About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1931-05-28
Place of birth:
Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Jeremy Burnham

Overview

John Richard Jeremy Burnham (28 May 1931 – 31 December 2020) was a British television actor of the 1960s and 1970s, and a screenwriter.

Burnham began in the 1950s as an actor and appeared in many popular British TV series such as The Avengers episodes "The Fear Merchants", "The Town of No Return", and "The Forget-Me-Knot", The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969.

In the mid-1970s he retired from acting and concentrated on screenwriting. With Trevor Ray, he co-authored the fondly-remembered children's science fiction horror serial Children of the Stones (1977). A novelization followed, also in 1977. A sequel novel, Return to the Stones appeared in 2012 as an e-book and in 2015 as a physical book. Ray and Burnham collaborated on a less well-known children's five episode serial entitled Raven (1977); they also wrote the novelization (1977).

He also authored the children's tennis-based novel, Break Point, which was made into a BBC television series in 1982. Burnham himself played the leading role of tennis coach Frank Abbott.

Burnham also wrote for The Avengers, in which he had also appeared as an actor (see entry above), Minder and Peak Practice.

He died in December 2020 at the age of 89.

Known for

Acting

1985 Czech Mate Actor Producer N/A
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1979 Death Becomes Me Actor Scott Maskell N/A
N/A
1964 The System Actor Ivor 59
Average
1963 Torpedo Bay Actor N/A
N/A
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs Actor Frank 58
Average
1958 Bachelor of Hearts Actor Adrian Baskerville 59
Average
1958 Law and Disorder Actor Colin Brand 59
Average
1958 Bonjour Tristesse Actor Hubert 60
Fair
1957 The Birthday Present Actor Dudley (uncredited) 59
Average
1957 The Good Companions Actor Felton N/A
N/A
1957 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst Actor Flag Lieutenant 59
Average

Writing

1987 A Little Princess Writing Writer 70
Good
1985 Czech Mate Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
1984 Czech Mate Writing Writer 58
Average
1982 Seagull Island Writing Writer 68
Fair
1982 The Secret of Seagull Island Writing Writer 58
Average
1977 Raven Writing Writer 69
Fair
1977 Children of the Stones Writing Writer 68
Fair
1970 The Horror of Frankenstein Writing Screenplay 58
Average