Cyril Luckham
- Acting
- July 25, 1907 · Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
- February 8, 1989
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Mrs. Silly · Bishop
- Doctor Who: Enlightenment · The White Guardian
- The Barchester Chronicles · Bishop Grantly
- Q.E.D. · Crabtree
- The Story of the Treasure Seekers · The Poor Indian
- The Potting Shed · Dr Baston
- Levkas Man · Gilmour
- The Winter's Tale · Antigonus
- To Serve Them All My Days · Sir Rufus Creighton
- Time of My Life · Judge
- Donkeys' Years · Sydney Birkett
- Sweet Wine of Youth · Dean Inge
- Murder at the Wedding · Eric Russell
- The Omega Factor
- Tales of the Unexpected · Rawlsden, Gavin
- My Son, My Son
- The Saint and the Brave Goose · Coroner
- Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation · The Guardian
- Return of the Saint · Coroner
- What Every Woman Knows · Charles Venables
- The Famous Five · Mr Luffy
- Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man · Old Hardy
- The Professionals · Judge Hall
- Providence · Dr. Mark Eddington
- Mr Big · Bishop of Unchukubu
- Victorian Scandals · Sir Alexander Cockburn
- The Doll · Sir Arnold Wyatt
- The Doll · Sir Arnold Wyatt
- The Venturers · Lord Kilvern
- The Wood Demon · Orlovsky
- Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
- Father Brown · Lord Galloway
- Village Hall · Colonel Dean
- Playhouse · Dean Inge
- Scotch on the Rocks · Lord Thorganby
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- Caring for History · Narrator
- Crown Court
- The Protectors · Alec Weston
- The Adventurer · Lord Franklin
- Justice · Justice Briggs
- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins · Tringham
- The Guardians · Sir Timothy Hobson
- Ryan International
- One More Time · Magistrate
- Anne of the Thousand Days · Prior Houghton
- Paul Temple
- In Loving Memory
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) · Laverick
- Department S · Walker
- W. Somerset Maugham · Sir Philip Brandower
- Imperial Palace · Sir Henry Savott
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Mulberry
- Happy DeathDay
- Stand by Your Screen · Norman Gritter
- The Company of Five · Mr James, Stan Sinclair
- The Spanish Farm · Baron D'Archeville
- Omnibus · Self
- ITV Playhouse · Mr. Webber, William Ince
- Angel Pavement · Mr. Smeeth
- The Naked Runner · Cabinet minister
- The World of Wodehouse · Vicar
- A Man for All Seasons · Archbishop Cranmer
- The Lost Peace · Voice
- The Alphabet Murders · Sir Carmichael Clarke
- VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton · Archibald Lake
- BBC Play of the Month · Roebuck Ramsden, Orlovsky
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Dr. Pelham
- The Troubleshooters · Charles Andrews
- The Mind of the Enemy · Sir Henry Blake
- Public Eye · Charles Luce
- The July Plot · General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
- Victoria Regina · Lord Melbourne
- Thursday Theatre · Bishop Gardiner
- The Wednesday Play · General-Colonel Ludwig Beck, Hugh Archibald-Lake
- The Pumpkin Eater · Doctor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Egeus
- The Great War · Various (Voice)
- Detective
- Doctor Who · White Guardian, The Guardian