3/5 Harold Lloyd Jr.: A flame-out
  by Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
The youngest child of famous silent-era star Harold Lloyd had a troubled personal life and fitful screen career that would probably never have occurred at all if not for his dad's support. After years of alcohol abuse and being battered by his boyfriends, Lloyd Jr. suffered a massive stroke at age 34 from which he never fully recovered, and died 5 years later.

In his second feature THE FLAMING URGE, Harold is Tom Smith, a department store clerk with a penchant for chasing after fire trucks. His obsession with emergency response may cost Tom his job and worse, after a series of arsons are pinned on him.


Harold Lloyd Jr. also appeared in the oddball fright film, FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER (1958).


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(5.2) The Flaming Urge (1953) - Harold Lloyd Jr./Cathy Downs/Byron Foulger/Jonathan Hale/Bob Hughes/Florence Lake/Herbert Rawlinson/Pierre Watkin/Barbara Woodell/Johnny Duncan/Larry Barton