Could I have some advice, please, on how (or even whether) I should consolidate the entries in the database for these two (father and son) actors, please?

Some entries are patently wrong (Lloyd as middle name), but should they be corrected as hypenate or not (and where the entry is then wrong, do I add a "Credited as..." flag?)

These names may not mean much to American Profilers, but here in the UK the son (Roger) is well-known from a very popular sitcom ("Only Fools and Horses"), and his father was a stalwart character actor during the 60s and 70s, so both have quite a few credits.

The latest attempt at settling this one can be found right here. I'm using Charles//Lloyd Pack and Roger//Lloyd Pack - the first of which is fully supported by the CLT results, even when taking them on face value (which we really shouldn't ever do). Roger's CLT results are still a bit more affected by the fact that IMDb erroneously used to have the hyphenated variant as his common name: lots of these entries in our database are wrong. The variant without the hyphen already has more profiles, so it's catching up, but the CLT does still report more alledged "titles" with the hyphen. But again: it's getting there. If you were to dissect all that data and weed out the ones that were wrongly entered, then I'm absolutely sure that the actual common name is Roger Lloyd Pack as well.

Quoting Julian K:

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I know someone who knows Roger Lloyd Pack, and might be able to get a message to him, asking whether his (and his father's name) should be hyphenated or not, if that would be an acceptable solution?

Unfortunately not in this case. For DVDP purposes, what we're interested in is the most credited name is not what the actual name is.

Quoting Forget_the_Rest:

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For DVDP purposes, what we're interested in is the most credited name is not what the actual name is.

I see the spirit of Lewis Carroll is alive and well.