[citation needed] Lloyd began his television career in Redcap in 1965.
He played William Holman Hunt in the 1975 Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood drama The Love School and the Traveller, the man who tries to unravel signalman Denholm Elliott's predicament, in the 1976 Ghost Story for Christmas, The Signalman, based on the short story by Charles Dickens.
[2] His other roles included Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil, Inspector Morse, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Lewis.
He also performed as Jacob Marley's ghost in the 1999 television film adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
In 2009 he played the role of the archbishop in the feature film The Young Victoria.