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Hugh Archibald Nairn Burden[1] (3 April 1913 – 16 May 1985) was a British 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.[2]

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).[3] 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).[4]

Burden acted in radio plays and was known for readings of the works of T. S. Eliot and Evelyn Waugh.[5][6] He also wrote several television and stage plays and was an Equity council member.[7][8]

Personal life

Burden married actress Joy Hodgkinson in 1950, and had a daughter with her,[9] but the marriage was dissolved in 1955 on the grounds of her desertion.[10] A subsequent marriage to Margaret de Lobera in 1957 was dissolved in 1962 on the grounds of his desertion.[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1937 Death Croons the Blues Viscount Brent
1942 Ships with Wings Sub.Lt. Weatherby
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing John Glyn Haggard Pilot in B for Bertie
1944 The Way Ahead Pvt. Bill Parsons
1947 Fame Is the Spur Arnold Ryerson
1948 Sleeping Car to Trieste Mills
1952 Ghost Ship Dr. Fawcett
1953 Malta Story Eden, Security
1961 No Love for Johnnie Tim Maxwell
The Secret Partner Charles Standish
1966 Funeral in Berlin Hallam
1967 The Inn Way Out Husband, and Bastard Son (30 minute Short), with John le Mesurier
1969 The Best House in London Lord Tennyson
1971 The Statue Sir Geoffrey
Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb Geoffrey Dandridge
1972 The Ruling Class Matthew Peake
1973 The House in Nightmare Park Reggie Henderson
1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Haines
1984 Dr. Fisher of Geneva Divisonaire Krueger TV film (final role)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1957 The Adventures of Robin Hood Szeikel the Tailor Episode: “The Frightened Tailor”
1960 No Hiding Place Langford Episode: “A Man of Straw”
Maigret Guillaume Episode: “The Burglar’s Wife”
1962 No Hiding Place Rennington Episode: “A Job for Johnny”
1963 The Avengers Sir Bruno Laker Episode: “The Granduer That Was Rome”
Ghost Squad Rockworth Episode: “Escape Route”
Maigret Marcel Lampson Episode: “The Crime at Lock 14”
1965 The Man in Room 17 Charles Morrow Episode: “The Millions of Muzafariyah”
Z-Cars Philip Turnbull-Smythe Episode: “Cop and Blow”
1966 Public Eye Hugh Clayton Episode: “I Could Set it to Music”
1968 Strange Report James Episode: “REPORT 0649 SKELETON ‘Let Sleeping Heroes Lie'”
Man in a Suitcase Dr. Maza Episode: “The Revolutionaries”
1969 –

1971

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder J.G. Reeder 16 episodes
1970 Doctor Who Channing Serial: “Spearhead from Space” (4 episodes)
The Misfit Mr. Turngoose Episode: “On Not Being Lost”
1974 Barlow The Warden Episode: “The Restitution”
The Fall of Eagles Protopopov 2 episodes
1976 The Crezz Dr. Balfour Harvey 11 episodes
1979 Sykes Head of Light Entertainment Episode: “The BBC Honours Sykes”
1982 Crown Court Percival Padmore Q.C. Serial: “Soldier, Soldier” (3 episodes)
1983 Jemima Shore Investigates Freddie Prideaux Episode: “The Crime of the Dancing Duchess”

References

  1. ^ a b The Daily Telegraph, 25 July 1962
  2. ^ Bartram, George (28 August 1948). “No Burden to British Films”. Picturegoer.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ “Hugh Burden”. aveleyman.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ^ “Hugh Burden”. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018.
  5. ^ “The Thirties in Britain”. BBC Genome. 9 December 1965. p. 28.
  6. ^ “Sword of Honour”. BBC Genome. 1 August 1974. p. 25.
  7. ^ “Myself a Stranger · British Universities Film & Video Council”. bufvc.ac.uk.
  8. ^ “The Poetical Policeman (1969)”. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019.
  9. ^ Daily Mirror, 15 November 1955
  10. ^ “Hugh Burden Gets Decree”. The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 November 1955.