By Denise Petski Senior Managing Editor Actor Sam Lloyd, best known for his portrayal of lawyer Ted Buckland on Scrubs, has died.
Lloyd’s agent confirmed his death to Deadline. He was 56. The actor was diagnosed last year with an inoperable brain tumor, which was subsequently revealed to be metastatic lung cancer, which had spread to his liver, spine and jaw bone.
His diagnosis came just weeks after his wife Vanessa gave birth to their first child. A graduate of Syracuse University, Lloyd was the nephew of Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd, and his father, Sam Lloyd III, was also an actor.
He and his uncle both guest-starred on Malcolm in the Middle, Sam Lloyd as a housing lawyer and Christopher Lloyd as Hal’s father.
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