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
The Life of Anton Bruckner
Self (voice)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Divisionaire Krueger
Screenplay
Marshal Foch
Gossip from the Forest
Marshall Foch
Fairies
Edward Gardner
BBC2 Play of the Week
Edward Gardner
The Sunday Drama
Oliver
Kites
Hastings
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Haines
Fall of Eagles
Protopopov
Playhouse
Lawrence Hastings
The House in Nightmare Park
Reggie Henderson
Crown Court
Percival Padmore QC
Sykes
Head of Light Entertainment
The Ruling Class
Matthew Peake
Not Counting the Savages
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Geoffrey Dandridge
The Statue
Sir Geoffrey
Conceptions of Murder
Christie
The Misfit
Mr. Turgoose
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Channing
Strange Report
James
The Best House in London
Lord Tennyson
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Mr. J.G. Reeder
Man in a Suitcase
ITV Playhouse
Stephen
The Inn Way Out
Henry Meadows
Funeral in Berlin
Hallam
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Edwin
The Man in Room 17
Charles Morrow
Theatre 625
Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who
Channing
Suspense
Gil
Z-Cars
Philip Turnbull-Smythe
The Secret Partner
Charles Standish
Drama 61-67
Philip Witt
No Love for Johnnie
Tim Maxwell
The Avengers
Sir Bruno Laker
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
Somerset Maugham Hour
Don Pedro
No Hiding Place
Langford
Armchair Theatre
Lee Warren
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ezekiel the Tailor
Malta Story
Eden
Ghost Ship
Dr. Fawcett
Sunday Night Theatre
Gordon van Ketzler
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Mills
Fame Is the Spur
Arnold Ryerson
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Bill Parsons
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie