Hugh Burden

Known For

Acting

Born

Apr 03, 1913

Died

May 17, 1985

Place of Birth

Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

Credits

51 titles

Hugh Burden

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

Filmography

1998

The Life of Anton Bruckner

Self (voice)

Movie
1984

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Divisionaire Krueger

Movie
1979

Screenplay

Marshal Foch

Tv
1979

Gossip from the Forest

Marshall Foch

Movie
1978

Fairies

Edward Gardner

Movie
1977

BBC2 Play of the Week

Edward Gardner

Tv
1977

The Sunday Drama

Oliver

Tv
1976

Kites

Hastings

Movie
1975

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Haines

Movie
1974

Fall of Eagles

Protopopov

Tv
1974

Playhouse

Lawrence Hastings

Tv
1973

The House in Nightmare Park

Reggie Henderson

Movie
1972

Crown Court

Percival Padmore QC

Tv
1972

Sykes

Head of Light Entertainment

Tv
1972

The Ruling Class

Matthew Peake

Movie
1972

Not Counting the Savages

Movie
1971

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Geoffrey Dandridge

Movie
1971

The Statue

Sir Geoffrey

Movie
1970

Conceptions of Murder

Christie

Tv
1970

The Misfit

Mr. Turgoose

Tv
1970

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Channing

Movie
1969

Strange Report

James

Tv
1969

The Best House in London

Lord Tennyson

Movie
1969

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

Mr. J.G. Reeder

Tv
1967

Man in a Suitcase

Tv
1967

ITV Playhouse

Stephen

Tv
1967

The Inn Way Out

Henry Meadows

Movie
1966

Funeral in Berlin

Hallam

Movie
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Edwin

Tv
1965

The Man in Room 17

Charles Morrow

Tv
1964

Theatre 625

Narrator (voice)

Tv
1963

Doctor Who

Channing

Tv
1962

Suspense

Gil

Tv
1962

Z-Cars

Philip Turnbull-Smythe

Tv
1961

The Secret Partner

Charles Standish

Movie
1961

Drama 61-67

Philip Witt

Tv
1961

No Love for Johnnie

Tim Maxwell

Movie
1961

The Avengers

Sir Bruno Laker

Tv
1960

Maigret

Guillaume Serre

Tv
1960

Somerset Maugham Hour

Don Pedro

Tv
1959

No Hiding Place

Langford

Tv
1956

Armchair Theatre

Lee Warren

Tv
1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Ezekiel the Tailor

Tv
1953

Malta Story

Eden

Movie
1952

Ghost Ship

Dr. Fawcett

Movie
1950

Sunday Night Theatre

Gordon van Ketzler

Tv
1948

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Mills

Movie
1947

Fame Is the Spur

Arnold Ryerson

Movie
1944

The Way Ahead

Pvt. Bill Parsons

Movie
1942

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie

Movie