Cyril Luckham

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, 1907-07-25

Died: 1989-02-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	Murder in Reverse?	Crossley's Guest	65
2	1954	Stranger from Venus	Dr. Meinard	50
3	1955	Out of the Clouds	Doctor Harman	60
4	1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles	62
5	1957	Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst	Commander in Chief	72
6	1957	The Birthday Present	Magistrate	71
7	1962	Some People	Magistrate	70
8	1962	Billy Budd	Hallam, Captain of Marines	73
9	1964	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Egeus	0
10	1964	The Pumpkin Eater	Doctor	67
11	1964	The July Plot	General-Colonel Ludwig Beck	0
12	1965	VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton	Archibald Lake	80
13	1965	The Alphabet Murders	Sir Carmichael Clarke	58
14	1966	A Man for All Seasons	Archbishop Cranmer	73
15	1967	The Naked Runner	Cabinet minister	60
16	1968	Stand by Your Screen	Norman Gritter	70
17	1968	Happy DeathDay		0
18	1969	Anne of the Thousand Days	Prior Houghton	71
19	1970	One More Time	Magistrate	43
20	1971	Mr. Forbush and the Penguins	Tringham	55
21	1973	Caring for History	Narrator	0
22	1974	The Wood Demon	Orlovsky	0
23	1975	The Doll	Sir Arnold Wyatt	70
24	1977	Providence	Dr. Mark Eddington	68
25	1978	Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man	Old Hardy	100
26	1978	Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation	The Guardian	70
27	1979	The Saint and the Brave Goose	Coroner	0
28	1979	Sweet Wine of Youth	Dean Inge	0
29	1980	Donkeys' Years	Sydney Birkett	0
30	1981	The Winter's Tale	Antigonus	93
31	1983	Doctor Who: Enlightenment	The White Guardian	80
32	1983	Mrs. Silly	Bishop	100

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	ITV Play of the Week	Arthur Mounteney	40
2	1960	An Age of Kings		47
3	1962	The Scales of Justice	Mr. Lawson	67
4	1962	The Dark Island		40
5	1962	The Saint	Jack Hardy	73
6	1963	Espionage		0
7	1963	Doctor Who	White Guardian	79
8	1963	Doctor Who	The Guardian	79
9	1964	Detective		0
10	1964	The Great War		79
11	1964	The Wednesday Play		45
12	1964	Victoria Regina	Lord Melbourne	0
13	1965	Public Eye	Charles Luce	78
14	1966	Softly, Softly		50
15	1967	Blandings Castle		0
16	1968	The Company of Five		65
17	1969	Department S	Walker	49
18	1969	The Flaxton Boys	Peter Weekes	55
19	1969	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Laverick	70
20	1969	In Loving Memory		68
21	1969	Paul Temple		55
22	1970	Ryan International		0
23	1971	The Guardians		55
24	1971	Justice	Justice Briggs	60
25	1972	The Protectors	Alec Weston	56
26	1972	The Adventurer	Lord Franklin	55
27	1972	Crown Court		54
28	1973	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em		76
29	1974	Father Brown		66
30	1974	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill		63
31	1975	The Venturers		0
32	1976	Victorian Scandals		0
33	1977	The Professionals	Judge Hall	74
34	1978	The Famous Five	Mr Luffy	72
35	1978	Return of the Saint	Coroner	70
36	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare		52
37	1979	My Son, My Son		50
38	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Rawlsden	67
39	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Gavin	67
40	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Mr Gainsborough	67
41	1979	The Omega Factor		65
42	1980	To Serve Them All My Days	Sir Rufus Creighton	77
43	1981	Levkas Man	Gilmour	0
44	1982	The Barchester Chronicles		70