
Acting · Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka] · Born April 3, 1913
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.
MovieThe Life of Anton Bruckner
1998
as Self (voice)
MovieDr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
as Divisionaire Krueger
TVScreenplay
1979
as Marshal Foch
MovieGossip from the Forest
1979
as Marshall Foch
MovieFairies
1978
as Edward Gardner
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Edward Gardner
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Oliver
MovieKites
1976
as Hastings
MovieOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Haines
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as Protopopov
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Lawrence Hastings
MovieThe House in Nightmare Park
1973
as Reggie Henderson
TVCrown Court
1972
as Percival Padmore QC
TVSykes
1972
as Head of Light Entertainment
MovieThe Ruling Class
1972
as Matthew Peake
Not Counting the Savages
1972
MovieBlood from the Mummy's Tomb
1971
as Geoffrey Dandridge
MovieThe Statue
1971
as Sir Geoffrey
Conceptions of Murder
1970
as Christie
TVThe Misfit
1970
as Mr. Turgoose
MovieDoctor Who: Spearhead from Space
1970
as Channing
TVStrange Report
1969
as James
MovieThe Best House in London
1969
as Lord Tennyson
TVThe Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969
as Mr. J.G. Reeder
TVMan in a Suitcase
1967
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Stephen
MovieThe Inn Way Out
1967
as Henry Meadows
MovieFuneral in Berlin
1966
as Hallam
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Edwin
TVThe Man in Room 17
1965
as Charles Morrow
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Narrator (voice)
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Channing
TVSuspense
1962
as Gil
TVZ-Cars
1962
as Philip Turnbull-Smythe
MovieThe Secret Partner
1961
as Charles Standish
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Witt
MovieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
as Tim Maxwell
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Sir Bruno Laker
TVMaigret
1960
as Guillaume Serre
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Don Pedro
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
as Langford
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Lee Warren
TVThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Szekiel the Tailor
MovieMalta Story
1953
as Eden
MovieGhost Ship
1952
as Dr. Fawcett
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Gordon van Ketzler
MovieSleeping Car to Trieste
1948
as Mills
MovieFame Is the Spur
1947
as Arnold Ryerson
MovieThe Way Ahead
1944
as Pvt. Bill Parsons
MovieOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
MovieShips with Wings
1941
as Sub.Lt. Weatherby