Hugh Burden
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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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.926 |
Birthday | 1913-04-03 |
Place of Birth | Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka] |
Also Known As |
1966
Funeral in Berlin
6.4/132
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory....
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Funeral in Berlin
1944
The Way Ahead
6.4/35
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to...
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The Way Ahead
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.8/44
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
6.4/36
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of...
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1971
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
5.6/91
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Ta...
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
1961
The Secret Partner
5.8/12
A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
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The Secret Partner
1973
The House in Nightmare Park
6.6/28
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring H...
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The House in Nightmare Park
1952
Ghost Ship
5.2/19
Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be their home-on-the-sea, only to slowly realize that it rea...
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Ghost Ship
1967
The Inn Way Out
0/0
A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.
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The Inn Way Out
1947
Fame Is the Spur
6.5/5
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to...
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Fame Is the Spur
1969
The Best House in London
3.6/5
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
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The Best House in London
1972
The Ruling Class
6.5/78
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman;...
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The Ruling Class
1979
Gossip from the Forest
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The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
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Gossip from the Forest
1972
Not Counting the Savages
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Directed by Mike Newell.
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Not Counting the Savages
1953
Malta Story
5.8/17
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese gi...
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Malta Story
1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
8.9/9
The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop window dummies are coming to life and killing anything th...
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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
1941
Ships with Wings
4/2
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Gre...
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Ships with Wings
1971
The Statue
4.7/9
Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on...
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The Statue
1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
6.7/9
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
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Sleeping Car to Trieste
1961
No Love for Johnnie
5.5/6
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional proble...
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No Love for Johnnie
1984
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
6.8/3
Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow man endure enticed by valuable presents? Dignity for mo...
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Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1976
Kites
0/0
Lawrence Hastings, retired prep school headmaster, has few pleasures in life. One is flying a kite, until that too is spoilt by the intrusions of an i...
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Kites
1978
Fairies
0/0
' I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls,...
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