---
name: "John J. Lloyd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-j-lloyd"
fi1m_id: "john-j-lloyd"
imdb_id: "nm0516038"
tmdb_id: 7186
wikidata_id: "Q18187082"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1922"
died: "20 September 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T21:33:03.610642+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John J. Lloyd

## Identity

John J. Lloyd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-j-lloyd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-j-lloyd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0516038
- **TMDB ID:** 7186
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18187082
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Lloyd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18187082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7186

Production designer. Born 1 January 1922 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Died 20 September 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1922, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 20 September 2014
- **Active:** 1980–1991
- **Also known as:** John L. Lloyd, John Lloyd
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert K. Weiss](https://film.one/person/robert-k-weiss.md), [David Zucker](https://film.one/person/david-zucker.md), [George Kennedy](https://film.one/person/george-kennedy.md), [John Carpenter](https://film.one/person/john-carpenter.md), [Kurt Russell](https://film.one/person/kurt-russell.md), [Leslie Nielsen](https://film.one/person/leslie-nielsen.md), [O. J. Simpson](https://film.one/person/o-j-simpson.md), [Pat Proft](https://film.one/person/pat-proft.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 73 (5), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 63 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Crime 3, Adventure 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $542m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Lloyd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18187082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7186

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md) (88), [*The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear*](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blues Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md) (81), [*Jaws: The Revenge*](https://film.one/film/jaws-the-revenge.md) (32)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Thing*](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John J. Lloyd (30 June 1922 – 20 September 2014) was an American art director and production designer. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, he moved with his family to California in the mid-1920s. He graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and began his career in the 1950s at Revue Studios (later Universal), contributing to numerous television series.

Lloyd worked extensively in television, including on 137 episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and winning a Primetime Emmy for art direction on *Checkmate*. His feature film credits as production designer include *MacArthur* (1977), *The Blues Brothers* (1980), *The Thing* (1982), *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988) and its 1991 sequel. He collaborated with directors John Landis on *National Lampoon's Animal House* (art direction, 1978), *The Blues Brothers* and *Into the Night* (1985), and with John Carpenter on *The Thing* and *Big Trouble in Little China*.

Lloyd died of congestive heart failure at his home in Woodland Hills, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987), Fi1m 32, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/jaws-the-revenge.md)
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *The Thing* (1982), Fi1m 88, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *Crazy People* (1990), Production Design
- *Brenda Starr* (1989), Production Design
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/jaws-the-revenge.md)
- *Critical Condition* (1987), Production Design
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *Maxie* (1985), Production Design
- *Into the Night* (1985), Production Design
- *The River Rat* (1984), Production Design
- *Crackers* (1984), Production Designer
- *D.C. Cab* (1983), Production Design
- *The Thing* (1982), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *Raggedy Man* (1981), as Art Direction
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1979), Production Design
- *Animal House* (1978), as Art Direction
- *Dr. Scorpion* (1978), as Art Direction
- *It Happened One Christmas* (1977), Production Designer
- *MacArthur* (1977), Production Design
- *Fear on Trial* (1975), as Art Direction
- *The Day of the Locust* (1975), as Art Direction
- *At Long Last Love* (1975), as Art Direction
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Art Direction — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Alpha Caper* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Chase* (1973), as Art Direction
- *The Marcus-Nelson Murders* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Family Flight* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Ransom for a Dead Man* (1972), as Art Direction
- *The Longest Night* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Emergency!* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Once Upon a Dead Man* (1971), as Art Direction
- *How to Frame a Figg* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Do You Take This Stranger?* (1971), as Art Direction
- *The Other Man* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Colossus: The Forbin Project* (1970), as Art Direction
- *A Clear and Present Danger* (1970), as Art Direction
- *This Savage Land* (1969), as Art Direction
- *Winning* (1969), as Art Direction
- *Istanbul Express* (1969), as Art Direction
- *Sergeant Ryker* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Code Name: Heraclitus* (1967), as Art Direction
- *Fame Is the Name of the Game* (1966), as Art Direction
- *Munster, Go Home!* (1966), as Art Direction
- *The Hanged Man* (1964), as Art Direction
- *The Munsters* (1964), series, as Art Direction
- *The Grim Reaper* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Escape to Sonoita* (1960), as Art Direction
- *Startime* (1959), series, as Art Direction
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Art Direction

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