David Lloyd (writer)


David Gibbs Lloyd was an American screenwriter and producer for television.
He wrote for many sitcoms, such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier and Wings. Lloyd wrote "Chuckles Bites the Dust", an October 1975 episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.

Family

Lloyd was married to Arline. The couple had five children, television writers Stephen and Christopher, as well as Julie, Amy, and Douglas.

Death

He died on November 10, 2009, aged 75, from prostate cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
The November 18, 2009 episode of Modern Family, "Great Expectations", on ABC ended with an "In Memory" screen dedicating the episode to David's life.

Filmography