Hugh Burden
Born: 1913-04-03 in Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
Died: 1985-05-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1984
- Dr. Fischer of Geneva as Divisionaire Krueger
1979
- Gossip from the Forest as Marshall Foch
1978
- Fairies as E. L. Gardner
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Edward Gardner
1976
- Kites as Hastings
1975
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Haines
1974
- Playhouse as Lawrence Hastings
- Fall of Eagles as Protopopov
1973
- The House in Nightmare Park as Reggie Henderson
1972
- Sykes as Head of Light Entertainment
- The Ruling Class as Matthew Peake
- Not Counting the Savages
1971
- The Statue as Sir Geoffrey
- Blood from the Mummy's Tomb as Geoffrey Dandridge
1970
- The Misfit as Mr. Turgoose
- Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space as Channing
1969
- The Best House in London as Lord Tennyson
- Strange Report as James
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Mr. J.G. Reeder
1967
- Man in a Suitcase
- The Inn Way Out as Henry Meadows
1966
- Funeral in Berlin as Hallam
1965
- The Man in Room 17 as Charles Morrow
1964
- Theatre 625 as Narrator (voice)
1963
- Doctor Who as Channing
1961
- No Love for Johnnie as Tim Maxwell
- The Secret Partner as Charles Standish
1960
- Maigret as Guillaume Serre
- Somerset Maugham Hour as Don Pedro
1959
- No Hiding Place as Langford
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Lee Warren
1953
- Malta Story as Eden
1952
- Ghost Ship as Dr. Fawcett
1948
- Sleeping Car to Trieste as Mills
1947
- Fame Is the Spur as Arnold Ryerson
1944
- The Way Ahead as Pvt. Bill Parsons
1942
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
1941
- Ships with Wings as Sub.Lt. Weatherby