Alfred Lynch
Born: 1931-01-26 in London, England, UK
Died: 2003-12-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2023
- Tales of the Tardis as Commander Millington
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Bill Pritchard
- Second Best as Edward
1992
- The Secret Agent as The Professor
1991
- Until the End of the World as Old Man Alfred
1990
- The Krays as Charlie Kray Snr
1989
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as Commander Millington
- A Tale of Two Cities as Jerry Cruncher
1986
- Lovejoy as Gideon
1983
- On the Razzle as Weinberl
- The Oresteia as Aegisthus
- Bewitched as Saul Rutledge
1980
- The Good Companions as Joby Jackson
1978
- Going Straight as Dave Pipers
1977
- Joseph Andrews as Postilion (as Alfie Lynch)
1974
- Churchill's People as King James I
- Item
1973
- The Blockhouse as Larshen
1970
- Manhunt as Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs
1968
- The Sea Gull as Semyon Medvedenko
- House of Character as Bisthorpe
- Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1967
- The Taming of the Shrew as Tranio
1965
- The Hill as George Stevens
- Horror of Darkness as Peter
- Hereward the Wake as Hereward
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Peter Young
- Theatre 625 as Gordon Comstock
- Prisoner and Escort as Jupp
1963
- Doctor Who as Commander Millington
- West 11 as Joe Beckett
- 55 Days at Peking as Gerald (uncredited)
1962
- The Password Is Courage as Corporal Bill Pope
- Two and Two Make Six as Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
1961
- On the Fiddle as Horace Pope
- Already It's Tomorrow as Unnamed Man
1959
- Look Back in Anger as 2nd Commercial Traveller
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Jupp
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Alyoshka, a Cobbler