Kevin Reardon Lloyd (28 March 1949 – 2 May 1998) was an English actor, born in Derby, Derbyshire, and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. Best known for his part of DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames Television's The Bill.Prior to this he 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.Lloyd was one of the most popular members of the television show, The Bill. In 1996, the show won the award for "Best TV Drama" at the National Television Awards and it was Lloyd who collected it on behalf of the cast and crew. His Welsh-born father, Ellis Aled Lloyd, was himself a police officer who was killed in an accident while answering an emergency call aged 46 in 1970.A chronic alcoholic, he played "Tosh" continuously from 1988 until he was sacked from The Bill in 1998 for his lack of punctuality and failing to learn his lines. Within days, he was admitted to a clinic in Burton upon Trent for detoxification and was administered sedative medication, but then left the premises to drink alcohol. He returned to the clinic in an intoxicated state, retired to bed, fell asleep, then choked on his vomit, failing to awaken due to the mixture of sedatives and alcohol in his bloodstream. Lloyd died just one week after recording his last scenes for The Bill, and the character of Tosh was still appearing on screen for more than a month after Lloyd's death.He had been so popular on The Bill that on 26 February 1992, within four years of joining the show, he was selected as special guest for the TV guest show This Is Your Life.He was the brother of ITN reporter Terry Lloyd who was killed in the Iraq War in 2003. His son, James Lloyd, is an actor who also appeared on The Bill between 2004 and 2006.
Considred for the role of Brash Guard in Lifeforce(1985).
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Several of his children (including James Lloyd) played his The Bill (1984) character Tosh Lines's on-screen children.
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Is the father of James Lloyd who plays PC Steve Hunter in The Bill (1984) and Poppy Lloyd who has worked as a casting assistant on the show.
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His wife Lesley battled for a long while to prove he had died of neglect but lost the case.
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His younger brother Terry Lloyd was a war reporter for ITN (Independent Television News) in the UK until he was killed at the age of 50 when he was caught in crossfire on 23 March 2003 while reporting from the front line on the Iraq war.
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His father was a police sergeant. His uncle and grandfather were also police officers. Kevin drew on aspects of his father's personality and manner in creating the character of Tosh for The Bill (1984).
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Trained to become a solicitor after leaving grammar school.
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As a child, suffered from Perthes' disease.
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Was a lifelong Derby County FC supporter.
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Commuted a round trip of 270 miles from his home in Duffield, Derbyshire to Notting Hill, London where The Bill (1984) is filmed.