Hugh Burden
Known For
Acting
Born
1913-04-03 in Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
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.
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Channing
The Avengers
as Sir Bruno Laker
Crown Court
as Percival Padmore QC
Playhouse
as Lawrence Hastings
Theatre 625
as Narrator (voice)
Theatre 625
as Brian Hooper
No Hiding Place
as Langford
No Hiding Place
as Rennington
Z-Cars
as Philip Turnbull-Smythe
Sunday Night Theatre
as Gordon van Ketzler
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Edwin
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Husband
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Ronald
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Szekiel the Tailor
Maigret
as Guillaume Serre
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Edward Gardner
Sykes
as Head of Light Entertainment
Man in a Suitcase
Fall of Eagles
as Protopopov
Suspense
as Gil