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Jeremy Burnham
Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England, UK
John Richard Jeremy Burnham (28 May 1931 – 31 December 2020) was a British television actor of the 1960s and 1970s, and a screenwriter. Burnham began in the 1950s as an actor and…
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John Richard Jeremy Burnham (28 May 1931 – 31 December 2020) was a British television actor of the 1960s and 1970s, and a screenwriter. Burnham began in the 1950s as an actor and appeared in many popular British TV series such as The Avengers episodes "The Fear Merchants", "The Town of No Return", and "The Forget-Me-Knot", The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969. In the mid-1970s he retired from acting and concentrated on screenwriting. With Trevor Ray, he co-authored the fondly-remembered children's science fiction horror serial Children of the Stones (1977). A novelization followed, also in 1977. A sequel novel, Return to the Stones appeared in 2012 as an e-book and in 2015 as a physical book. Ray and Burnham collaborated on a less well-known children's five episode serial entitled Raven (1977); they also wrote the novelization (1977). He also authored the children's tennis-based novel, Break Point, which was made into a BBC television series in 1982. Burnham himself played the leading role of tennis coach Frank Abbott. Burnham also wrote for The Avengers, in which he had also appeared as an actor (see entry above), Minder and Peak Practice. He died in December 2020 at the age of 89.
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1993
Peak Practice
TV show Writer
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1989
The Paradise Club
TV show Writer
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1987
A Little Princess
TV show Writer
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1987
Inspector Morse
TV show Writer
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1985
Howards' Way
TV show Writer
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1984
Czech Mate
Movie Writer
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1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV show Producer
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1984
Mitch
TV show Writer
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1983
Storyboard
TV show Writer
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1982
Break Point
TV show Frank Abbott
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1982
Seagull Island
TV show Writer
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1982
The Secret of Seagull Island
Movie Writer
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1981
Bergerac
TV show Writer
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1981
Vice Versa
TV show Writer
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1980
Hammer House of Horror
TV show Screenplay
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1979
Minder
TV show Writer
More credits
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1979
Death Becomes Me
Movie Scott Maskell (archive footage)
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1978
Scorpion Tales
TV show Writer
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1977
The Professionals
TV show Story
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1977
Raven
TV show Writer
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1977
Children of the Stones
TV show Writer
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1976
When the Boat Comes In
TV show Writer
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1971
The View from Daniel Pike
TV show Writer
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1971
The Persuaders!
TV show Scott Maskell
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1970
The Horror of Frankenstein
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Menace
TV show Writer
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1968
The Expert
TV show Writer
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1967
Mickey Dunne
TV show Writer
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1965
The Brigand of Kandahar
Movie Captain Connelly
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1965
Gideon's Way
TV show Harold
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Tom
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1964
The System
Movie Ivor
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1963
Torpedo Bay
Movie
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1963
The Human Jungle
TV show Robin Gratrix
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1963
I Could Go on Singing
Movie Hospital Doctor
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1962
The Saint
TV show Tim Burton
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1961
The Avengers
TV show Vicar
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1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
Movie Frank
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1958
Bachelor of Hearts
Movie Adrian Baskerville
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1958
Law and Disorder
Movie Colin Brand
