Alfred Lynch
Acting
Born January 26, 1931, London, England, UK
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
- Tales of the Tardis — Commander Millington
- Pie in the Sky — Bill Pritchard
- 1994Second Best — Edward
- 1992The Secret Agent — The Professor
- 1991Until the End of the World — Old Man Alfred
- 1990The Krays — Charlie Kray Snr
- A Tale of Two Cities — Jerry Cruncher
- 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric — Commander Millington
- Lovejoy — Gideon
- 1983Bewitched — Saul Rutledge
- 1983On the Razzle — Weinberl
- 1983The Oresteia — Aegisthus
- Bergerac — Whittaker
- 1981Loophole — Harry
- The Good Companions — Joby Jackson
- Murder at the Wedding — Ken French
- Going Straight — Dave Pipers
- 1977Joseph Andrews — Postilion (as Alfie Lynch)
- Churchill's People — King James I
- 1974Item
- The Fortunes of Nigel — King James I
- 1973The Blockhouse — Larshen
- Film '72
- Manhunt — Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs
- 1968House of Character — Bisthorpe
- 1968The Sea Gull — Semyon Medvedenko
- 1968Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
- ITV Playhouse — Edgar Lunt
- 1967The Taming of the Shrew — Tranio
- Blackmail — Chris Clark
- Hereward the Wake — Hereward
- 1965Horror of Darkness — Peter
- 1965Keep the Aspidistra Flying — Gordon Comstock
- 1965The Hill — George Stevens
- Thirty-Minute Theatre — Barney
- 1964Prisoner and Escort — Jupp
- The Wednesday Play — Peter Young, Eddie Marble, Bisthorpe
- Theatre 625 — Gordon Comstock
- 196355 Days at Peking — Gerald (uncredited)
- Doctor Who — Commander Millington
- 1963West 11 — Joe Beckett
- 1962The Password Is Courage — Corporal Bill Pope
- 1962Two and Two Make Six — Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
- 1961Already It's Tomorrow — Unnamed Man
- Drama 61-67 — Slinn, Arnold
- 1961On the Fiddle — Horace Pope
- 1959Look Back in Anger — 2nd Commercial Traveller
- Armchair Theatre — Jupp, Eddy
- Sunday Night Theatre — Alyoshka, a Cobbler