Lloyd Battista
Lloyd McAteer Battista (born May 14, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a retired American actor and screenwriter. Biography. Battista studied acting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He was active on Broadway and off-Broadway stages, appearing in productions of plays such as "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" and "The Homecoming". His television roles ranged from the CBS soap opera "Love of Life" in the 1950s and the mini-series "James A. Michener's Texas" in 1994. He appeared in movies such as "Chisum" (1970), "Love and Death" (1975), and "In Hell" (2003). He appeared in several Spaghetti Westerns  including some with Tony Anthony that he wrote the screenplays for. Battista wrote the screenplay for Anthony's "Treasure of the Four Crowns" but did not appear in the film. On the radio, Battista was heard between 1974 and 1982 on the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater". He also wrote "The Nose Knows", a guide to Los Angeles area restaurants.