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Hugh Burden
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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 train…
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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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1998
The Life of Anton Bruckner
Movie Self (voice)
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1984
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Movie Divisionaire Krueger
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1979
Screenplay
TV show Marshal Foch
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1979
Gossip from the Forest
Movie Marshall Foch
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1978
Fairies
Movie Edward Gardner
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1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV show Edward Gardner
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1977
The Sunday Drama
TV show Oliver
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1976
Kites
Movie Hastings
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1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Movie Haines
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1974
Fall of Eagles
TV show Protopopov
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Lawrence Hastings
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1973
Sporting Scenes
TV show William Hodge
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1973
The House in Nightmare Park
Movie Reggie Henderson
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1972
Crown Court
TV show Percival Padmore QC
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1972
Sykes
TV show Head of Light Entertainment
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1972
The Ruling Class
Movie Matthew Peake
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1972
Not Counting the Savages
Movie
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1971
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Movie Geoffrey Dandridge
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1971
The Statue
Movie Sir Geoffrey
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1970
Conceptions of Murder
TV show Christie
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1970
The Misfit
TV show Mr. Turgoose
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1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Movie Channing
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1969
Strange Report
TV show James
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1969
The Best House in London
Movie Lord Tennyson
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1969
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
TV show Mr. J.G. Reeder
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1967
Man in a Suitcase
TV show
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Stephen
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1967
The Inn Way Out
Movie Henry Meadows
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1966
Funeral in Berlin
Movie Hallam
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Edwin
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1965
The Man in Room 17
TV show Charles Morrow
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Narrator (voice)
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Channing
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1962
Suspense
TV show Gil
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1962
Z-Cars
TV show Philip Turnbull-Smythe
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1961
The Secret Partner
Movie Charles Standish
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1961
Drama 61-67
TV show Philip Witt
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1961
No Love for Johnnie
Movie Tim Maxwell
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Sir Bruno Laker
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1960
Maigret
TV show Guillaume Serre
