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Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi.
Lloyd has used his vocal talents in animation, frequently voicing villains. He provided voice to the character The Hacker on the animated PBS series Cyberchase. Lloyd has won three Primetime Emmy Awards and an Independent Spirit Award, and has been nominated for two Saturn Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award.
Lloyd was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Samuel R. Lloyd, a lawyer, and his wife Ruth (née Lapham), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham. His maternal grandfather, Lewis Lapham, was one of the founders of the Texaco oil company, and Lloyd is also a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Howland. Lloyd attended the Fessenden School, a preparatory school in Newton, Massachusetts. Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut, and Westport, Connecticut, where he graduated from Staples High School in 1958.
This is the story of a young boy named Richard Tyler, who spouts statistics about the possibility of accidents. While riding his bike home, Richard finds shelter from a storm inside a nearby library. Richard slips and is knocked unconscious while exploring a rotunda in the library. Upon awakening, he is led on a journey through conflicts and events that resemble fictional stories, keeping him from finding the exit from the library.
Keywords: acrophobia, act-of-bravery, affection, book, box-office-flop, boy, coming-of-age, crow, cult-film, dragon
[repeated line]::Richard Tyler: This is not good, definitely not good.
Mr. Dewey: Welcome to the library, young man. Don't tell me. You're here for a special book.::Richard Tyler: Mister...::Mr. Dewey: Stop stop stop. Allow me to guess. I have a talent for guessing what people need. You're in need of a fantasy! Brave knights, mythical fairies, ferocious dragons!::Richard Tyler: Look, all I want is...::Mr. Dewey: Adventure! Of course! You're a boy who loves adventure, brimming with wicked demons, cutthroat pirates.::Richard Tyler: No, no, that's not it.::Mr. Dewey: Horror! Oh, horror! Evil demons, wicked monsters, haunted houses, graveyards. Yes, it's horror for you, boy. I'm sure of it. Your library card, please.::Richard Tyler: I don't have one.::Mr. Dewey: [pulls out a brand new one] You do now. Sign here.::[Richard signs it]::Mr. Dewey: Richard Tyler, consider this your passport to the wonderful and quite unpredictable world of books.::Richard Tyler: But I don't want any books.::Mr. Dewey: Hmm?::Richard Tyler: That's what I've been trying to tell you. I only came in here 'cause of the storm.::Mr. Dewey: You mean you don't need...?::[Richard shakes his head]::Mr. Dewey: [disappointed] Oh, I see.
Fantasy: What is this?::Richard Tyler: It's a library card.::Fantasy: I'm a book, honey, I can read.
Dr. Jekyll: My boy, I derive no pleasure in telling you that you are in extreme danger.::Richard Tyler: Danger?::Dr. Jekyll: Even as we speak.
[upon meeting Captain Ahab]::Fantasy: He's possessed!::Horror: He's insane!::Adventure: He's my kinda guy!
Tom Morgan: Give the word, Captain Silver, and I'll show you the color of his insides.::Richard Tyler: Red, red, they're red!::Long John Silver: Stow your cutlass, Tom, I want a better look at his outsides first.
[last lines]::Adventure: Hmm, you know what would make this a happy ending? A kiss.::Horror: Doh, okay.::[the screen goes blank, a smack is heard]::Adventure: I meant from her! [all three are heard laughing]
Adventure: I wrote the book on sailing. In fact, I *am* the book on sailing.
Fantasy: You know this short story?::Richard Tyler: He's Adventure.::Fantasy: Honey, that's what they all say.
Horror: We are lusty, adventurous men.
Actors: Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Whoopi Goldberg (actress), Frank Welker (actor), Patrick Stewart (actor), Robert Picardo (actor), Leonard Nimoy (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Richard Erdman (actor), Macaulay Culkin (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Leonard Nimoy (actor), B.J. Ward (actress),
Plot: This is the story of a young boy named Richard Tyler, who spouts statistics about the possibility of accidents. While riding his bike home, Richard finds shelter from a storm inside a nearby library. Richard slips and is knocked unconscious while exploring a rotunda in the library. Upon awakening, he is led on a journey through conflicts and events that resemble fictional stories, keeping him from finding the exit from the library.
Keywords: acrophobia, act-of-bravery, affection, book, box-office-flop, boy, coming-of-age, crow, cult-film, dragon