Alfred Lynch
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.
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Films (27)
Second Best
1994 · Edward
The Secret Agent
1992 · The Professor
Until the End of the World
1991 · Old Man Alfred
The Krays
1990 · Charlie Kray Snr
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
1989 · Commander Millington
The Oresteia
1983 · Aegisthus
Bewitched
1983 · Saul Rutledge
On the Razzle
1983 · Weinberl
Loophole
1981 · Harry
Joseph Andrews
1977 · Postilion (as Alfie Lynch)
Item
1974
The Blockhouse
1973 · Larshen
The Sea Gull
1968 · Semyon Medvedenko
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
House of Character
1968 · Bisthorpe
The Taming of the Shrew
1967 · Tranio
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1965 · Gordon Comstock
The Hill
1965 · George Stevens
Horror of Darkness
1965 · Peter
Prisoner and Escort
1964 · Jupp
West 11
1963 · Joe Beckett
55 Days at Peking
1963 · Gerald (uncredited)
The Password Is Courage
1962 · Corporal Bill Pope
Two and Two Make Six
1962 · Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
Already It's Tomorrow
1961 · Unnamed Man
On the Fiddle
1961 · Horace Pope
Look Back in Anger
1959 · 2nd Commercial Traveller
Séries (23)
Tales of the Tardis
2023 · Commander Millington
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Bill Pritchard
A Tale of Two Cities
1989 · Jerry Cruncher
Floodtide
1987 · P.F.
Lovejoy
1986 · Gideon
Bergerac
1981 · Whittaker
The Good Companions
1980 · Joby Jackson
Murder at the Wedding
1979 · Ken French
Going Straight
1978 · Dave Pipers
Churchill's People
1974 · King James I
The Fortunes of Nigel
1974 · King James I
Film '72
1971
Manhunt
1970 · Squadron Leader Jimmy Briggs
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Edgar Lunt
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Barney
Hereward the Wake
1965 · Hereward
Blackmail
1965 · Chris Clark
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Peter Young, Eddie Marble, Bisthorpe
Theatre 625
1964 · Gordon Comstock
Doctor Who
1963 · Commander Millington
Drama 61-67
1961 · Slinn, Arnold
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Jupp, Eddy
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Alyoshka, a Cobbler