James Culliford

James Culliford (8 September 1927 – 23 March 2002) was a British actor on stage, film and television.

Culliford met his life partner, the actor Alfred Lynch, at theatre acting evening classes. 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.

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.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 1954 Sunday Night Theatre Servant to TroilusEpisode: Troilus and Cressida 1959 Crime SheetEpisode: "Lockhart Visits a Pawn Shop" The History of Mr. Polly GarrardOne episode The Men from Room 13 Shiner 1959-66 No Hiding Place Leo Quinn/Jimmy Smithers/Rocky Stone Three episodes 1960 Armchair Theatre Albert KleinEpisode: "Some Talk of Alexander" The True Mistery of the Passion ThiefTV movie Deadline Midnight Tom DouglasNine episodes ITV Television Playhouse Dennis FisherEpisode: Changing Values 1961 The Brink Brian RapperTV movieThe Bun House WeddingAlec ITV Play of the Week Lvov/Robert Two episodes The Jelly End Strike JackoTV movie Choirboys Unite! Mr Stokel 1962 Corrigan Blake FelizEpisode: "You Can't Win Them All" 1962-63 BBC Sunday-Night Play Gimlet, driver/Grubber EntwistleTwo episodes 1962-71 Z-Cars Ralph Rhodes/Joe Smith/ArthurThree episodes 1964 CraneEpisode: "Epitah for a Fat Woman" Love Story Private MasonEpisode: "Beggars and Choosers" 1965 Hit and Run Det. Con. WainwrightThree episodes Gideon's Way Eric LittleEpisode: "The Alibi Man" Front Page Story JohnsonEpisode: "Don't Shoot, I'm Press" The Flying Swan The Anybodies - HarryEpisode: "Group Mania" Knock on Any Door HaydonEpisode: "A Paragraph for Mr. Blake" 1966 Redcap Cpl. WesterbyEpisode: "The Proper Charlie" The Informer TonyTwo episodes 1967 Dixon of Dock Green CrowthorneEpisode: "The Runs" 1968 ITV Playhouse Humphrey SaddlerEpisode: Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortune of Lucy Hodges The Champions SumnerEpisode: "The Invisible Man" 1968-73 Thirty-Minute Theatre Gilbert/Bob Two episodes 1969 Market in Honey Lane Alf Noble Six episodes 1970 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ParkerEpisode: "The Ghost Talks" 1971 ITV Sunday Night Theatre TonyEpisode: Hari-Kari and Sally Elizabeth R John SavageEpisode: "Horrible Conspiracies" Seasons of the Year SydEpisode: "Place to Go" 1972 Pretenders SergeantEpisode: "The Paymaster" Scene The DetectiveEpisode: "Quiet Afternoon" The Protectors GinterEpisode: "Thinkback" 1973 Doctor Who Stewart Serial: "Frontier in Space"