Lloyd Lamble

Lloyd Nelson Lamble (8 February 1914 – 17 March 2008) was an Australian actor who worked in theatre, television, radio and film. He lived and worked for most of his life in the United Kingdom.

Biography Personal life Lloyd Lamble was born in Melbourne, Victoria, to William Henry Sylvester Lamble and Francis Alma Spencer Lamble (née Potter). He was the youngest of four children, all boys. His father William Lamble was a viola player in the Sisserman String Quartet and in symphony orchestras in Melbourne; secretary of the Musicians' Union of Australia; a music teacher, pianist, organist, choirmaster and composer.

In the early 1950s, Lloyd could not get acting work. After a year of selling clothing door-to-door to survive, he left Australia to live the rest of his life in Britain. In 1947, he won a Macquarie Award.

Twice daily at the 1977 Edinburgh Festival, Lloyd performed two one-man plays as a double-bill, each running for over an hour.

In his seventies, Lamble appeared in a six-month season at the Scottish Dundee Repertory Theatre, where he played the leading role in four out of six repertory plays. He then played a long season in London's West End in the revival of Me and My Girl. His death was not announced until well into the April when his funeral also took place. He was survived by his third wife Lesley Jackson, his son Tim, his daughter Elizabeth, his son Lloyd Wallis Lamble, daughter Caroline, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Filmography

Strong Is the Seed (1949) - Dr Guthrie Saturday Island (1952) - Officer of the Watch Curtain Up (1952) - Jackson Lady in the Fog (1952) - Martin Sorrowby Three Steps to the Gallows (1953) - James Smith - aka Charles Harris The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) - Joseph Bennett Appointment in London (1953) - Weather Man (uncredited) Mantrap (A.K.A. ' Man in Hiding ') (1953) - Inspector Frisnay Street Corner (1953) - Det Sgt Weston The Straw Man (1953) - Dr Canning Background (1953) - Defence counsel Forbidden Cargo (1954) - Captain of Python (uncredited) The Silent Witness (Scotland Yard (film series) (1954, short) - Doctor Fatal Journey (Scotland Yard (film series) (1954) - Detective Profile (1954) - Michael The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) - Superintendent Kemp Bird The Green Carnation (1954) - Inspector Flynn Out of the Clouds (1955) - Ben Saunders, Flight Operations Officer, Cairo (uncredited) The Dam Busters (1955) - Collins (uncredited) Track the Man Down (1955) - Inspector Barnett The Blue Peter (1955) - Editor Private's Progress (1956) - Officer at Medical Hearing (uncredited) The Gelignite Gang (1956) - Detective Inspector Felby The Man Who Never Was (1956) - Passport Officer (uncredited) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - General Manager of Albert Hall (uncredited) Person Unknown (Scotland Yard (film series) (1956) - Pathologist The Girl in the Picture (1957) - (uncredited) Suspended Alibi (1957) - Waller There's Always a Thursday (1957) - Detective Sgt Bolton Sea Wife (1957) - Captain 'San Felix' Quatermass 2 (1957) - Inspector These Dangerous Years (1957) Barnacle Bill (1957) (A.K.A. 'All at Sea') - Superintendent Browning Night of the Demon (1957) - Detective Simmons Blue Murder at St Trinian's (1957) - Superintendent Samuel Kemp-Bird The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) - Bellamy Dunkirk (1958) - Staff Colonel Print of Death (Scotland Yard (film series) (1958) - Dr Turner The Bank Raiders (1958) - Det.Insp. Mason Breakout (1959) - Inspector Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959) - Admiral Summers (uncredited) No Trees in the Street (1959) - Police Superintendent The Heart of a Man (1959) - Police Inspector (uncredited) The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) - Charles Humphries The Challenge (1960) - Dr Westerly The Sundowners (1960) - Mr Bateman (uncredited) The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) - Superintendent Samuel Kemp-Bird Term of Trial (1962) - Inspector Ullyat (uncredited) The Boys (1962) - Inspector Larner The Human Jungle ('The Vacant Chair ') (1963) - Basil Phillips Joey Boy (1965) - Sir John Averycorn And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) - Sir John Westcliff No Sex Please, We're British (1973) - American Man On the Game (1974) - Gladstone Eskimo Nell (1975) - The Bishop The Naked Civil Servant (1975) - Mr Crisp Lady Killers (1981) - Dr. George Billing