
Cyril Luckham
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-07-25
Day of Death
1989-02-08 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Cyril Luckham
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
Acting
(1983)
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
as The White Guardian
(1983)
Mrs. Silly
as Bishop
(1981)
The Winter's Tale
as Antigonus
(1980)
Donkeys' Years
as Sydney Birkett
(1979)
The Saint and the Brave Goose
as Coroner
(1979)
Sweet Wine of Youth
as Dean Inge
(1978)
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
as Old Hardy
(1978)
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as The Guardian
(1977)
Providence
as Dr. Mark Eddington
(1975)
The Doll
as Sir Arnold Wyatt
(1974)
The Wood Demon
as Orlovsky
(1973)
Caring for History
as Narrator
(1971)
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Tringham
(1970)
One More Time
as Magistrate
(1969)
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Prior Houghton
(1968)
Stand by Your Screen
as Norman Gritter
(1968)
(1967)
The Naked Runner
as Cabinet minister
(1966)
A Man for All Seasons
as Archbishop Cranmer
(1965)
The Alphabet Murders
as Sir Carmichael Clarke
(1965)
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
as Archibald Lake
(1964)
The Pumpkin Eater
as Doctor
(1964)
The July Plot
as General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
(1964)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
(1962)
Billy Budd
as Hallam, Captain of Marines
(1962)
Some People
as Magistrate
(1957)
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Coroner
(1957)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Commander in Chief
(1957)
The Birthday Present
as Magistrate
(1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
(1955)
Out of the Clouds
as Doctor Harman
(1954)
Stranger from Venus
as Dr. Meinard
(1945)
Murder in Reverse?
as Crossley's Guest