Norman Lloyd

In his three-hour interview, Norman Lloyd (1914-2021) discusses getting his start in theater as a child actor and later as an apprentice to Eva La Gallienne. He talks in detail about his involvement with the Mercury Theater and describes its first production, a modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. He speaks of his entrance into feature films, in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur, in which he played the title role. Lloyd details his extensive career in television, which began with two 1939 NBC experimental productions. He recounts his work at MCA's Revue Productions, as a director for series including The Gruen Theater, which then led to his long association as an actor, director, and producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He recalls his work as executive producer and director of KCET's Hollywood Television Theater. Finally, he discusses the role with which he is most closely identified, that of "Dr. Daniel Auschlander" on the critically-acclaimed series St. Elsewhere. Gary Rutkowski conducted the interview on September 7, 2000 in Brentwood, CA.