Hugh Burden
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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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Films (24)
The Life of Anton Bruckner
1998 · Self (voice)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984 · Divisionaire Krueger
Gossip from the Forest
1979 · Marshall Foch
Fairies
1978 · Edward Gardner
Kites
1976 · Hastings
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Haines
The House in Nightmare Park
1973 · Reggie Henderson
The Ruling Class
1972 · Matthew Peake
Not Counting the Savages
1972
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971 · Geoffrey Dandridge
The Statue
1971 · Sir Geoffrey
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
1970 · Channing
The Best House in London
1969 · Lord Tennyson
The Inn Way Out
1967 · Henry Meadows
Funeral in Berlin
1966 · Hallam
The Secret Partner
1961 · Charles Standish
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · Tim Maxwell
Malta Story
1953 · Eden
Ghost Ship
1952 · Dr. Fawcett
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948 · Mills
Fame Is the Spur
1947 · Arnold Ryerson
The Way Ahead
1944 · Pvt. Bill Parsons
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Ships with Wings
1941 · Sub.Lt. Weatherby
Séries (28)
Screenplay
1979 · Marshal Foch
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Edward Gardner
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Oliver
Fall of Eagles
1974 · Protopopov
Playhouse
1974 · Lawrence Hastings
Sporting Scenes
1973 · William Hodge
Crown Court
1972 · Percival Padmore QC
Sykes
1972 · Head of Light Entertainment
Conceptions of Murder
1970 · Christie
The Misfit
1970 · Mr. Turgoose
Strange Report
1969 · James
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969 · Mr. J.G. Reeder, Writer
Man in a Suitcase
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Stephen
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Edwin, Husband, Ronald
The Man in Room 17
1965 · Charles Morrow
Theatre 625
1964 · Narrator (voice), Brian Hooper
Doctor Who
1963 · Channing
Suspense
1962 · Gil, The Author, Writer
Z-Cars
1962 · Philip Turnbull-Smythe
Drama 61-67
1961 · Philip Witt, Paul Farrow
The Avengers
1961 · Sir Bruno Laker
Maigret
1960 · Guillaume Serre
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960 · Don Pedro
No Hiding Place
1959 · Langford, Rennington
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Lee Warren, Roger Alvanley, Lionel Green, Supt. O'Leary
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Ezekiel the Tailor
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Gordon van Ketzler, Writer