| Mark Burns | |
| Birth Place: | Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England |
| Birth Date: | 30 March 1936 |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Yearsactive: | 1960–2007 |
| Children: | 1 |
Mark Burns (30 March 1936 – 8 May 2007)[1] was an English film and television actor.[2]
Burns 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]
| 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) |