Hugh Burden was a distinguished British actor and playwright. He was born in Colombo .
He was considered for the role of Richard Bellamy (eventually played by David Langton) in "Upstairs Downstairs".
On the shortlist for Waterfield (played by John Bailey) in Doctor Who: Evil of The Daleks
In 1938, he joined one of BBC Televisions earliest sketch shows, "Light Relief", with Cicely Paget-Bowman, Queenie Leonard, Frank Napier and Anthony Cope.
Father of Brian Burden.
Along with Peter Ustinov , he is one of two actors to appear in both One of Our Aircraft Is Missing and One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing .
