Acting

Victor Lucas

Born July 12, 1919 · West Ham, London, England, UK

Died November 17, 2000 · aged 81

Victor Lucas was born on July 12, 1919 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), World's End (1981) and Testament of Youth (1979). He was married to Marjorie Sommerville. He died on November 17, 2000 in Barnet, London, England, UK.

Known For

JuggernautJuggernaut · 1974
Juggernaut
6.31974
MovieThrillerAction
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. Inspired by real events.
HamletHamlet · 1948
Hamlet
7.41948
MovieDrama
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Under CapricornUnder Capricorn · 1949
Under Capricorn
6.01949
MovieDramaHistory
A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingHow to Get Ahead in Advertising · 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.31989
MovieFantasyComedy
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
And Did Those Feet ?And Did Those Feet ? · 1965
And Did Those Feet ?
10.01965
MovieTV Movie
Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
The Blue ParrotThe Blue Parrot · 1953
The Blue Parrot
5.91953
MovieCrimeDrama
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Doctor Who: The Face of EvilDoctor Who: The Face of Evil · 1977
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
8.01977
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor arrives on a planet where two tribes, the savage Sevateem and the technically brilliant Tesh, are at war. He meets Leela, an exile from the Sevateem, and discovers that the tribes' god of evil is apparently himself...
Doctor WhoDoctor Who · 1963
Doctor Who
7.91963
SeriesDrama
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

Movies

JuggernautJuggernaut · 1974
Juggernaut
6.31974
MovieThrillerAction
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship. Inspired by real events.
HamletHamlet · 1948
Hamlet
7.41948
MovieDrama
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Under CapricornUnder Capricorn · 1949
Under Capricorn
6.01949
MovieDramaHistory
A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried passions and secrets.
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingHow to Get Ahead in Advertising · 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.31989
MovieFantasyComedy
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
And Did Those Feet ?And Did Those Feet ? · 1965
And Did Those Feet ?
10.01965
MovieTV Movie
Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
The Blue ParrotThe Blue Parrot · 1953
The Blue Parrot
5.91953
MovieCrimeDrama
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Doctor Who: The Face of EvilDoctor Who: The Face of Evil · 1977
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil
8.01977
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor arrives on a planet where two tribes, the savage Sevateem and the technically brilliant Tesh, are at war. He meets Leela, an exile from the Sevateem, and discovers that the tribes' god of evil is apparently himself...

TV Shows

Doctor WhoDoctor Who · 1963
Doctor Who
7.91963
SeriesDrama
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
BergeracBergerac · 1981
Bergerac
6.71981
SeriesDrama
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
MaigretMaigret · 1960
Maigret
7.11960
SeriesCrimeDrama
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Churchill's PeopleChurchill's People · 1974
Churchill's People
5.01974
SeriesDrama
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.
The New StatesmanThe New Statesman · 1987
The New Statesman
7.51987
SeriesComedy
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
The AdventurerThe Adventurer · 1972
The Adventurer
6.31972
Series
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.
Testament of YouthTestament of Youth · 1979
Testament of Youth
7.81979
SeriesDrama
A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her experiences as a nurse in London and Malta and at the front lines in France. It opens with 18-year-old Vera, the genteel daughter of a paper-mill owner, nurturing "hopes of escaping from provincial young ladyhood." Her plan is to attend Oxford.
RebeccaRebecca · 1979
Rebecca
7.51979
SeriesMysteryDrama
Rebecca is a four-part British television miniseries dramatised by Hugh Whitemore, adapted from Daphne du Maurier's eponymous 1938 mystery novel (which had famously been interpreted to film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940). A naive young woman marries a wealthy widower, but grows haunted by his late wife's legacy and the sinister housekeeper's obsession with the deceased Rebecca.