Cyril Luckham
Actor
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.
Filmography
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Prior Houghton 1969
Billy Budd
as Hallam, Captain of Marines 1962
Providence
as Dr. Mark Eddington 1977
The Battle of the River Plate
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles 1956
The Pumpkin Eater
as Doctor 1964
The Alphabet Murders
as Sir Carmichael Clarke 1965
Stranger from Venus
as Dr. Meinard 1954
One More Time
as Magistrate 1970
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Tringham 1971
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Commander in Chief 1957
The Naked Runner
as Cabinet minister 1967
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Coroner 1957
Out of the Clouds
as Doctor Harman 1955
Some People
as Magistrate 1962
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as The Guardian 1978
Murder in Reverse?
as Crossley's Guest 1945