Hugh Burden

Biography

Hugh Burden was a British actor and playwright born on April 3, 1913, in Colombo, Ceylon, to a colonial official father. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and RADA before serving in the Hampshire Regiment and Indian Army from 1939 to 1942. Burden appeared in notable roles in TV shows like Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space and The Avengers, as well as films such as One of Our Aircraft Is Missing and Funeral in Berlin.