Cyril Luckham
Born July 25, 1907 (Age: 118)
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
The Potting Shed
1981
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as Dr Baston
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Age: 74
The Winter's Tale
1981
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as Antigonus
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Age: 73
No Image
Donkeys' Years
1980
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as Sydney Birkett
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Age: 72
Sweet Wine of Youth
1979
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as Dean Inge
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Age: 72
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
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as Old Hardy
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Age: 70
The Wood Demon
1974
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as Orlovsky
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Age: 67
No Image
Caring for History
1973
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as Narrator
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Age: 65
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
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as Prior Houghton
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Age: 62
No Image
Happy DeathDay
1968
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as
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Age: 61
No Image
Stand by Your Screen
1968
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as Norman Gritter
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Age: 61
A Man for All Seasons
1966
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as Archbishop Cranmer
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Age: 59
The Alphabet Murders
1965
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as Sir Carmichael Clarke
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Age: 58
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
1965
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as Archibald Lake
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Age: 58
The July Plot
1964
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as General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
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Age: 57
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
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as Doctor
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Age: 56
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1964
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as Egeus
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Age: 56
Billy Budd
1962
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as Hallam, Captain of Marines
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Age: 55
Some People
1962
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as Magistrate
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Age: 54
Night Conspirators
1962
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as Wolfgang Himmelmann
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Age: 54
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
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as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
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Age: 49
Out of the Clouds
1955
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as Doctor Harman
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Age: 47
Stranger from Venus
1954
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as Dr. Meinard
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Age: 47
Murder in Reverse?
1945
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as Crossley's Guest
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Age: 38