Lloyd Eugene Thaxton[1] (May 31, 1927 – October 5, 2008) was an American writer, television producer, director, and television host widely known for his syndicated pop music television program of the 1960s, The Lloyd Thaxton Show, which began as a local Los Angeles program on KCOP in September 1961.

On his musical shows, he was known for cutting out the mouths on artists' sleeve covers, and miming to the lyrics through the cut–out hole.

On graduating from high school, Thaxton enlisted in the Navy, "barely hours" before he would have been drafted.

[4][5] His face appeared at the top of the newly launched Tiger Beat magazine (then known as "Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat"), for which he did a column.

[5] Lloyd died at his home in Studio City, Los Angeles on October 5, 2008.