Cyril Luckham
ActingBiography
Cyril Alexander Garland Luckham (25 July 1907 – 8 February 1989) was an English film, television and theatre actor. He was the husband of stage and screen actress Violet Lamb. The son of a paymaster captain in the Royal Navy, Cyril Luckham was educated at RNC Osborne and Dartmouth and briefly followed his father into the service. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1930 and retired the following year, transferring to the Emergency List. Afterwards he trained for the stage with the Arthur Brough school at Folkestone, making his debut with Brough's company there in The Admirable Crichton in 1935. For several years he appeared in provincial repertory, notably with the Rapier Players at Bristol's Little Theatre. He had been promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on the retired list in 1938 and was recalled to the Navy when the War broke out. He was invalided out soon afterwards following serious illness and returned to the theatre. Luckham made his West End debut as Torvald Helmer in A Doll's House at the Arts Theatre in July 1945. For several years afterwards his stage work was largely back in the provinces including the touring company of the Old Vic.
Movies
(36 total)
A Man for All Seasons
as Archbishop Cranmer
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Prior Houghton
Billy Budd
as Hallam, Captain of Marines
The Battle of the River Plate
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Providence
as Dr. Mark Eddington
The Pumpkin Eater
as Doctor
The Alphabet Murders
as Sir Carmichael Clarke
Stranger from Venus
as Dr. Meinard
One More Time
as Magistrate
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Tringham
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Commander in Chief
The Naked Runner
as Cabinet minister
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Coroner
Out of the Clouds
as Doctor Harman
Some People
as Magistrate
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as The Guardian
Murder in Reverse?
as Crossley's Guest
The Birthday Present
as Magistrate
The Winter's Tale
as Antigonus
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
as The White Guardian
TV Shows
(50 total)
Doctor Who
as White Guardian
Doctor Who
as The Guardian
The Saint
as Jack Hardy
Tales of the Unexpected
as Rawlsden
Tales of the Unexpected
as Gavin
Tales of the Unexpected
as Mr Gainsborough
The Professionals
as Judge Hall
The Famous Five
as Mr Luffy
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Laverick
Department S
as Walker
The Protectors
as Alec Weston
Return of the Saint
as Coroner
BBC Play of the Month
as Roebuck Ramsden
BBC Play of the Month
as Orlovsky
