Hugh Burden

Personal Info

Birthday

April 3, 1913

Day of Death

1985-05-17

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]

Hugh Burden

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.

Known For

Doctor Who

Playhouse

Maigret

No Hiding Place

Sykes

BBC2 Play of the Week

The Man in Room 17

The Ruling Class

Filmography

1984
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Divisionaire Krueger
1979
Gossip from the Forest
as Marshall Foch
1978
Fairies
as E. L. Gardner
1976
Kites
as Hastings
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Haines
1973
The House in Nightmare Park
as Reggie Henderson
1972
The Ruling Class
as Matthew Peake
1971
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
as Geoffrey Dandridge
The Statue
as Sir Geoffrey
1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
as Channing
1969
The Best House in London
as Lord Tennyson
1967
The Inn Way Out
as Henry Meadows
1966
Funeral in Berlin
as Hallam
1961
The Secret Partner
as Charles Standish
No Love for Johnnie
as Tim Maxwell
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