# RIP Sam LLoyd (Scrubs, etc.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [May 2, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018 "2020-05-02T13:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/1 "2020-05-02T13:00:52Z")
> **[Sam Lloyd, ‘Scrubs’ Actor, Dies at 56](https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/sam-lloyd-dead-dies-scrubs-ted-1234596010/)** > > Sam Lloyd, an actor best known for portraying lawyer Ted Buckland on “Scrubs,” died on Thursday of complications from lung cancer, his agent confirmed to Variety. He was 56. In January … I’ll miss him. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/2 "2020-05-02T13:14:35Z")
That is very sad. 56 is too young. Ted may have been my favourite character on [Scrubs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYcfHoWm2s&t=). ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/3 "2020-05-02T18:06:38Z")
Oh, no!!! Lloyd as Ted the lawyer stole so many scenes on Scrubs. Criminy… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/4 "2020-05-02T19:01:14Z")
Wow, I would’ve guessed he was older. He was very good at playing the sad-sack hospital lawyer on _Scrubs_. I hadn’t known he was one of the aliens in _Galaxy Quest_, too. May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/5 "2020-05-02T19:49:05Z")
[One of his final videos before he died.](https://youtu.be/czBEJShKLGg) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/6 "2020-05-02T19:58:44Z")
RIP. Nephew of Christopher Lloyd. You can see the resemblance! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/7 "2020-05-02T20:10:46Z")
Just watched an old Seinfeld and realized he was the creepy guy on the subway who became smitten with Elaine, and turned her TV Guide into a bouquet. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/8 "2020-05-02T20:15:58Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Just watched an old Seinfeld and realized he was the creepy guy on the subway who became smitten with Elaine, and turned her TV Guide into a bouquet. Then later he turned out to be the guy who designed the mannequin that looked just like Elaine. He was great as Ted the lawyer on Scrubs. I didn’t realize he was that young. He’s younger than me! :eek: (I guess I’m getting to the age where I better start getting used to it.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/9 "2020-05-02T21:31:11Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Just watched an old Seinfeld and realized he was the creepy guy on the subway who became smitten with Elaine, and turned her TV Guide into a bouquet. [You can read his thoughts and comments on that role and many others in this great interview.](https://tv.avclub.com/sam-lloyd-1798225841) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/10 "2020-05-02T21:32:53Z")
It blows my mind that he was 38 when he started Scrubs. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/11 "2020-05-02T21:35:29Z")
[I knew about Rainn Wilson, but I only learned today that he was in Galaxy Quest.](https://imgur.com/HbiMzIv) ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/12 "2020-05-02T21:42:50Z")
I’m not knocking the actor but I was reading how a gofundme account or something was set up for his family for funeral or medical expenses or something. Does nobody else have a huge problem with that, I’ve seen that from a couple news stories of dead or dying minor celebrities, just seems so loathsome for someone who presumably made way more money in their careers than most people can imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/13 "2020-05-02T22:02:00Z")
> [@pool](#): > > I’m not knocking the actor but I was reading how a gofundme account or something was set up for his family for funeral or medical expenses or something. Does nobody else have a huge problem with that, I’ve seen that from a couple news stories of dead or dying minor celebrities, just seems so loathsome for someone who presumably made way more money in their careers than most people can imagine. Years of cancer treatment also probably costs more money than you can imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/14 "2020-05-02T22:04:07Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Does nobody else have a huge problem with that, I’ve seen that from a couple news stories of dead or dying minor celebrities, just seems so loathsome for someone who presumably made way more money in their careers than most people can imagine. Medical expenses can quickly outrun the resources of a moderately successful actor. I don’t think character actors get paid nearly what you think they get. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/15 "2020-05-02T23:48:34Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Medical expenses can quickly outrun the resources of a moderately successful actor. I don’t think character actors get paid nearly what you think they get. Aaron Eisenberg had set up an account for fans to hepl with his expenses too. I remember Lloyd for his cry of : “Peons Assemble”. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/16 "2020-05-03T01:53:23Z")
Idk, most actors are actually in unions and have health insurance through their unions, I’m assuming with better benefits than most of us plebs, but I wont hijack the thread any further. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sam-lloyd-scrubs-etc/853018/17 "2020-05-03T02:20:33Z")
Hell of a singer, too. He just had his first child last year. A terrible shame.