
Person
Alfred Lynch
Acting · 1931–2003 · London, England, UK
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
Commander Millington

Bergerac
Whittaker

Theatre 625
Gordon Comstock

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Barney

ITV Playhouse
Edgar Lunt

The Wednesday Play
Peter Young

Pie in the Sky
Bill Pritchard
Film '72
1971

Lovejoy
Gideon

Sunday Night Theatre
Alyoshka, a Cobbler
Filmography
- 2023Tales of the TardisCommander Millington
- 1994Second BestEdward
- 1994Pie in the SkyBill Pritchard
- 1992The Secret AgentThe Professor
- 1991Until the End of the WorldOld Man Alfred
- 1990The KraysCharlie Kray Snr
- 1989Doctor Who: The Curse of FenricCommander Millington
- 1989A Tale of Two CitiesJerry Cruncher
- 1986LovejoyGideon
- 1983The OresteiaAegisthus
- 1983BewitchedSaul Rutledge
- 1983On the RazzleWeinberl
- 1981BergeracWhittaker
- 1981LoopholeHarry
- 1980The Good CompanionsJoby Jackson
- 1979Murder at the WeddingKen French
- 1978Going StraightDave Pipers
- 1977Joseph AndrewsPostilion (as Alfie Lynch)
- 1974Churchill's PeopleKing James I
- 1974Item
- 1974The Fortunes of NigelKing James I
- 1973The BlockhouseLarshen
- 1971Film '72
- 1970ManhuntSquadron Leader Jimmy Briggs
- 1968The Sea GullSemyon Medvedenko
- 1968Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
- 1968House of CharacterBisthorpe
- 1967ITV PlayhouseEdgar Lunt
- 1967The Taming of the ShrewTranio
- 1965Keep the Aspidistra FlyingGordon Comstock
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreBarney
- 1965Hereward the WakeHereward
- 1965The HillGeorge Stevens
- 1965Horror of DarknessPeter
- 1964The Wednesday PlayPeter Young
- 1964Theatre 625Gordon Comstock
- 1964Prisoner and EscortJupp
- 1963Doctor WhoCommander Millington
- 1963West 11Joe Beckett
- 196355 Days at PekingGerald (uncredited)
- 1962The Password Is CourageCorporal Bill Pope
- 1962Two and Two Make SixThomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett
- 1961Already It's TomorrowUnnamed Man
- 1961On the FiddleHorace Pope
- 1961Drama 61-67Slinn
- 1959Look Back in Anger2nd Commercial Traveller
- 1956Armchair TheatreJupp
- 1950Sunday Night TheatreAlyoshka, a Cobbler
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