Hugh Burden

Hugh Burden

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.

  • Title: Hugh Burden
  • Popularity: 3.735
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-04-03
  • Place of Birth: Colombo, Ceylon. [now Sri Lanka]
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Hugh Burden Movies

  • 1966
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    Funeral in Berlin

    Funeral in Berlin

    6.4 1966 HD

    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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  • 1944
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    The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

    6.4 1944 HD

    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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  • 1975
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    One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    5.8 1975 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    6.4 1942 HD

    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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  • 1971
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    Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

    Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

    5.6 1971 HD

    Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of...

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  • 1961
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    The Secret Partner

    The Secret Partner

    5.8 1961 HD

    A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.

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  • 1973
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    The House in Nightmare Park

    The House in Nightmare Park

    6.6 1973 HD

    Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s....

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  • 1952
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    Ghost Ship

    Ghost Ship

    5.2 1952 HD

    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...

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  • 1967
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    The Inn Way Out

    The Inn Way Out

    1 1967 HD

    A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.

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  • 1947
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    Fame Is the Spur

    Fame Is the Spur

    6.5 1947 HD

    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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  • 1969
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    The Best House in London

    The Best House in London

    3.6 1969 HD

    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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  • 1972
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    The Ruling Class

    The Ruling Class

    6.5 1972 HD

    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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  • 1979
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    Gossip from the Forest

    Gossip from the Forest

    1 1979 HD

    The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.

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  • 1972
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    Not Counting the Savages

    Not Counting the Savages

    1 1972 HD

    Directed by Mike Newell.

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  • 1953
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    Malta Story

    Malta Story

    5.8 1953 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

    Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

    8.9 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    Ships with Wings

    Ships with Wings

    4 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1971
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    The Statue

    The Statue

    4.7 1971 HD

    Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing...

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  • 1948
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    Sleeping Car to Trieste

    Sleeping Car to Trieste

    6.7 1948 HD

    Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

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  • 1961
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    No Love for Johnnie

    No Love for Johnnie

    5.5 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    5.6 1984 HD

    Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow man endure enticed by valuable presents? Dignity...

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  • 1976
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    Kites

    Kites

    1 1976 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    Fairies

    Fairies

    1 1978 HD

    ' 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...

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  • 1971
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    Barlow

    Barlow

    6 1971 HD

    Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role. Johns had previously played...

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  • 1972
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    Sykes

    Sykes

    6.4 1972 HD

    Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1974
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    Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

    6.8 1974 HD

    "Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing...

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

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  • 1969
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    The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

    The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

    5 1969 HD

    The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is based on a character created by Edgar Wallace in a series of 1925 short stories of the same name, Hugh Burden played...

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  • 1960
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    6.9 1960 HD

    BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch...

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  • 1974
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    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    7 1974 HD

    BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

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  • 1965
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    The Man In Room 17

    The Man In Room 17

    5.5 1965 HD

    The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1969
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    Strange Report

    Strange Report

    6 1969 HD

    Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which had been marked "Open...

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