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Hugh Burden

Hugh Burden

Actor · 1913 – 1985 · Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

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.

Series23

  • TV7.9

    Doctor Who

    1963 · 722 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV5.7

    Crown Court

    1972 · 6 votes

  • TV7.3

    Z-Cars

    1962 · 7 votes

  • TV7.2

    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0

    ITV Playhouse

    1967 · 3 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV4.3

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    1965 · 8 votes

  • TV4.8

    No Hiding Place

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV3.5

    Sunday Night Theatre

    1950 · 2 votes

  • TV7.1

    Maigret

    1960 · 15 votes

  • TV7.0

    BBC2 Play of the Week

    1977 · 1 votes

  • TV6.7

    Sykes

    1972 · 6 votes

  • TV7.2

    Man in a Suitcase

    1967 · 10 votes

  • TV
  • TV6.7

    Suspense

    1962 · 3 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Man in Room 17

    1965 · 4 votes

  • TV7.0

    Fall of Eagles

    1974 · 10 votes

  • TV7.7

    Strange Report

    1969 · 3 votes

  • TV5.0

    The Sunday Drama

    1977 · 1 votes

  • TV6.3

    Screenplay

    1979 · 3 votes

  • TV9.0

    The Misfit

    1970 · 1 votes

Movies22

  • Movie6.4

    Funeral in Berlin

    1966 · 170 votes

  • Movie5.5
  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.4

    The Ruling Class

    1972 · 102 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Way Ahead

    1944 · 42 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie6.3

    Malta Story

    1953 · 24 votes

  • Movie6.8
  • Movie4.0
  • Movie6.1

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    1984 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.7

    No Love for Johnnie

    1961 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Sleeping Car to Trieste

    1948 · 10 votes

  • Movie4.8

    The Statue

    1971 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Ghost Ship

    1952 · 23 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Fame Is the Spur

    1947 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Secret Partner

    1961 · 16 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie7.0

    Gossip from the Forest

    1979 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Ships with Wings

    1941 · 4 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Fairies

    1978 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0
  • Movie

    Das Leben Anton Bruckners

    The Life of Anton Bruckner

    1998