Danny Lloyd

{{Infobox person

| name = Danny Lloyd

| image = Danny Lloyd Photo Op Nightmare Weekend Richmond 2023 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Lloyd in 2023

| birth_name = Daniel Edward Sidney Lloyd

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|10|13}}

| birth_place = Tremont, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| years_active = 1978–1982, 2019

|known_for=The Shining

| children = 4

}}

Daniel Edward Sidney Lloyd (born October 13, 1972) is an American former child actor best known for playing Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film The Shining. After appearing in the 1982 television film Will: G. Gordon Liddy, Lloyd retired from acting. He became a professor at the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in 2004.

Life and career

Lloyd was born in Tremont, Illinois.{{cite news|url=https://www.pantagraph.com/blogs/flick/flick-dannys-taken-a-shining-to-real-life/article_6f1b69c4-cad6-5c13-99eb-350151f56458.html|title=Flick: Danny's taken a 'shining' to real life|first=Bill|last=Flick|date=October 19, 2015|access-date=October 16, 2020|work=The Pantagraph}} At the age of six, he was cast as Danny Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining,{{cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1738E270BC4B51DFB366838B699EDE |title=Movie Review: The Shining |work=The New York Times |date=May 23, 1980 |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713083224/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1738E270BC4B51DFB366838B699EDE |archive-date=July 13, 2012 }} a horror film adaptation of Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name.{{cite news |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |date=October 29, 2017 |title=What a Shining example to child stars of today |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/28/shining-example-child-stars-dan-lloyd |access-date=October 27, 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited}}{{cite news |author=Lucia Bozzola |date=2013 |title=Danny Lloyd - About This Person |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/42806/Danny-Lloyd/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630002016/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/42806/Danny-Lloyd/biography |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=June 6, 2012 |work=The New York Times |department=Movies & TV Dept.}} He was selected for the role due to his ability to maintain his concentration for extended periods. Kubrick was protective of Lloyd during production; he believed he was acting in a drama instead of a horror movie.{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2020 |title=How Stanley Kubrick protected child actor Danny Lloyd while creating 'The Shining' - Far Out Magazine |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-stanley-kubrick-protected-child-actor-danny-lloyd-the-shining/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}} Lloyd said in an interview with The Guardian that "The Shining was a good experience. I look back on it fondly. What happened to me was I didn't really do much else after the film. So you kind of have to lay low and live a normal life."{{Cite web |title=Danny Lloyd – the kid in The Shining: 'I was promised that tricycle after filming but it never came' {{!}} Movies {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/27/danny-lloyd-the-kid-in-the-shining-i-was-promised-that-tricycle-after-filming-but-it-never-came |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=amp.theguardian.com}} He was not allowed to watch the film until five years after production.{{Cite web |last=Shutt |first=Mike |date=July 23, 2023 |title=The Shining's Danny Wasn't Allowed To See The Full Movie Until 5 Years After Filming |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1334550/the-shining-danny-wasnt-allowed-to-see-full-movie-for-5-years/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US}}

After playing a young G. Gordon Liddy in the television film Will: G. Gordon Liddy (1982), Lloyd retired from acting.{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2017 |title=Así es el niño de 'El resplandor' en la actualidad |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20171030/432466314934/danny-lloyd-nino-el-resplandor.html |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |date=January 10, 1982 |title=TV View; IS THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY REALLY NECESSARY? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/10/movies/tv-view-is-this-autobiography-really-necessary.html |access-date=August 5, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Libby |title=THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Shining' 40 years later |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/shining-movie-cast-then-and-now-actors |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} In 2004, he became an associate professor at the department of biology at the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.{{cite news |last1=Daniel |first1=Hugo |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/boy-shining-pig-farmer-science-teacher-article-1.1477838 |title=All work and no play — Dan Lloyd who played Danny Torrence in 'The Shining' went on to be a pig farmer and a high school teacher |work=New York Daily News |location=New York |date=October 7, 2013 |access-date=April 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006064218/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/boy-shining-pig-farmer-science-teacher-article-1.1477838 |archive-date=October 6, 2018 |first2=Daniel |last2=Beekman}}{{Cite web |last=Lakritz |first=Talia |title=12 surprising jobs that former child stars do today |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/child-stars-jobs-now-2021-11 |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} He does not discuss his work on The Shining with his students.

In 2019, Lloyd made a cameo as a spectator at a baseball game in Mike Flanagan's horror film Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining.{{Cite web |last=Hough |first=Quinn |date=November 14, 2019 |title=The Shining's Danny Has A Cameo In Doctor Sleep |url=https://screenrant.com/doctor-sleep-danny-lloyd-cameo-shining/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} He was cast after being contacted by Flanagan on Twitter for the role.{{cite news |last=White |first=Nicholas |date=October 30, 2019 |title=How 'Doctor Sleep' Filmmakers Pulled Off That 'Shining' Cameo |url=https://variety.com/2019/scene/news/doctor-sleep-the-shining-cameo-danny-lloyd-1203388429/ |accessdate=January 12, 2020 |work=Variety}} After seeing the trailer, Lloyd remarked: "It looked really good, I was curious since there is a fine line they have to walk with Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. It looks like they found a way to pay tribute to both."{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2019 |title='Shining' Actor Danny Lloyd "Surprised" by 'Doctor Sleep' Trailer |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shining-actor-danny-lloyd-surprised-by-doctor-sleep-trailer-1218469/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Lloyd is married and has four children.{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Michael |date=June 18, 2020 |title=What Happened to Danny Lloyd After The Shining |url=https://screenrant.com/shining-movie-danny-lloyd-what-happened-after/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} He keeps his personal life private and rarely accepts interviews.{{Cite web |last=Volmers |first=Eric |date=June 21, 2019 |title=The Shining's Danny Lloyd starred in one of the most iconic horror films of all time before settling into a quiet, normal life |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movies/shine-on-the-shinings-danny-lloyd-starred-in-one-of-the-most-iconic-horror-films-of-all-time-before-settling-into-a-quiet-normal-life |website=Calgary Herald}}

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+List of roles and appearances ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope="row" \| 1980 \| The Shining \| Danny Torrance \| Film
scope="row" \| 1982 \| Will: G. Gordon Liddy \| Young G. Gordon Liddy \| Television film
scope="row" \| 2019 \| Doctor Sleep \| Spectator \| Film; cameo

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+List of roles and appearances

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | 1980

| The Shining

| Danny Torrance

| Film

scope="row" | 1982

| Will: G. Gordon Liddy