Alfred Lynch

Known for ActingBorn 1931-01-26Died 2003-12-16London, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Oresteia

House of Character

The Good Companions

The Secret Agent

Pie in the Sky

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

On the Razzle

Doctor Who

Going Straight

Lovejoy

The Hill

Two and Two Make Six

Theatre 625

Second Best

ITV Playhouse

Hereward the Wake

Prisoner and Escort

The Taming of the Shrew

Until the End of the World

West 11

55 Days at Peking

Bergerac

Manhunt

Look Back in Anger

The Password Is Courage

Loophole

The Krays

The Sea Gull

The Blockhouse

Tales of the Tardis

Armchair Theatre

A Tale of Two Cities

On the Fiddle

Joseph Andrews

The Wednesday Play

Churchill's People

Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

Sunday Night Theatre

Bewitched

Murder at the Wedding

Item

Horror of Darkness

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Already It's Tomorrow

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