Alfred Lynch
Known for: Acting
Alfred Cornelius Lynch (26 January 1931 – 16 December 2003) was a British actor on stage, film and television. Lynch was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of a plumber. After attending a Roman Catholic school, he worked in a draughtsman's office before entering national service. Then, whilst working in a factory, he attended theatre acting evening classes, at which he met his life partner, James Culliford. In 1958 he joined the Royal Court Theatre and acted in a number of plays. After 1960 his career moved more into film and television, for example appearing with Sean Connery in the 1961 film On the Fiddle and the 1965 film The Hill. He also appeared in the 1968 adaptation of The Sea Gull, and the 1990 film The Krays. Some of his later television credits include reading children's stories on Jackanory, Going Straight and the Doctor Who serial The Curse of Fenric as Commander Millington. After James Culliford's stroke in 1972, Lynch moved from London to Brighton until James's death in 2002. Lynch himself died from cancer in 2003.
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Commander Millington
1963
Series
Bergerac
Whittaker
1981
Series
The Wednesday Play
Peter Young
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Eddie Marble
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Bisthorpe
1964
Film '72
1971
Series
Theatre 625
Gordon Comstock
1964
Series
ITV Playhouse
Edgar Lunt
1967
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Alyoshka, a Cobbler
1950
Series
Pie in the Sky
Bill Pritchard
1994
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Barney
1965
Series
Lovejoy
Gideon
1986
Series
Churchill's People
King James I
1974
Blackmail
Chris Clark
1965
Drama 61-67
Slinn
1961
Drama 61-67
Arnold
1961
Series
Manhunt
Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs
1970
Film
Until the End of the World
Old Man Alfred
1991
Film
The Taming of the Shrew
Tranio
1967
Series
Tales of the Tardis
Commander Millington
2023
Film
55 Days at Peking
Gerald (uncredited)
1963
Series
Going Straight
Dave Pipers
1978
Film
The Krays
Charlie Kray Snr
1990
Series
A Tale of Two Cities
Jerry Cruncher
1989
Series
Hereward the Wake
Hereward
1965
Film
Second Best
Edward
1994
Film
The Hill
George Stevens
1965
Series
The Good Companions
Joby Jackson
1980
Film
Look Back in Anger
2nd Commercial Traveller
1959
Series
Armchair Theatre
Jupp
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Eddy
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
1956
Film
Loophole
Harry
1981
Item
1974
Film
Joseph Andrews
Postilion (as Alfie Lynch)
1977
Murder at the Wedding
Ken French
1979
Film
The Blockhouse
Larshen
1973
Film
On the Fiddle
Horace Pope
1961
Film
The Password Is Courage
Corporal Bill Pope
1962
Film
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Commander Millington
1989
Film
The Sea Gull
Semyon Medvedenko
1968
The Fortunes of Nigel
King James I
1974
Film
The Secret Agent
The Professor
1992
Film
West 11
Joe Beckett
1963
Film
The Oresteia
Aegisthus
1983
Film
Bewitched
Saul Rutledge
1983
Film
Two and Two Make Six
Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
1962
Film
Horror of Darkness
Peter
1965
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Gordon Comstock
1965
Prisoner and Escort
Jupp
1964
Film
House of Character
Bisthorpe
1968
Film
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Film
On the Razzle
Weinberl
1983
Already It's Tomorrow
Unnamed Man
1961