Cyril Luckham

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 Broughs company there in The Admirable Crichton in 1935 For several years he appeared in provincial repertory notably with the Rapier Players at Bristols Little Theatre He had been promoted to LieutenantCommander 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 Dolls 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