Cyril Luckham
Acting • Born 1907-07-25 – Died 1989-02-08
Biography
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.
Filmography
87 credits
A Man for All Seasons
Movie • 1966
Archbishop Cranmer
Happy DeathDay
Movie • 1968
The July Plot
Movie • 1964
General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
Mrs. Silly
Movie • 1983
Bishop
Caring for History
Movie • 1973
Narrator
Stranger from Venus
Movie • 1954
Dr. Meinard
The Wood Demon
Movie • 1974
Orlovsky
Out of the Clouds
Movie • 1955
Doctor Harman
Murder in Reverse?
Movie • 1945
Crossley's Guest
The Saint and the Brave Goose
Movie • 1979
Coroner
Donkeys' Years
Movie • 1980
Sydney Birkett
The Birthday Present
Movie • 1957
Magistrate
Some People
Movie • 1962
Magistrate
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Movie • 1971
Tringham
Stand by Your Screen
Movie • 1968
Norman Gritter
The Doll
Movie • 1975
Sir Arnold Wyatt
One More Time
Movie • 1970
Magistrate
The Battle of the River Plate
Movie • 1956
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Movie • 1978
The Guardian
Billy Budd
Movie • 1962
Hallam, Captain of Marines
The Winter's Tale
Movie • 1981
Antigonus
The Pumpkin Eater
Movie • 1964
Doctor
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Movie • 1957
Commander in Chief
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
Movie • 1965
Archibald Lake
The Naked Runner
Movie • 1967
Cabinet minister
Providence
Movie • 1977
Dr. Mark Eddington
The Alphabet Murders
Movie • 1965
Sir Carmichael Clarke
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
Movie • 1983
The White Guardian
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1964
Egeus
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie • 1969
Prior Houghton
Sweet Wine of Youth
Movie • 1979
Dean Inge
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Movie • 1978
Old Hardy
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Movie • 1957
Coroner
The End Begins
Movie • 1957
Dr. Wincot
Night Conspirators
Movie • 1962
Wolfgang Himmelmann
The Potting Shed
Movie • 1981
Dr Baston
Department S
TV • 1969
Walker
The Omega Factor
TV • 1979
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
White Guardian
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Rawlsden
In Loving Memory
TV • 1969
The Scales of Justice
TV • 1962
Mr. Lawson
Crown Court
TV • 1972
The Protectors
TV • 1972
Alec Weston
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV • 1973
The Dark Island
TV • 1962
The Great War
TV • 1964
Espionage
TV • 1963
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
Levkas Man
TV • 1981
Gilmour
The Guardians
TV • 1971
ITV Play of the Week
TV • 1955
Arthur Mounteney
Ryan International
TV • 1970
The Famous Five
TV • 1978
Mr Luffy
My Son, My Son
TV • 1979
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV • 1974
Detective
TV • 1964
Father Brown
TV • 1974
Paul Temple
TV • 1969
The Adventurer
TV • 1972
Lord Franklin
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
The Guardian
Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
Coroner
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Gavin
Justice
TV • 1971
Justice Briggs
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 1969
Laverick
Public Eye
TV • 1965
Charles Luce
The Saint
TV • 1962
Jack Hardy
Victoria Regina
TV • 1964
Lord Melbourne
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Judge Hall
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Mr Gainsborough
An Age of Kings
TV • 1960
Archbishop of Canterbury
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Dean Inge
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Roebuck Ramsden
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Orlovsky
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV • 1957
Maurice Dekobra
The World of Wodehouse
TV • 1967
Vicar
To Serve Them All My Days
TV • 1980
Sir Rufus Creighton
The Troubleshooters
TV • 1965
Charles Andrews
The Barchester Chronicles
TV • 1982
Bishop Grantly
The Venturers
TV • 1975
Lord Kilvern
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
John Pearce
Victorian Scandals
TV • 1976
Sir Alexander Cockburn
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Mr James
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Stan Sinclair
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Lewis Black
The Company of Five
TV • 1968
Norman Gritter
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self