Hugh Archibald Nairn BurdenThe Daily Telegraph, 25 July 1962 (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.
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). 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).
Burden acted in radio plays and was known for readings of the works of T. S. Eliot and Evelyn Waugh. He also wrote several television and stage plays and was an Equity council member.
Personal life Burden married actress Joy Hodgkinson in 1950, and had a daughter with her,Daily Mirror, 15 November 1955 but the marriage was dissolved in 1955 on the grounds of her desertion. A subsequent marriage to Margaret de Lobera in 1957 was dissolved in 1962 on the grounds of his desertion.
Selected filmography
Film YearTitleRole Notes1937Death Croons the BluesViscount Brent1942Ships with Wings Sub.Lt. WeatherbyOne of Our Aircraft Is MissingJohn Glyn Haggard Pilot in B for Bertie1944The Way Ahead Pvt. Bill Parsons1947Fame Is the SpurArnold Ryerson1948Sleeping Car to Trieste Mills1952Ghost Ship Dr. Fawcett1953Malta Story Eden, Security1961No Love for Johnnie Tim MaxwellThe Secret PartnerCharles Standish1966Funeral in Berlin Hallam1967The Inn Way OutHusband, and Bastard Son(30 minute Short), with John le Mesurier1969The Best House in LondonLord Tennyson1971The StatueSir GeoffreyBlood from the Mummy's TombGeoffrey Dandridge1972The Ruling Class Matthew Peake1973The House in Nightmare ParkReggie Henderson1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingHaines1984Dr. Fisher of GenevaDivisonaire KruegerTV film (final role)
Television YearTitleRole Notes1957The Adventures of Robin HoodSzeikel the TailorEpisode: "The Frightened Tailor"1960 No Hiding PlaceLangfordEpisode: "A Man of Straw"MaigretGuillaume Episode: "The Burglar's Wife"1962No Hiding PlaceRenningtonEpisode: "A Job for Johnny"1963The AvengersSir Bruno LakerEpisode: "The Grandeur That Was Rome"Ghost SquadRockworthEpisode: "Escape Route"MaigretMarcel LampsonEpisode: "The Crime at Lock 14"1965The Man in Room 17Charles MorrowEpisode: "The Millions of Muzafariyah"Z-CarsPhilip Turnbull-SmytheEpisode: "Cop and Blow"1966Public EyeHugh ClaytonEpisode: "I Could Set it to Music"1968Strange Report JamesEpisode: "REPORT 0649 SKELETON 'Let Sleeping Heroes Lie'"Man in a SuitcaseDr. MazaEpisode: "The Revolutionaries"1969 - 1971The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder J.G. Reeder16 episodes1970Doctor WhoChanningSerial: "Spearhead from Space" (4 episodes) The MisfitMr. TurngooseEpisode: "On Not Being Lost"1974BarlowThe WardenEpisode: "The Restitution"The Fall of EaglesProtopopov2 episodes1976The Crezz Dr. Balfour Harvey11 episodes1979SykesHead of Light EntertainmentEpisode: "The BBC Honours Sykes"1982Crown CourtPercival Padmore Q.C.Serial: "Soldier, Soldier" (3 episodes)1983Jemima Shore InvestigatesFreddie PrideauxEpisode: "The Crime of the Dancing Duchess"
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