Hugh Burden
0.4Acting

Hugh Burden

Apr 3, 1913 - Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1966Funeral in BerlinHallam
Movie1944The Way AheadPvt. Bill Parsons
Movie1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingHaines
Movie1942One of Our Aircraft Is MissingJohn Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Movie1971Blood from the Mummy's TombGeoffrey Dandridge
Movie1961The Secret PartnerCharles Standish
Movie1973The House in Nightmare ParkReggie Henderson
Movie1952Ghost ShipDr. Fawcett
Movie1967The Inn Way OutHenry Meadows
Movie1947Fame Is the SpurArnold Ryerson
Movie1969The Best House in LondonLord Tennyson
Movie1972The Ruling ClassMatthew Peake
Movie1979Gossip from the ForestMarshall Foch
Movie1972Not Counting the Savages
Movie1953Malta StoryEden
Movie1970Doctor Who: Spearhead from SpaceChanning
Movie1941Ships with WingsSub.Lt. Weatherby
Movie1971The StatueSir Geoffrey
Movie1948Sleeping Car to TriesteMills
Movie1961No Love for JohnnieTim Maxwell
Movie1984Dr. Fischer of GenevaDivisionaire Krueger
Movie1976KitesHastings
Movie1978FairiesEdward Gardner
TV Show1972SykesHead of Light Entertainment1
TV Show1959No Hiding PlaceLangford1
TV Show1974Fall of EaglesProtopopov2
TV Show1967Man in a Suitcase1
TV Show1969The Mind of Mr. J.G. ReederMr. J.G. Reeder17
TV Show1960MaigretGuillaume Serre2
TV Show1974PlayhouseLawrence Hastings1
TV Show1963Doctor WhoChanning4
TV Show1965The Man in Room 17Charles Morrow1
TV Show1956Armchair TheatreLee Warren1
TV Show1969Strange ReportJames1
TV Show1977BBC2 Play of the WeekEdward Gardner1
TV Show1970The MisfitMr. Turgoose1
TV Show1960Somerset Maugham HourDon Pedro38
TV Show1964Theatre 625Narrator (voice)1
TV Show1964Theatre 625Brian Hooper1
TV Show1961Drama 61-67Philip Witt1
TV Show1961Drama 61-67Paul Farrow1
TV Show1972Crown CourtPercival Padmore QC3
TV Show1965Thirty-Minute TheatreEdwin1
TV Show1965Thirty-Minute TheatreHusband1
TV Show1965Thirty-Minute TheatreRonald1
TV Show1962SuspenseGil1
TV Show1962SuspenseThe Author1
TV Show1962Z-CarsPhilip Turnbull-Smythe1
TV Show1961The AvengersSir Bruno Laker1
TV Show1959No Hiding PlaceRennington1
TV Show1956Armchair TheatreRoger Alvanley1
TV Show1956Armchair TheatreLionel Green1
TV Show1956Armchair TheatreSupt. O'Leary1
TV Show1955The Adventures of Robin HoodSzekiel the Tailor1
TV Show1950Sunday Night TheatreGordon van Ketzler1
TV Show1967ITV PlayhouseStephen1
TV Show1977The Sunday DramaOliver1

Crew

Media
TV Show1969The Mind of Mr. J.G. ReederWriterWriting
TV Show1962SuspenseWriterWriting
TV Show1950Sunday Night TheatreWriterWriting