"Anything you say Lloyd, anything you say..." - Jack to Lloyd.
Lloyd is a minor semi-antagonist of the film, The Shining and the novel of the same name. He is a ghost bartender at the Overlook Hotel who interacts with Jack Torrance.
He was portrayed by the late Joe Turkel, who also played Tiny in The Killing and Pierre Arnaud in Paths of Glory.
Biography[]
Jack found Lloyd in the lounge after he had already begun to succumb to the effects of the malevolent forces governing the hotel. He had forgotten that the building was empty but for he and his family. A recovering alcoholic, Jack ordered up a bit of the "hair o' the dog that bit me", which Lloyd gladly accommodated. Lloyd was a man of few words, but kept a keen ear towards Jack's voiced frustrations concerning his wife, Wendy and young son, Danny. Maintaining a tight smile, Lloyd invoked the old adage, "Women: can't live with them, can't live without them". Suddenly, Wendy comes looking for Jack and Lloyd disappears. She comes down to tell Jack about the Room 237 incident.
After Jack checks Room 237 and tells Wendy, he once again stumbles into the ballroom, this time, he is frustrated. However, the ballroom is full of guests. Jack walks to Lloyd and says that it is a busy night, and Lloyd agrees. Jack asks Lloyd for a drink, and he is obliged. Lloyd is last seen serving drinks to the occupants.