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Arthur Lloyd
Arthur Lloyd (November 5, 1891), born Albert Arthur Lloyd in Medford, Massachusetts, was a Vaudeville performer known as the "The Human Card Index" for his any card called for from pocket routine.
Lloyd moved to England where he spent his boyhood. By 1917 he had a twenty-minute act and was discovered by American vaudeville scouts in London.
When Lloyd arrived back to the United States, his act included his famous card-from-pocket routine. The finale was that as the audience called the names of cards, he told them not to limit their request to playing cards. No matter what was called (bingo card, army discharge card, for-rent card, membership card), it was immediately pulled from his pocket.
Lloyd appeared at practically every vaudeville theater in the world.
References
- Cover Sphinx, May 1920
- Magic A Pictorial History History of Conjurers in the Theater by David Price (1985)
