Hugh Burden

Born: 1913-04-03

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.


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The Ruling Class

as Matthew Peake
Released: 1972-09-13

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits...

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Funeral in Berlin

as Hallam
Released: 1966-12-22

Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears...

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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

as Geoffrey Dandridge
Released: 1971-06-16

Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated...

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No Love for Johnnie

as Tim Maxwell
Released: 1961-02-14

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with...

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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Released: 1942-04-24

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid...

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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Haines
Released: 1975-07-09

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord...

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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

as Channing
Released: 1970-01-24

The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop...

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The Secret Partner

as Charles Standish
Released: 1961-05-01

A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.

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The Way Ahead

as Pvt. Bill Parsons
Released: 1944-06-09

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry ...

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Sleeping Car to Trieste

as Mills
Released: 1948-10-06

Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

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Ghost Ship

as Dr. Fawcett
Released: 1952-10-01

Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be...

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The Statue

as Sir Geoffrey
Released: 1971-01-27

Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives...

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Malta Story

as Eden
Released: 1953-06-01

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island,...

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Fame Is the Spur

as Arnold Ryerson
Released: 1947-09-23

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately...

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The House in Nightmare Park

as Reggie Henderson
Released: 1973-03-23

Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof...

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Dr. Fischer of Geneva

as Divisionaire Krueger
Released: 1984-10-08

Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow...

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The Inn Way Out

as Henry Meadows
Released: 1967-02-01

A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.

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The Best House in London

as Lord Tennyson
Released: 1969-01-01

In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution...

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Fairies

as Edward Gardner
Released: 1978-09-27

' I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs,...

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Ships with Wings

as Sub.Lt. Weatherby
Released: 1941-11-10

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working...

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Gossip from the Forest

as Marshall Foch
Released: 1979-07-28

The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.

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Kites

as Hastings
Released: 1976-03-19

Lawrence Hastings, retired prep school headmaster, has few pleasures in life. One is flying a...

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Doctor Who

as Channing
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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No Hiding Place

as Langford
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Maigret

as Guillaume Serre
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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Sykes

as Head of Light Entertainment
First aired: 1972-09-14

Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to...

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Fall of Eagles

as Protopopov
First aired: 1974-03-15

"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series...

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Man in a Suitcase

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-27

Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...

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The Man In Room 17

as Charles Morrow
First aired: 1965-06-11

The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s,...

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Strange Report

as James
First aired: 1969-09-21

Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist,...

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The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

as Mr. J.G. Reeder
First aired: 1969-04-23

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is based on a character created by Edgar Wallace in a series of 1925...

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Armchair Theatre

as Lee Warren
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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