Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1913
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. 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.
Known For - Movies
Funeral in Berlin
as Hallam
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
as Geoffrey Dandridge
The Best House in London
as Lord Tennyson
The Way Ahead
as Pvt. Bill Parsons
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Haines
The Statue
as Sir Geoffrey
No Love for Johnnie
as Tim Maxwell
The Ruling Class
as Matthew Peake
Malta Story
as Eden
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Known For - TV Shows
Doctor Who
as Channing
The Avengers
as Sir Bruno Laker
Crown Court
as Percival Padmore QC
Z-Cars
as Philip Turnbull-Smythe
Playhouse
as Lawrence Hastings
Theatre 625
as Narrator (voice)
Theatre 625
as Brian Hooper
No Hiding Place
as Langford
No Hiding Place
as Rennington
Sunday Night Theatre
as Gordon van Ketzler