Lloyd Battista

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

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 Flipper's New Adventure Gil
1967 God Forgives... I Don't! Cat StevensEnglish version, Voice, uncredited
1968 Ace High Cat StevensEnglish version, Voice, uncredited
1968 The Silent Stranger The American
1969 Boot Hill Cat StevensEnglish version, Voice, uncredited
1969 Mission: Impossible King Selim/Prince SamandalEpisode: "The Brothers"
1970Mission: ImpossibleChief of Police Francisco Diaz

Episode: "Flight"

1970 Chisum Neemo
1970 The Virginian Embryseason 9 episode 07 (Crooked corner)
1971 The Love Machine Andy ParinoUncredited
1971 Blindman Domingo
1975 Love and Death Don Francisco
1975 Get Mean Sombra
1983 Last Plane Out Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1991Driving Me CrazyFiat Boss
1992Round Trip to HeavenMike
1999 Bellyfruit Mr. Vasquez
2003 In Hell General Hruschov
2006Mothers and DaughtersArt Gallery Guy(final film role)


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