James Culliford (8 September 1927 – 23 March 2002) was a British actor on stage, film and television.[1]
Culliford was badly burned in a motoring accident that left the right side of his face partly disfigured. He met his life partner, the actor Alfred Lynch, at theatre acting evening classes.[2] Some of his noted roles are The Entertainer (1960), The Trygon Factor (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). He also appeared in the Doctor Who serial Frontier in Space in 1973.[3]
After suffering a stroke in 1972, he and Lynch moved from London to Brighton. They lived together until Culliford's death in 2002. Lynch died of cancer the following year.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Cobber Carson | |
| 1963 | West 11 | Man on Train | Uncredited |
| 1966 | The Trygon Factor | Luke Embarday | |
| 1967 | The Champions | Charles | |
| 1967 | Quatermass and the Pit | Corporal Gibson | |
| 1972 | Death Line | Publican |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Sunday Night Theatre | Servant to Troilus | Episode: Troilus and Cressida | |
| 1959 | Crime Sheet | Episode: "Lockhart Visits a Pawn Shop" | ||
| The History of Mr. Polly | Garrard | One episode | ||
| The Men from Room 13 | Shiner | |||
| 1959-66 | No Hiding Place | Leo Quinn/Jimmy Smithers/Rocky Stone | Three episodes | |
| 1960 | Armchair Theatre | Albert Klein | Episode: "Some Talk of Alexander" | |
| The True Mistery of the Passion | Thief | TV movie | ||
| Deadline Midnight | Tom Douglas | Nine episodes | ||
| ITV Television Playhouse | Dennis Fisher | Episode: Changing Values | ||
| 1961 | The Brink | Brian Rapper | TV movie | |
| The Bun House Wedding | Alec | |||
| ITV Play of the Week | Lvov/Robert | Two episodes | ||
| The Jelly End Strike | Jacko | TV movie | ||
| Choirboys Unite! | Mr Stokel | |||
| 1962 | Corrigan Blake | Feliz | Episode: "You Can't Win Them All" | |
| 1962-63 | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Gimlet, driver/Grubber Entwistle | Two episodes | |
| 1962-71 | Z-Cars | Ralph Rhodes/Joe Smith/Arthur | Three episodes | |
| 1964 | Crane | Episode: "Epitah for a Fat Woman" | ||
| Love Story | Private Mason | Episode: "Beggars and Choosers" | ||
| 1965 | Hit and Run | Det. Con. Wainwright | Three episodes | |
| Gideon's Way | Eric Little | Episode: "The Alibi Man" | ||
| Front Page Story | Johnson | Episode: "Don't Shoot, I'm Press" | ||
| The Flying Swan | The Anybodies - Harry | Episode: "Group Mania" | ||
| Knock on Any Door | Haydon | Episode: "A Paragraph for Mr. Blake" | ||
| 1966 | Redcap | Cpl. Westerby | Episode: "The Proper Charlie" | |
| The Informer | Tony | Two episodes | ||
| 1967 | Dixon of Dock Green | Crowthorne | Episode: "The Runs" | |
| 1968 | ITV Playhouse | Humphrey Saddler | Episode: Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortune of Lucy Hodges | |
| The Champions | Sumner | Episode: "The Invisible Man" | ||
| 1968-73 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Gilbert/Bob | Two episodes | |
| 1969 | Market in Honey Lane | Alf Noble | ||
| 1970 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) | Parker | Episode: "The Ghost Talks" | |
| 1971 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Tony | Episode: Hari-Kari and Sally | |
| Elizabeth R | John Savage | Episode: "Horrible Conspiracies" | ||
| Seasons of the Year | Syd | Episode: "Place to Go" | ||
| 1972 | Pretenders | Sergeant | Episode: "The Paymaster" | |
| Scene | The Detective | Episode: "Quiet Afternoon" | ||
| The Protectors | Ginter | Episode: "Thinkback" | ||
| 1973 | Doctor Who | Stewart | Serial: "Frontier in Space" |
References
- ^ "James Culliford". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Alfred Lynch". the Guardian. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Frontier in Space". RadioTimes.
