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Jeremy Burnham

Actor · 1931 – 2020 · Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

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  • Movie6.7

    Bonjour Tristesse

    1958 · 149 votes

  • Movie6.1

    I Could Go on Singing

    1963 · 25 votes

  • Movie7.3
  • Movie5.6

    The Brigand of Kandahar

    1965 · 20 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie7.0

    Beta Som

    Torpedo Bay

    1963 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The System

    1964 · 17 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Bachelor of Hearts

    1958 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Law and Disorder

    1958 · 9 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Good Companions

    1957 · 1 votes

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  • Movie
  • Movie7.3

    The Birthday Present

    1957 · 5 votes

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  • TV7.4

    The Saint

    1962 · 136 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Avengers

    1961 · 156 votes

  • TV7.2

    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Persuaders!

    1971 · 135 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV7.0

    Gideon's Way

    1965 · 5 votes

  • TV8.2

    The Human Jungle

    1963 · 5 votes

  • TV6.0

    Armchair Theatre

    1956 · 6 votes

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