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.
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Full filmography
- Doctor Who (1963) as White Guardian
- Doctor Who (1963) as The Guardian
- The Saint (1962) as Jack Hardy
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Rawlsden
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Gavin
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Mr Gainsborough
- Crown Court (1972)
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Roebuck Ramsden
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Orlovsky
- The Professionals (1977) as Judge Hall
- Playhouse (1974) as Dean Inge
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Mr. Webber
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as William Ince
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Hugh Archibald-Lake
- Sunday-Night Play (1960) as John Pearce
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Mulberry
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Dr. Pelham
- The Protectors (1972) as Alec Weston
- Public Eye (1965) as Charles Luce
- Justice (1971) as Justice Briggs
- ITV Play of the Week (1955) as Arthur Mounteney
- Return of the Saint (1978) as Coroner