
Person
Hugh Burden
Acting · 1913–1985 · 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

The Avengers
Sir Bruno Laker

Crown Court
Percival Padmore QC

Theatre 625
Narrator (voice)

Z-Cars
Philip Turnbull-Smythe

Playhouse
Lawrence Hastings

ITV Playhouse
Stephen

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Edwin

No Hiding Place
Langford

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Szekiel the Tailor
Filmography
- 1998The Life of Anton BrucknerSelf (voice)
- 1984Dr. Fischer of GenevaDivisionaire Krueger
- 1979ScreenplayMarshal Foch
- 1979Gossip from the ForestMarshall Foch
- 1978FairiesEdward Gardner
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekEdward Gardner
- 1977The Sunday DramaOliver
- 1976KitesHastings
- 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingHaines
- 1974Fall of EaglesProtopopov
- 1974PlayhouseLawrence Hastings
- 1973The House in Nightmare ParkReggie Henderson
- 1972Crown CourtPercival Padmore QC
- 1972SykesHead of Light Entertainment
- 1972The Ruling ClassMatthew Peake
- 1972Not Counting the Savages
- 1971Blood from the Mummy's TombGeoffrey Dandridge
- 1971The StatueSir Geoffrey
- 1970Conceptions of MurderChristie
- 1970The MisfitMr. Turgoose
- 1970Doctor Who: Spearhead from SpaceChanning
- 1969Strange ReportJames
- 1969The Best House in LondonLord Tennyson
- 1969The Mind of Mr. J.G. ReederMr. J.G. Reeder
- 1967Man in a Suitcase
- 1967ITV PlayhouseStephen
- 1967The Inn Way OutHenry Meadows
- 1966Funeral in BerlinHallam
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreEdwin
- 1965The Man in Room 17Charles Morrow
- 1964Theatre 625Narrator (voice)
- 1963Doctor WhoChanning
- 1962SuspenseGil
- 1962Z-CarsPhilip Turnbull-Smythe
- 1961The Secret PartnerCharles Standish
- 1961Drama 61-67Philip Witt
- 1961No Love for JohnnieTim Maxwell
- 1961The AvengersSir Bruno Laker
- 1960MaigretGuillaume Serre
- 1960Somerset Maugham HourDon Pedro
- 1959No Hiding PlaceLangford
- 1956Armchair TheatreLee Warren
- 1955The Adventures of Robin HoodSzekiel the Tailor
- 1953Malta StoryEden
- 1952Ghost ShipDr. Fawcett
- 1950Sunday Night TheatreGordon van Ketzler
- 1948Sleeping Car to TriesteMills
- 1947Fame Is the SpurArnold Ryerson
- 1944The Way AheadPvt. Bill Parsons
- 1942One of Our Aircraft Is MissingJohn Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
- 1941Ships with WingsSub.Lt. Weatherby
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