He began his career directing short travelogue documentaries, starting with April in Portugal in 1954 (not released until 1956).
He went on to produce The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966), Murderer's Row (1966), and westerns such as Shalako (1968)[4] Catlow (1971) and The Man Called Noon (1973).
He followed with The Sea Wolves, (1980) starring Roger Moore, David Niven and Gregory Peck and Who Dares Wins (1982).
His last film was Wild Geese II (1985) starring Scott Glenn and Laurence Olivier.
[7] Lloyd appeared in the short documentary The Last of the Gentleman Producers which accompanied the 2004 release of The Wild Geese on DVD,[3] and also contributed to the audio commentary alongside Roger Moore and film editor/second unit director John Glen.