don Watkins in the
soap opera Coronation Street. He also made appearances in a number of
other TV shows, including the first series of Starting Out, Boon,
Minder, Dear John, Farrington of the F.O., Dempsey and Makepeace,
Z-Cars, Andy Capp, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Blake's 7 and Casualty. His
film credits included roles in Trial by Combat (1976), Talent (1979),
Britannia Hospital (1982), Don't Open till Christmas (1984), Link
(1986) and Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1987). He was
also active on stage in the 1970s, appearing in a production of Joe
Orton’s What the Butler Saw.Lloyd married his wife Lesley in 1973.
They had seven children: Mark, Sophie, James, Poppy, Henry, Edward and
Chloe. In 1989, James, Poppy and Henry Lloyd appeared in an episode of
The Bill as three of Tosh's children. James Lloyd is an actor who
later appeared on The Bill as PC Steve Hunter between 2004 and 2006.
Chloe Lloyd died from meningitis aged 17 months. In 1991, Lloyd and
his wife adopted a Romanian orphan, Ellie. Lloyd lived with his family
in Duffield, Derbyshire, from which he regularly commuted a round trip
of 270 miles (430 km) to Notting Hill, west London, where The Bill was
filmed.
actor, best known for portraying DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames
Television's The Bill.Born in Derby, his Welsh-born father, Ellis Aled
Lloyd, was a police officer who was killed in a car accident while
answering an emergency call aged 46 in 1970. Lloyd's grandfather and
uncle were also police officers. Lloyd was the older brother of ITN
reporter Terry Lloyd who was killed in the Iraq War in 2003. Lloyd
suffered from Perthes disease as a child. After leaving grammar
school, he initially trained as a solicitor before he decided he
wanted to be an actor and trained at East 15 Acting School in
Loughton, Essex.Prior to appearing in The Bill Lloyd had already
played the high-profile role of nightclub owner Don Watkins in the
soap opera Coronation Street. He also made appearances in a number of
other TV shows, including the first series of Starting Out, Boon,
Minder, Dear John, Farrington of the F.O., Dempsey and Makepeace,
Z-Cars, Andy Capp, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Blake's 7 and Casualty. His
film credits included roles in Trial by Combat (1976), Talent (1979),
Britannia Hospital (1982), Don't Open till Christmas (1984), Link
(1986) and Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1987). He was
also active on stage in the 1970s, appearing in a production of Joe
Orton’s What the Butler Saw.Lloyd married his wife Lesley in 1973.
They had seven children: Mark, Sophie, James, Poppy, Henry, Edward and
Chloe. In 1989, James, Poppy and Henry Lloyd appeared in an episode of
The Bill as three of Tosh's children. James Lloyd is an actor who
later appeared on The Bill as PC Steve Hunter between 2004 and 2006.
Chloe Lloyd died from meningitis aged 17 months. In 1991, Lloyd and
his wife adopted a Romanian orphan, Ellie. Lloyd lived with his family
in Duffield, Derbyshire, from which he regularly commuted a round trip
of 270 miles (430 km) to Notting Hill, west London, where The Bill was
filmed.
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