Cyril Luckham
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
An Age of Kings
Archbishop of Canterbury
1960
Thursday Theatre
Bishop Gardiner
1964
Series
Doctor Who
White Guardian
1963
Series
Doctor Who
The Guardian
1963
Series
The Saint
Jack Hardy
1962
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Roebuck Ramsden
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Orlovsky
1965
Series
Playhouse
Dean Inge
1974
Series
The Professionals
Judge Hall
1977
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Rawlsden
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Gavin
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Gainsborough
1979
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
Crown Court
1972
Series
The Wednesday Play
General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Hugh Archibald-Lake
1964
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mulberry
1969
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dr. Pelham
1965
Series
ITV Play of the Week
Arthur Mounteney
1955
Series
ITV Playhouse
Mr. Webber
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
William Ince
1967
Series
Justice
Justice Briggs
1971
Series
Public Eye
Charles Luce
1965
Sunday-Night Play
John Pearce
1960
Series
The Troubleshooters
Charles Andrews
1965
Series
The Protectors
Alec Weston
1972
Series
Espionage
Admiral Bond
1963
Series
Department S
Walker
1969
Series
Return of the Saint
Coroner
1978
Series
The Adventurer
Lord Franklin
1972
Series
Detective
1964
Series
Father Brown
Lord Galloway
1974
Series
Paul Temple
1969
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Maurice Dekobra
1957
Series
In Loving Memory
1969
Film
A Man for All Seasons
Archbishop Cranmer
1966
Series
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Lawson
1962
Series
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
Series
The Famous Five
Mr Luffy
1978
Film
Anne of the Thousand Days
Prior Houghton
1969
Series
To Serve Them All My Days
Sir Rufus Creighton
1980
W. Somerset Maugham
Sir Philip Brandower
1969
Series
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Laverick
1969
Series
Victorian Scandals
Sir Alexander Cockburn
1976
Film
The Battle of the River Plate
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
1956
The World of Wodehouse
Vicar
1967
Series
Q.E.D.
Crabtree
1982
Series
The Great War
1964
Series
The Company of Five
Mr James
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Stan Sinclair
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Lewis Black
1968
Series
The Company of Five
Norman Gritter
1968
Film
Billy Budd
Hallam, Captain of Marines
1962
Imperial Palace
Sir Henry Savott
1969
Series
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
Series
The Guardians
Sir Timothy Hobson
1971
Series
The Barchester Chronicles
Bishop Grantly
1982
Film
Some People
Magistrate
1962
Film
The Pumpkin Eater
Doctor
1964
Series
Armchair Theatre
Dr. Wolfgang Himmelmann
1956
Film
Providence
Dr. Mark Eddington
1977
Stand by Your Screen
Norman Gritter
1968
Ryan International
1970
Series
The Omega Factor
1979
Series
Victoria Regina
Lord Melbourne
1964
My Son, My Son
1979
Series
The Venturers
Lord Kilvern
1975
Film
Night Conspirators
Wolfgang Himmelmann
1962
Film
The Alphabet Murders
Sir Carmichael Clarke
1965
Angel Pavement
Mr. Smeeth
1967
Murder at the Wedding
Eric Russell
1979
Donkeys' Years
Sydney Birkett
1980
Series
Levkas Man
Gilmour
1981
Film
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Tringham
1971
Film
One More Time
Magistrate
1970
Film
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Commander in Chief
1957
Film
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Coroner
1957
The Spanish Farm
Baron D'Archeville
1968
Film
Out of the Clouds
Doctor Harman
1955
Film
Stranger from Venus
Dr. Meinard
1954
Film
The Naked Runner
Cabinet minister
1967
Film
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
The Guardian
1978
Film
The Birthday Present
Magistrate
1957
The Dark Island
1962
Film
The Winter's Tale
Antigonus
1981
Film
The Potting Shed
Dr Baston
1981
Film
The Doll
Sir Arnold Wyatt
1975
Happy DeathDay
1968
Film
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Old Hardy
1978
Film
The July Plot
General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
1964
No Cloak - No Dagger
Det. Chief-Supt. Gage
1963
What Every Woman Knows
Charles Venables
1978
Film
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
The White Guardian
1983
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
1964
Series
The Doll
Sir Arnold Wyatt
1975
Series
Scotch on the Rocks
Lord Thorganby
1973
The Mind of the Enemy
Sir Henry Blake
1965
Film
Murder in Reverse?
Crossley's Guest
1945
Film
Mrs. Silly
Bishop
1983
Film
The Saint and the Brave Goose
Coroner
1979
Film
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
Archibald Lake
1965
Film
Sweet Wine of Youth
Dean Inge
1979
The End Begins
Dr. Wincot
1957
Film
The Wood Demon
Orlovsky
1974
The Lost Peace
(voice)
1966
Caring for History
Narrator
1973