James Culliford

James Culliford
in Gideon's Way (1965)
Born	Albert James Culliford 8 September 1927
Died	March 2002 (aged 74) Brighton, East Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor
Partner(s)	Alfred Lynch

James Culliford (8 September 1927 – 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 until his death in 2002. Lynch died of cancer the following year.^[4]

Select filmography

• The Entertainer (1960)
• The Trygon Factor (1966)
• Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
• Death Line (1972)

External links

• James Culliford at the Internet Movie Database
• James Culliford at the Internet Broadway Database

References

1. "James Culliford". BFI.
2. "Obituary: Alfred Lynch". the Guardian.
3. "Frontier in Space ****". RadioTimes.
4. "Obituary: Alfred Lynch". the Guardian.