Acting
Cyril Luckham
EN cinema · 38 credits
Born
25 July 1907
Died
8 February 1989 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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
as Bishop
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
as The White Guardian
The Winter's Tale
as Antigonus
The Potting Shed
as Dr Baston
Donkeys' Years
1980
Donkeys' Years
as Sydney Birkett
Sweet Wine of Youth
as Dean Inge
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as The Guardian
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
as Old Hardy
What Every Woman Knows
1978
What Every Woman Knows
as Charles Venables
Providence
as Dr. Mark Eddington
The Doll
as Sir Arnold Wyatt
The Wood Demon
as Orlovsky
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Tringham
One More Time
as Magistrate
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Prior Houghton
Stand by Your Screen
1968
Stand by Your Screen
as Norman Gritter
The Naked Runner
as Cabinet minister
A Man for All Seasons
as Archbishop Cranmer
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
as Archibald Lake
The Alphabet Murders
as Sir Carmichael Clarke
The July Plot
as General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
The Pumpkin Eater
as Doctor
Position of Trust
as Mr. Lawson
Some People
as Magistrate
Billy Budd
as Hallam, Captain of Marines
Night Conspirators
as Wolfgang Himmelmann
The Birthday Present
as Magistrate
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Commander in Chief
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Coroner
The End Begins
1957
The End Begins
as Dr. Wincot
The Battle of the River Plate
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