Hugh Burden
Acting
Born: 1913-04-03 in Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
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
Doctor Who
Channing
Funeral in Berlin
Hallam
The Avengers
Sir Bruno Laker
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Geoffrey Dandridge
The Ruling Class
Matthew Peake
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Haines
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Bill Parsons
The House in Nightmare Park
Reggie Henderson
Malta Story
Eden
Ghost Ship
Dr. Fawcett
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ezekiel the Tailor
The Secret Partner
Charles Standish
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Channing
The Statue
Sir Geoffrey
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Mills
Fall of Eagles
Protopopov
Man in a Suitcase
The Best House in London
Lord Tennyson
No Love for Johnnie
Tim Maxwell
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Edwin
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Husband
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Ronald
Z-Cars
Philip Turnbull-Smythe
Fame Is the Spur
Arnold Ryerson
Sykes
Head of Light Entertainment
Armchair Theatre
Lee Warren
Crown Court
Percival Padmore QC
Armchair Theatre
Roger Alvanley
Armchair Theatre
Lionel Green
Armchair Theatre
Supt. O'Leary
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Divisionaire Krueger
Theatre 625
Narrator (voice)
Theatre 625
Brian Hooper
Ships with Wings
Sub.Lt. Weatherby
No Hiding Place
Langford
The Man in Room 17
Charles Morrow
No Hiding Place
Rennington
Strange Report
James