Jonathan Burn (actor)

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Jonathan Burn
Born
Henry Jonas Jonathan Burn-Forti [1]

(1939-11-28) 28 November 1939 (age 85)
London, England
OccupationActor
SpouseMarie Blackburn (m. 2002)

Jonathan Burn (born 28 November 1939 [2] ) is a British actor.

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Life

Burn born 28 November 1939 in London, England [3] to an Austrian Jewish mother and an Italian Jewish father. The previous year, they had met and gotten married after coming to London as refugees. Sadly, Burn lost many of his relatives to concentration camps. [4]

Career

Burn trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama [5] from 1958 to 1961. [6] He worked for some time with provincial repertory companies and then appeared in Androcles and the Lion and The Shewing Up of Blanko Posnet at the Mermaid Theatre. [6] Burn also appeared in stage productions such as This Story of Yours by John Hopkins, Hank’s Night by Paul Ableman, at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, [7] and My Fat Friend at Civic Theatre in Johannesburg. [5] He participated in a number of films, including The Party's Over [6] (1965), Eyewitness [6] (1970) and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971). [1] He appeared in British television series such as The Forsyte Saga , The Avengers , Crossroads and Doctor Who . Burn's last screen credit was in the drama miniseries Cambridge Spies in 2003.

Selected filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 Thursday Theatre MathiasEpisode: "Point of Departure"
1965 The Wednesday Play BrunoEpisode: "Auto-Stop"
1967 The Forsyte Saga Val Dartie9 episodes
1968 The Avengers ConradEpisode: "Have Guns — Will Haggle"
1969 The Wednesday Play 2nd Lt. FlorenceEpisode: "The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel"
1977 Crossroads Max LorimerSeveral episodes
1981 Play for Today Spanish GuideEpisode: "The Cause"
1982 Q.E.D. LecoursEpisode: "The Great Motor Race"
1982 Beau Geste Colonna3 episodes
1983 Andy Robson Harris2 episodes
1984 Minder Boxing M.C.Episode: "Rocky Eight and a Half"
1984 Ellis Island Al JolsonEpisode 1
1988 Doctor Who Silas P.Episode: "The Happiness Patrol: Part One"
1989 Mother Love Chief Insp StrachanEpisode 3
1989 Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again Nico Ambert2 episodes
1990 Screen Two PavlovEpisode: "Small Zones"
1992 The Good Guys MerrisonEpisode: "The MacQuarrie Treasure"
1993 The Last U-Boat Admiral BrightonTV film
1995 Shine on Harvey Moon French MechanicEpisode 5.11
1997 EastEnders Mr. FoxEpisode 1453
1998 2point4 Children the Restaurant ManagerEpisode: "The Italian Job"
2003 Cambridge Spies Philip StatmanEpisode 3

References

  1. 1 2 Maxford, Howard (2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers. p. 88. ISBN   978-1476670072.
  2. ↑ Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. p. 75. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Jonathan Burn". playbill.com. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Letters". Prospect (January/February 2022). 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Jonathan Burn". archive.org. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Oh! Calcutta! at Royalty Theatre, London" (PDF). infotextmanuscripts.org. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Jonathan Burn". Theatricalia.
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