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Hugh Burden

Cast & creator

Hugh Burden

1913-04-03 (died at 72) Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]IMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, The Avengers, Crown Court

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.

Movies

24

film credits

Series

40

television credits

Career

61

1941–1998 · acting roles

Credit score

6.3

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Channing · 1963

The Avengers

The Avengers

Sir Bruno Laker · 1961

Crown Court

Crown Court

Percival Padmore QC · 1972

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Stephen · 1967

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Philip Turnbull-Smythe · 1962

Across film & television

Filmography (64)

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Channing

The Avengers

The Avengers

Sir Bruno Laker

Crown Court

Crown Court

Percival Padmore QC

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Stephen

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Philip Turnbull-Smythe

Playhouse

Playhouse

Lawrence Hastings

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Narrator (voice)

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Brian Hooper

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Edwin

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Husband

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Ronald

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Langford

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Rennington

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Ezekiel the Tailor

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Gordon van Ketzler

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Writer

Maigret

Maigret

Guillaume Serre

Sykes

Sykes

Head of Light Entertainment

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

Edward Gardner

Drama 61-67

Philip Witt

Drama 61-67

Paul Farrow

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase

Suspense

Suspense

Gil

Suspense

Suspense

The Author

Suspense

Suspense

Writer

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

Protopopov

The Man in Room 17

The Man in Room 17

Charles Morrow

The Sunday Drama

Oliver

The Misfit

The Misfit

Mr. Turgoose

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

Mr. J.G. Reeder

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

Writer

Strange Report

Strange Report

James

Somerset Maugham Hour

Don Pedro

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Lee Warren

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Roger Alvanley

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Lionel Green

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Supt. O'Leary

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Geoffrey Dandridge

Sporting Scenes

William Hodge

Screenplay

Screenplay

Marshal Foch

Funeral in Berlin

Funeral in Berlin

Hallam

The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class

Matthew Peake

The Best House in London

The Best House in London

Lord Tennyson

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Mills

Conceptions of Murder

Christie

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Channing

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Haines

No Love for Johnnie

No Love for Johnnie

Tim Maxwell

Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur

Arnold Ryerson

The House in Nightmare Park

The House in Nightmare Park

Reggie Henderson

The Secret Partner

The Secret Partner

Charles Standish

The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

Pvt. Bill Parsons

The Inn Way Out

The Inn Way Out

Henry Meadows

Not Counting the Savages

Gossip from the Forest

Gossip from the Forest

Marshall Foch

The Statue

The Statue

Sir Geoffrey

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Divisionaire Krueger

Malta Story

Malta Story

Eden

Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship

Dr. Fawcett

Kites

Kites

Hastings

Ships with Wings

Ships with Wings

Sub.Lt. Weatherby

Fairies

Fairies

Edward Gardner

The Life of Anton Bruckner

The Life of Anton Bruckner

Self (voice)