---
name: "Victor Lyndon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-lyndon"
fi1m_id: "victor-lyndon"
imdb_id: "nm0528540"
tmdb_id: 257
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 December 1918"
died: "1 September 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T04:19:18.771319+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Victor Lyndon

## Identity

Victor Lyndon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-lyndon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-lyndon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528540
- **TMDB ID:** 257
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/257

Producer. Born 19 December 1918 in London, England, UK. Died 1 September 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 December 1918, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 September 1996
- **Active:** 1964–1968
- **Frequently works with:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://film.one/person/stanley-kubrick.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $81m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528540/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/257

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*2001: A Space Odyssey*](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Victor Lyndon was a British film producer and production manager. Born in London in 1918, he worked in the British film industry from the late 1940s, taking early roles in production management and as associate producer on films including *Johnny on the Run* (1953) and *Cast a Dark Shadow* (1955).

He is best known for his collaborations with Stanley Kubrick, serving as associate producer on *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964) and *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968). Other credits include associate producer on *Darling* (1965) and producer on *Station Six-Sahara* (1963) and *The Optimists* (1973).

Lyndon died in Surrey in 1996.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, onlineonly.christies.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Fi1m 92, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)
- *Darling* (1965), Fi1m 70, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Fi1m 93, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Optimists of Nine Elms* (1973), Producer
- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Producer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)
- *Darling* (1965), Associate Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Producer — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)
- *The Full Treatment* (1960), Associate Producer
- *The Angry Hills* (1959), Associate Producer
- *A Question of Adultery* (1958), Producer
- *Cast a Dark Shadow* (1955), Production Manager
- *It's a Great Day* (1955), Producer

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