Alfred Lynch

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.

Known For

Doctor Who

Bergerac

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Pie in the Sky

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Theatre 625

All Movies (27)

• Second Best1994 · as Edward
• The Secret Agent1992 · as The Professor
• Until the End of the World1991 · as Old Man Alfred
• The Krays1990 · as Charlie Kray Snr
• Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric1989 · as Commander Millington
• The Oresteia1983 · as Aegisthus
• Bewitched1983 · as Saul Rutledge
• On the Razzle1983 · as Weinberl
• Loophole1981 · as Harry
• Joseph Andrews1977 · as Postilion (as Alfie Lynch)
• Item1974
• The Blockhouse1973 · as Larshen
• The Sea Gull1968 · as Semyon Medvedenko
• Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar1968
• House of Character1968 · as Bisthorpe
• The Taming of the Shrew1967 · as Tranio
• Keep the Aspidistra Flying1965 · as Gordon Comstock
• The Hill1965 · as George Stevens
• Horror of Darkness1965 · as Peter
• Prisoner and Escort1964 · as Jupp
• West 111963 · as Joe Beckett
• 55 Days at Peking1963 · as Gerald (uncredited)
• The Password Is Courage1962 · as Corporal Bill Pope
• Two and Two Make Six1962 · as Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
• Already It's Tomorrow1961 · as Unnamed Man
• On the Fiddle1961 · as Horace Pope
• Look Back in Anger1959 · as 2nd Commercial Traveller

All TV Shows (24)

• Tales of the Tardis2023 · as Commander Millington
• Pie in the Sky1994 · as Bill Pritchard
• A Tale of Two Cities1989 · as Jerry Cruncher
• Lovejoy1986 · as Gideon
• Bergerac1981 · as Whittaker
• The Good Companions1980 · as Joby Jackson
• Murder at the Wedding1979 · as Ken French
• Going Straight1978 · as Dave Pipers
• Churchill's People1974 · as King James I
• Manhunt1970 · as Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Edgar Lunt
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Barney
• Hereward the Wake1965 · as Hereward
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Peter Young
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Eddie Marble
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Bisthorpe
• Theatre 6251964 · as Gordon Comstock
• Doctor Who1963 · as Commander Millington
• Drama 61-671961 · as Slinn
• Drama 61-671961 · as Arnold
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Jupp
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Eddy
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Alyoshka, a Cobbler