Lloyd Gough

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Lloyd Gough (September 21, 1907 – July 23, 1984) was an American theater, film, and television actor.

Born in New York City, New York, Gough was noted as a character actor who specialised in supporting roles. His films include The Babe Ruth Story (1947), Roseanne McCoy (1949), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Storm Warning (1951), Tony Rome (1967), and Earthquake (1974).

Married to the actress Karen Morley, both were brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee and when they invoked the Fifth Amendment they were blacklisted, effectively terminating their careers in Hollywood until the late 1960s. That year, he appeared as the main villain in Rancho Notorious (1952), but his name was removed from the credits due to his blacklisting.^[1] He would later appear in the film set during the Hollywood blacklist period, The Front (1976), and his name accompanied by his blacklist date.

Gough was married to Morley from 1943 until his death caused by an aortic aneurysm.