Mark Burns (30 March 1936 – 8 May 2007)[1] was an English film and television actor.[2]
Mark Burns | |
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| Born | 30 March 1936 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 8 May 2007 (aged 71) London, England |
| Years active | 1960–2007 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editBurns was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and educated at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire.[1] He originally planned to enter the priesthood, but after a short-service commission with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars (1955–57), in which he served in Malaya and Northern Ireland, he became an actor.[1] His career began in 1960 with the film Tunes of Glory followed by the TV series Lorna Doone (1963) and Rupert of Hentzau (1964).[2] One of his most prominent roles was as the male lead in the cult 1966 mystery film Death Is a Woman.[3] Burns also appeared in The Saint episode "The Scales of Justice", and The Prisoner episode "It's Your Funeral" as Number Two's assistant.[4][5]
He played William Morris in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Bernie in A Day at the Beach (1970), the pianist Alfred in Death in Venice (1971) and Hans von Bülow in Ludwig (1972).[2] Mark Burns obtained a lead role in House of the Living Dead by Ray Austin in 1974 and won the prize for best actor in 1974 at the Sitges Film Festival.[6] In 1975, together with Lynne Frederick he did A Long Return by Pedro Lazaga. He also appeared in Count Dracula (1977) and The Bitch (1979).[7] His career stagnated in the 1980s and 1990s, his last film being Stardust (2007). He died from lung cancer.[1]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Naval Rating in Phone Montage | Uncredited |
| Tunes of Glory | One of the Other Officers | ||
| Exodus | Lt. O'Hara | ||
| 1962 | A Prize of Arms | Lt. Ellison | |
| 1963 | The Day and the Hour | Un aviateur anglais | |
| Take Me Over | Bill Light | ||
| 1964 | The System | Michael | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Death Is a Woman | Dennis Parbury | |
| 1967 | The Jokers | Capt. Browning | |
| It! | First Officer | ||
| I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Michael Cornwall | ||
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Capt. William Morris | |
| 1970 | The Virgin and the Gypsy | Major Eastwood | |
| The Adventures of Gerard | Col. Russell | Coldstream Guards | |
| 1971 | Death in Venice | Alfred | |
| 1972 | A Time for Loving | Geoff Rolling | |
| A Day at the Beach | Bernie | ||
| 1973 | Ludwig | Hans Von Bülow | |
| Giordano Bruno | Bellarmino | ||
| 1974 | House of the Living Dead | Sir Michael Brattling / Dr. Breckinridge Brattling | |
| Juggernaut | Hollingsworth | ||
| 1975 | Rosebud | Shute | |
| The Maids | Monsieur | ||
| A Long Return | David Ortega | ||
| 1977 | Count Dracula | Dr. John Seward | |
| 1978 | The Stud | Leonard | |
| 1979 | The Bitch | Leonard Grant | |
| Home Before Midnight | Harry Wilshire | ||
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Man on TV | |
| La chanson du mal aimé | |||
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | King Charles II | |
| 1984 | Champions | Thorne | |
| The Surrogate | Larry | ||
| 1986 | Keeping Track | Reporter at Bank | |
| 1990 | Destroying Angel | Reynold Turot | |
| Bullseye! | Nigel Holden | ||
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Mr. Brown | |
| 1995 | Savage Hearts | Doctor | |
| 1999 | The Clandestine Marriage | Capstick | |
| 2007 | Stardust | New Bishop | Final film role (posthumous release) |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Evans, Peter (18 July 2007). "Obituary: Mark Burns". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c "Mark Burns". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Death Is a Woman (1966)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012.
- ^ "The Scales of Justice (1969)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
- ^ "It's Your Funeral (1967) - BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015.
- ^ "The Unmutual News Archive - Mark Burns RIP (Portmeirion/Prisoner/McGoohan)". theunmutual.co.uk.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "Mark Burns - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
External links
edit- Mark Burns at IMDb