Alfred Lynch
Actor
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.
Filmography
Until the End of the World
as Old Man Alfred 1991
The Taming of the Shrew
as Tranio 1967
55 Days at Peking
as Gerald (uncredited) 1963
The Krays
as Charlie Kray Snr 1990
Look Back in Anger
as 2nd Commercial Traveller 1959
Second Best
as Edward 1994
Loophole
as Harry 1981
The Password Is Courage
as Corporal Bill Pope 1962
The Blockhouse
as Larshen 1973
West 11
as Joe Beckett 1963
Joseph Andrews
as Postilion (as Alfie Lynch) 1977
The Sea Gull
as Semyon Medvedenko 1968
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
as Commander Millington 1989
On the Fiddle
as Horace Pope 1961
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Two and Two Make Six
as Thomas 'Tom' Ernest Bennett 1962