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Hugh Burden

Hugh Burden

Acting1913Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

Biography

From Wikipedia

Hugh Burden (3 April 1913 – 17 May 1985) was an English actor and playwright.

He was the son of a colonial official and was educated at Beaumont College and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and RADA. He then appeared on stage in repertory theatre in Croydon and in London's West End before military service in the Hampshire Regiment and the Indian Army from 1939 to 1942.

He made appearances in numerous UK television plays and series including Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970), The Crezz (1976), Sykes (1979), Strange Report (1968) and The Avengers (1963). He played the title role in The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1969). His many film appearances include One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942), The Way Ahead (1944), Fame Is the Spur (1947), Malta Story (1953), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) and The Ruling Class (1972).

He also acted in radio plays and was known for readings of the works of authors such as T. S. Eliot and Evelyn Waugh.

Acting History

1984
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Divisionaire Krueger
1982
Crown Court
TVas Percival Padmore QC3 eps
1979
Gossip from the Forest
as Marshall Foch
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
TVas Edward Gardner1 eps
1976
Playhouse
TVas Lawrence Hastings1 eps
1974
Fall of Eagles
TVas Protopopov
1973
The House in Nightmare Park
as Reggie Henderson
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TVas Ronald / Husband / Edwin1 eps
1972
The Ruling Class
as Matthew Peake
Sykes
TVas Head of Light Entertainment
1971
The Statue
as Sir Geoffrey
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
as Geoffrey Dandridge
1969
The Best House in London
as Lord Tennyson
1967
Theatre 625
TVas Brian Hooper1 eps
1966
1965
Z-Cars
TVas Philip Turnbull-Smythe1 eps
The Man in Room 17
TVas Charles Morrow
1963
Suspense
TVas The Author1 eps
The Avengers
TVas Sir Bruno Laker1 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Channing
Suspense
TVWriter1 eps
1962
No Hiding Place
TVas Rennington / Langford1 eps
1961
No Love for Johnnie
as Tim Maxwell
The Secret Partner
as Charles Standish
Drama 61-67
TVas Paul Farrow / Philip Witt
1960
Maigret
TVas Guillaume Serre2 eps
Somerset Maugham Hour
TVas Don Pedro
1957
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TVas Szekiel the Tailor1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
TVas Gordon van Ketzler1 eps
1953
1952
Ghost Ship
as Dr. Fawcett
1947
Fame Is the Spur
as Arnold Ryerson
1944
The Way Ahead
as Pvt. Bill Parsons
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
1941
Ships with Wings
as Sub.Lt. Weatherby

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/3/1913
Day of Death
5/17/1985
Place of Birth
Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]