Hugh Burden

Hugh Archibald Nairn Burden^[1] (3 April 1913 – 16 May 1985) was a British actor and playwright.

Hugh Burden
Burden as Channing in Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970)
Born	(1913-04-03)3 April 1913 Colombo, Ceylon
Died	16 May 1985(1985-05-16) (aged 72) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actor and playwright

Early life

Hugh Archibald Nairn Burden was born as the eldest son of Harry Archibald Burden, a colonial official, and Caro Cecil née Jackson, on 3 April 1913 in Colombo, Ceylon. He was educated at Beaumont College in Berkshire, England, and trained in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama and RADA. He 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.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Burden made appearances in many UK television plays and series including Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970), The Crezz (1976), Sykes (1979), Strange Report (1968) and The Avengers (1963).^[2] 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).^[3]

Burden acted in radio plays and was known for readings of the works of T. S. Eliot and Evelyn Waugh.^[4][5] He also wrote several television and stage plays and was an Equity council member.^[6][7]

Personal life

Burden married actress Joy Hodgkinson in 1950, and had a daughter with her,^[8] but the marriage was dissolved in 1955 on the grounds of her desertion.^[9] A subsequent marriage to Margaret de Lobera in 1957 was dissolved in 1962 on the grounds of his desertion.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Death Croons the Blues (1937) as Viscount Brent
• Ships with Wings (1942) as Sub.Lt. Weatherby
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) as John Glyn Haggard—Pilot in B for Bertie
• The Way Ahead (1944) as Pvt. Bill Parsons
• Fame Is the Spur (1947) as Arnold Ryerson
• Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948) as Mills
• Ghost Ship (1952) as Dr. Fawcett
• Malta Story (1953) as Eden, Security
• No Love for Johnnie (1961) as Tim Maxwell
• The Secret Partner (1961) as Charles Standish
• Funeral in Berlin (1966) as Hallam
• The Inn Way Out (1967) as Husband, and Bastard Son (30 minute Short), with John le Mesurier
• The Best House in London (1969) as Lord Tennyson
• The Statue (1971) as Sir Geoffrey
• Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) as Geoffrey Dandridge
• The Ruling Class (1972) as Matthew Peake
• The House in Nightmare Park (1973) as Reggie Henderson
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) as Haines

References

1. The Daily Telegraph, 25 July 1962
2. "Hugh Burden". aveleyman.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
3. "Hugh Burden". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
4. "The Thirties in Britain". BBC Genome. 9 December 1965. p. 28.
5. "Sword of Honour". BBC Genome. 1 August 1974. p. 25.
6. "Myself a Stranger · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.
7. "The Poetical Policeman (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019.
8. Daily Mirror, 15 November 1955
9. "Hugh Burden Gets Decree". The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 November 1955.

External links

• Hugh Burden at IMDb