Hugh Burden

Hugh Burden (3 April 1913 – 17 May 1985) was an English actor and playwright.

Burden 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.

Burden 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).

Burden also acted in radio plays and was known for readings of the works of authors such as T. S. Eliot and Evelyn Waugh. He also wrote several television and stage plays and was an Equity council member.

Selected filmography

• Death Croons the Blues (1937) - Viscount Brent
• Ships with Wings (1942) - Sub.Lt. Weatherby
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) - John Glyn Haggard - Pilot in B for Bertie
• The Way Ahead (1944) - Pvt. Bill Parsons
• Fame Is the Spur (1947) - Arnold Ryerson
• Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948) - Mills
• Ghost Ship (1952) - Dr. Fawcett
• Malta Story (1953) - Eden, Security
• No Love for Johnnie (1961) - Tim Maxwell
• The Secret Partner (1961) - Charles Standish
• Funeral in Berlin (1966) - Hallam
• The Best House in London (1969) - Lord Tennyson
• The Statue (1971) - Sir Geoffrey
• Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) - Geoffrey Dandridge
• The Ruling Class (1972) - Matthew Peake
• The House in Nightmare Park (1973) - Reggie Henderson
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) - Haines

External links

• Hugh Burden at the Internet Movie Database