Lloyd Battista

Lloyd McAteer Battista (born May 14, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American former actor and screenwriter.

Biography

Battista studied acting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He was active on Broadway and off-Broadway stages, appearing in productions of plays such as Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Homecoming. His television roles ranged from the CBS soap opera Love of Life in the 1950s and the mini-series James A. Michener's Texas in 1994. He appeared in movies such as Chisum (1970), Love and Death (1975), and In Hell (2003).

He appeared in several spaghetti westerns including some with Tony Anthony that he wrote the screenplays for. Battista wrote the screenplay for Anthony's Treasure of the Four Crowns but did not appear in the film.

On the radio, Battista was heard between 1974 and 1982 on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. He also wrote The Nose Knows, a guide to Los Angeles area restaurants.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1964Flipper's New AdventureGil
1967God Forgives... I Don't!Cat StevensEnglish version, Voice, uncredited
1968Ace HighCat StevensEnglish version, Voice, uncredited
1968The Silent StrangerThe American
1969Boot HillCat StevensEnglish version, Voice, uncredited
1970ChisumNeemo
1971The Love MachineAndy ParinoUncredited
1971BlindmanDomingo
1975Love and DeathDon Francisco
1975Get MeanSombra
1983Last Plane OutAnastasio Somoza Debayle
1991Driving Me CrazyFiat Boss
1992Round Trip to HeavenMike
1999BellyfruitMr. Vasquez
2003In HellGeneral Hruschov
2006Mothers and DaughtersArt Gallery Guy(final film role)
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