Cyril Luckham

Birthday: 1907-07-25
Deathday: 1989-02-08
Birthplace: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1983-09-09 Mrs. Silly Bishop
1983-03-09 Doctor Who: Enlightenment The White Guardian
1981-02-08 The Winter's Tale Antigonus
1980-01-01 Donkeys' Years Sydney Birkett
1979-12-12 Sweet Wine of Youth Dean Inge
1979-01-07 The Saint and the Brave Goose Coroner
1978-09-23 Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation The Guardian
1978-03-05 Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man Old Hardy
1977-01-25 Providence Dr. Mark Eddington
1975-11-22 The Doll Sir Arnold Wyatt
1974-11-17 The Wood Demon Orlovsky
1971-07-29 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Tringham
1970-05-01 One More Time Magistrate
1969-12-18 Anne of the Thousand Days Prior Houghton
1968-12-12 Happy DeathDay
1968-12-08 Stand by Your Screen Norman Gritter
1967-07-19 The Naked Runner Cabinet minister
1966-12-13 A Man for All Seasons Archbishop Cranmer
1965-12-26 The Alphabet Murders Sir Carmichael Clarke
1965-12-15 VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton Archibald Lake
1964-12-09 The July Plot General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
1964-07-16 The Pumpkin Eater Doctor
1964-06-24 A Midsummer Night's Dream Egeus
1962-11-12 Billy Budd Hallam, Captain of Marines
1962-05-31 Some People Magistrate
1957-10-31 The Birthday Present Magistrate
1957-04-01 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Commander in Chief
1956-10-30 The Battle of the River Plate Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
1955-02-15 Out of the Clouds Doctor Harman
1954-08-23 Stranger from Venus Dr. Meinard
1945-10-21 Murder in Reverse? Crossley's Guest