Known For
Acting
Born
May 28, 1931
Died
Dec 31, 2020
Place of Birth
Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
45 titles
Jeremy Burnham
Biography
John Richard Jeremy Burnham (28 May 1931 – 31 December 2020) was a British television actor of the 1960s and 1970s, and a screenwriter. Burnham began in the 1950s as an actor and appeared in many popular British TV series such as The Avengers episodes "The Fear Merchants", "The Town of No Return", and "The Forget-Me-Knot", The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969. In the mid-1970s he retired from acting and concentrated on screenwriting. With Trevor Ray, he co-authored the fondly-remembered children's science fiction horror serial Children of the Stones (1977). A novelization followed, also in 1977. A sequel novel, Return to the Stones appeared in 2012 as an e-book and in 2015 as a physical book. Ray and Burnham collaborated on a less well-known children's five episode serial entitled Raven (1977); they also wrote the novelization (1977). He also authored the children's tennis-based novel, Break Point, which was made into a BBC television series in 1982. Burnham himself played the leading role of tennis coach Frank Abbott. Burnham also wrote for The Avengers, in which he had also appeared as an actor (see entry above), Minder and Peak Practice. He died in December 2020 at the age of 89.
Known For
Filmography
Peak Practice
Writer
The Paradise Club
Writer
A Little Princess
Writer
Inspector Morse
Writer
Howards' Way
Writer
Czech Mate
Writer
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Producer
Mitch
Writer
Storyboard
Writer
Seagull Island
Writer
The Secret of Seagull Island
Writer
Bergerac
Writer
Vice Versa
Writer
Hammer House of Horror
Screenplay
Minder
Writer
Death Becomes Me
Scott Maskell (archive footage)
Scorpion Tales
Writer
The Professionals
Story
Raven
Writer
Children of the Stones
Writer
When the Boat Comes In
Writer
The View from Daniel Pike
Writer
The Persuaders!
Scott Maskell
The Horror of Frankenstein
Screenplay
Menace
Writer
The Expert
Writer
Mickey Dunne
Writer
The Brigand of Kandahar
Captain Connelly
Gideon's Way
Harold
Theatre 625
Tom
The System
Ivor
Torpedo Bay
The Human Jungle
Robin Gratrix
I Could Go on Singing
Hospital Doctor
The Saint
Tim Burton
The Avengers
Vicar
Upstairs and Downstairs
Frank
Bachelor of Hearts
Adrian Baskerville
Law and Disorder
Colin Brand
Bonjour Tristesse
Hubert
Rupert of Hentzau
Lt. Bernenstein
The Birthday Present
Dudley (uncredited)
The Good Companions
Felton
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Flag Lieutenant
Armchair Theatre
Ronald Dukes