Cast & creator
Cyril Luckham
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, The Wednesday Play
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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film credits
71
television credits
108
1945–1983 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
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Doctor Who
White Guardian
1963Doctor Who
The Guardian
1963
The Wednesday Play
General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
1964The Wednesday Play
Hugh Archibald-Lake
1964
Crown Court
1972
The Saint
Jack Hardy
1962
Tales of the Unexpected
Rawlsden
1979Tales of the Unexpected
Gavin
1979Tales of the Unexpected
Mr Gainsborough
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Roebuck Ramsden
1965BBC Play of the Month
Orlovsky
1965
ITV Playhouse
Mr. Webber
1967ITV Playhouse
William Ince
1967
Playhouse
Dean Inge
1974
Omnibus
Self
1967
The Professionals
Judge Hall
1977
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dr. Pelham
1965
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mulberry
1969Sunday-Night Play
John Pearce
1960Thursday Theatre
Bishop Gardiner
1964
ITV Play of the Week
Arthur Mounteney
1955
Justice
Justice Briggs
1971
Public Eye
Charles Luce
1965
The Protectors
Alec Weston
1972
The Troubleshooters
Charles Andrews
1965
Espionage
Admiral Bond
1963
An Age of Kings
Archbishop of Canterbury
1960
The Adventurer
Lord Franklin
1972
Department S
Walker
1969
The Famous Five
Mr Luffy
1978
Return of the Saint
Coroner
1978
Detective
1964
Paul Temple
1969Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Maurice Dekobra
1957
A Man for All Seasons
Archbishop Cranmer
1966
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Laverick
1969
Father Brown
Lord Galloway
1974W. Somerset Maugham
Sir Philip Brandower
1969
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
The Scales of Justice
Mr. Lawson
1962
The Great War
Various (voice)
1964
Victorian Scandals
Sir Alexander Cockburn
1976
To Serve Them All My Days
Sir Rufus Creighton
1980
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
The Company of Five
Mr James
1968The Company of Five
Stan Sinclair
1968The Company of Five
Lewis Black
1968The Company of Five
Norman Gritter
1968The World of Wodehouse
Vicar
1967
Armchair Theatre
Dr. Wolfgang Himmelmann
1956
Q.E.D.
Crabtree
1982
In Loving Memory
1969
The Barchester Chronicles
Bishop Grantly
1982
The Guardians
Sir Timothy Hobson
1971
The Venturers
Lord Kilvern
1975Time of My Life
Judge
1980
Anne of the Thousand Days
Prior Houghton
1969
Providence
Dr. Mark Eddington
1977
Village Hall
Colonel Dean
1974
The Battle of the River Plate
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
1956
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Commander in Chief
1957Ryan International
1970The Dark Island
1962My Son, My Son
1979
The Pumpkin Eater
Doctor
1964
Victoria Regina
Lord Melbourne
1964Murder at the Wedding
Eric Russell
1979Angel Pavement
Mr. Smeeth
1967
The Omega Factor
1979
Some People
Magistrate
1962
The Alphabet Murders
Sir Carmichael Clarke
1965
Scotch on the Rocks
Lord Thorganby
1973The Spanish Farm
Baron D'Archeville
1968
Out of the Clouds
Doctor Harman
1955
Billy Budd
Hallam, Captain of Marines
1962
Levkas Man
Gilmour
1981
Night Conspirators
Wolfgang Himmelmann
1962
One More Time
Magistrate
1970
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Tringham
1971
The Doll
Sir Arnold Wyatt
1975
The Naked Runner
Cabinet minister
1967What Every Woman Knows
Charles Venables
1978The Mind of the Enemy
Sir Henry Blake
1965
The Winter's Tale
Antigonus
1981
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
The Guardian
1978
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE for Nigel Barton
Archibald Lake
1965Imperial Palace
Sir Henry Savott
1969No Cloak - No Dagger
Det. Chief-Supt. Gage
1963
The Saint and the Brave Goose
Coroner
1979
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Coroner
1957Donkeys' Years
Sydney Birkett
1980Stand by Your Screen
Norman Gritter
1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
1964
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Old Hardy
1978
Stranger from Venus
Dr. Meinard
1954
Mrs. Silly
Bishop
1983
Sweet Wine of Youth
Dean Inge
1979
The Doll
Sir Arnold Wyatt
1975The Lost Peace
(voice)
1966
The Birthday Present
Magistrate
1957Happy DeathDay
1968The End Begins
Dr. Wincot
1957
Murder in Reverse
Crossley's Guest
1945
The Potting Shed
Dr Baston
1981
Doctor Who: Enlightenment
The White Guardian
1983
The July Plot
General-Colonel Ludwig Beck
1964
The Wood Demon
Orlovsky
1974Caring for History
Narrator
1973