Biography

Lloyd Battista was born on May 14, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Love and Death (1975), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and For a Few Dollars More (1965).

Between 1974 and 1982, he appeared in 43 episodes of "The CBS Radio Mystery Theater."

In the movie Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood, the character Rick Dalton, played by Leonardo Decaprio, goes to Italy to do several Italian movies. The posters for the movies are shown onscreen. One movie, Operation Dyn-o-mite, lists Lloyd Battista as acting in this movie.

Studied acting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Wrote The Nose Knows, a guide to Los Angeles area restaurants.