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