Hugh Burden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1913
- Died
- May 17, 1985 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Colombo, 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.
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Filmography
The Life of Anton Bruckner
Movie · as Self (voice)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Movie · as Divisionaire Krueger
Gossip from the Forest
Movie · as Marshall Foch
Screenplay
TV · as Marshal Foch · 1 ep
Fairies
Movie · as Edward Gardner
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Edward Gardner · 1 ep
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Oliver · 1 ep
Kites
Movie · as Hastings
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Movie · as Haines
Fall of Eagles
TV · as Protopopov · 2 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Lawrence Hastings · 1 ep
The House in Nightmare Park
Movie · as Reggie Henderson
Sporting Scenes
TV · as William Hodge · 1 ep
The Ruling Class
Movie · as Matthew Peake
Not Counting the Savages
Movie
Sykes
TV · as Head of Light Entertainment · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · as Percival Padmore QC · 3 eps
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Movie · as Geoffrey Dandridge
The Statue
Movie · as Sir Geoffrey
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Movie · as Channing
The Misfit
TV · as Mr. Turgoose · 1 ep
Conceptions of Murder
TV · as Christie · 1 ep
The Best House in London
Movie · as Lord Tennyson
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
TV · as Mr. J.G. Reeder · 17 eps
Strange Report
TV · as James · 1 ep
The Inn Way Out
Movie · as Henry Meadows
Man in a Suitcase
TV · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Stephen · 1 ep
Funeral in Berlin
Movie · as Hallam
The Man in Room 17
TV · as Charles Morrow · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Edwin, Husband, Ronald · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Narrator (voice), Brian Hooper · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Channing · 4 eps
Suspense
TV · as Gil, The Author · 1 ep
Z-Cars
TV · as Philip Turnbull-Smythe · 1 ep
The Secret Partner
Movie · as Charles Standish
No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as Tim Maxwell
Drama 61-67
TV · as Philip Witt, Paul Farrow · 1 ep
The Avengers
TV · as Sir Bruno Laker · 1 ep
Maigret
TV · as Guillaume Serre · 2 eps
Somerset Maugham Hour
TV · as Don Pedro · 38 eps
No Hiding Place
TV · as Langford, Rennington · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Lee Warren, Roger Alvanley, Lionel Green, Supt. O'Leary · 1 ep
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV · as Ezekiel the Tailor · 1 ep
Malta Story
Movie · as Eden
Ghost Ship
Movie · as Dr. Fawcett
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Gordon van Ketzler · 1 ep
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Movie · as Mills
Fame Is the Spur
Movie · as Arnold Ryerson
The Way Ahead
Movie · as Pvt. Bill Parsons
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Movie · as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Ships with Wings
Movie · as Sub.Lt. Weatherby