Biografía

25 de julio de 1907 · Salisbury, Wiltshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido

8 de febrero de 1989 · Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido (un ataque al corazón)

Cyril Alexander Garland Luckham

Had intended a military career in the Royal Navy but was invalided out in 1931.

Has played two highly contrasting characters involved in the conflict of Henry VIII: Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in "A Man for all Seasons" (who was one of the leading figures in supporting Henry's break of the Church) and Prior Houghton in "Anne of a Thousand Days" (who was among those that opposed Henry's break from the Church).

A devotee of the poems and novels of Thomas Hardy, which he frequently recited both live on stage, and on British television.

Trained with the Arthur Brough Players in Folkestone, where he made his theatrical debut in 'The Admirable Crichton'. Later worked in repertory in Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol and Coventry. On the London stage from 1948. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for three seasons in 1957.