Hugh Burden
Acting • Born 1913-04-03 – Died 1985-05-17
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.
Filmography
55 credits
Funeral in Berlin
Movie • 1966
Hallam
The Way Ahead
Movie • 1944
Pvt. Bill Parsons
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Movie • 1975
Haines
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Movie • 1942
John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Movie • 1971
Geoffrey Dandridge
The Secret Partner
Movie • 1961
Charles Standish
The House in Nightmare Park
Movie • 1973
Reggie Henderson
Ghost Ship
Movie • 1952
Dr. Fawcett
The Inn Way Out
Movie • 1967
Henry Meadows
Fame Is the Spur
Movie • 1947
Arnold Ryerson
The Best House in London
Movie • 1969
Lord Tennyson
The Ruling Class
Movie • 1972
Matthew Peake
Gossip from the Forest
Movie • 1979
Marshall Foch
Not Counting the Savages
Movie • 1972
Malta Story
Movie • 1953
Eden
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Movie • 1970
Channing
Ships with Wings
Movie • 1941
Sub.Lt. Weatherby
The Statue
Movie • 1971
Sir Geoffrey
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Movie • 1948
Mills
No Love for Johnnie
Movie • 1961
Tim Maxwell
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Movie • 1984
Divisionaire Krueger
Kites
Movie • 1976
Hastings
Fairies
Movie • 1978
Edward Gardner
Sykes
TV • 1972
Head of Light Entertainment
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Langford
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Protopopov
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
TV • 1969
Mr. J.G. Reeder
Maigret
TV • 1960
Guillaume Serre
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Lawrence Hastings
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Channing
The Man in Room 17
TV • 1965
Charles Morrow
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Lee Warren
Strange Report
TV • 1969
James
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Edward Gardner
The Misfit
TV • 1970
Mr. Turgoose
Somerset Maugham Hour
TV • 1960
Don Pedro
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Narrator (voice)
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Brian Hooper
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Philip Witt
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Paul Farrow
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Percival Padmore QC
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Edwin
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Husband
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Ronald
Suspense
TV • 1962
Gil
Suspense
TV • 1962
The Author
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Philip Turnbull-Smythe
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Sir Bruno Laker
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Rennington
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Roger Alvanley
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Lionel Green
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Supt. O'Leary
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV • 1955
Szekiel the Tailor
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Gordon van Ketzler