Hugh Burden
Acting
Born: 1913-04-03 in 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.
Known For
Doctor Who
Channing
The Avengers
Sir Bruno Laker
Crown Court
Percival Padmore QC
Z-Cars
Philip Turnbull-Smythe
ITV Playhouse
Stephen
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ezekiel the Tailor
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Edwin
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Husband
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Ronald
No Hiding Place
Langford
No Hiding Place
Rennington
Playhouse
Lawrence Hastings
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
Theatre 625
Narrator (voice)
Theatre 625
Brian Hooper
Sunday Night Theatre
Gordon van Ketzler
Sykes
Head of Light Entertainment
The Man in Room 17
Charles Morrow
Suspense
Gil
Suspense
The Author
BBC2 Play of the Week
Edward Gardner
Man in a Suitcase
Fall of Eagles
Protopopov
Strange Report
James
The Misfit
Mr. Turgoose
Screenplay
Marshal Foch
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Geoffrey Dandridge
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Haines
Funeral in Berlin
Hallam
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Mr. J.G. Reeder
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Bill Parsons
Armchair Theatre
Lee Warren
Armchair Theatre
Roger Alvanley
Armchair Theatre
Lionel Green
Armchair Theatre
Supt. O'Leary