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.

Filmography

• 1984Dr. Fischer of Geneva — Divisionaire Krueger
• 1979Gossip from the Forest — Marshall Foch
• Screenplay — Marshal Foch
• 1978Fairies — Edward Gardner
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Edward Gardner
• The Sunday Drama — Oliver
• 1976Kites — Hastings
• 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing — Haines
• Fall of Eagles — Protopopov
• Playhouse — Lawrence Hastings
• Sporting Scenes — William Hodge
• 1973The House in Nightmare Park — Reggie Henderson
• Crown Court — Percival Padmore QC
• 1972Not Counting the Savages
• Sykes — Head of Light Entertainment
• 1972The Ruling Class — Matthew Peake
• 1971Blood from the Mummy's Tomb — Geoffrey Dandridge
• 1971The Statue — Sir Geoffrey
• Conceptions of Murder — Christie
• 1970Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space — Channing
• The Misfit — Mr. Turgoose
• Strange Report — James
• 1969The Best House in London — Lord Tennyson
• The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder — Mr. J.G. Reeder, Writer
• ITV Playhouse — Stephen
• Man in a Suitcase
• 1967The Inn Way Out — Henry Meadows
• 1966Funeral in Berlin — Hallam
• The Man in Room 17 — Charles Morrow
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Edwin, Husband, Ronald
• Theatre 625 — Narrator (voice), Brian Hooper
• Doctor Who — Channing
• Suspense — Gil, The Author, Writer
• Z-Cars — Philip Turnbull-Smythe
• Drama 61-67 — Philip Witt, Paul Farrow
• 1961No Love for Johnnie — Tim Maxwell
• The Avengers — Sir Bruno Laker
• 1961The Secret Partner — Charles Standish
• Maigret — Guillaume Serre
• Somerset Maugham Hour — Don Pedro
• No Hiding Place — Langford, Rennington
• Armchair Theatre — Lee Warren, Roger Alvanley, Lionel Green, Supt. O'Leary
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Ezekiel the Tailor
• 1953Malta Story — Eden
• 1952Ghost Ship — Dr. Fawcett
• Sunday Night Theatre — Gordon van Ketzler, Writer
• 1948Sleeping Car to Trieste — Mills
• 1947Fame Is the Spur — Arnold Ryerson
• 1944The Way Ahead — Pvt. Bill Parsons
• 1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing — John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
• 1941Ships with Wings — Sub.Lt. Weatherby

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1998The Life of Anton Bruckner — Self (voice)