Cyril Luckham

Actor Jul 25 (died age 81) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK 1945–1983 (38 year career)

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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 schoo…

Known For

Film

A Man for All Seasons

Archbishop Cranmer

Film

Anne of the Thousand Days

Prior Houghton

Film

Billy Budd

Hallam, Captain of Marines

Film

Providence

Dr. Mark Eddington

Film

The Battle of the River Plate

Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles

Film

The Pumpkin Eater

Doctor

Film

The Alphabet Murders

Sir Carmichael Clarke

Film

The Great War

8.2 1964

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (35)

Doctor Who: Enlightenment

1983

as The White Guardian

Mrs. Silly

as Bishop

The Winter's Tale

as Antigonus

Donkeys' Years

as Sydney Birkett

The Saint and the Brave Goose

1979

as Coroner

Sweet Wine of Youth

1979

as Dean Inge

Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

1978

as Old Hardy

10.0

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

1978

as The Guardian

6.8

Providence

1977

as Dr. Mark Eddington

The Doll

as Sir Arnold Wyatt

The Wood Demon

as Orlovsky

Caring for History

1973

as Narrator

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

as Tringham

One More Time

as Magistrate

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Prior Houghton

Stand by Your Screen

as Norman Gritter

Happy DeathDay

The Naked Runner

as Cabinet minister

A Man for All Seasons

1966

as Archbishop Cranmer

7.3

The Alphabet Murders

1965

as Sir Carmichael Clarke

5.7

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton

as Archibald Lake

The Pumpkin Eater

as Doctor

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1964

as Egeus

The July Plot

1964

as General-Colonel Ludwig Beck

Billy Budd

1962

as Hallam, Captain of Marines

Some People

as Magistrate

Night Conspirators

as Wolfgang Himmelmann

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

1957

as Commander in Chief

7.2

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

as Coroner

The Birthday Present

as Magistrate

The End Begins

as Dr. Wincot

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles

Out of the Clouds

as Doctor Harman

Stranger from Venus

as Dr. Meinard

Murder in Reverse?

as Crossley's Guest

Television (47)

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

7.0

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

as Bishop Grantly

7.0

Levkas Man

1981

as Gilmour

To Serve Them All My Days

1980

as Sir Rufus Creighton

7.7

Tales of the Unexpected

as Rawlsden

The Omega Factor

My Son, My Son

Return of the Saint

as Coroner

The Famous Five

as Mr Luffy

The Professionals

as Judge Hall

Victorian Scandals

The Venturers

as Lord Kilvern

Playhouse

as Dean Inge

Father Brown

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1974

6.3

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Crown Court

The Protectors

as Alec Weston

The Adventurer

as Lord Franklin

Justice

as Justice Briggs

The Guardians

Ryan International

Department S

as Walker

In Loving Memory

Paul Temple

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

as Laverick

The Company of Five

The Company of Five

as Mr James

Omnibus

as Self

The World of Wodehouse

1967

as Vicar

BBC Play of the Month

as Roebuck Ramsden

The Troubleshooters

as Charles Andrews

Public Eye

as Charles Luce

The Wednesday Play

as General-Colonel Ludwig Beck

The Great War

Detective

Victoria Regina

as Lord Melbourne

Doctor Who

as The Guardian

Espionage

The Saint

as Jack Hardy

The Scales of Justice

as Mr. Lawson

The Dark Island

Sunday-Night Play

as John Pearce

An Age of Kings

1960

as Archbishop of Canterbury

4.7

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

1957

as Maurice Dekobra

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Dr. Wolfgang Himmelmann

5.8

ITV Play of the Week

1955

as Arthur Mounteney

4.0