Jeremy Burnham

Known for ActingBorn 1931-05-28Died 2020-12-31Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Expert

The Human Jungle

A Little Princess

When the Boat Comes In

The Avengers

The Persuaders!

The Professionals

Scorpion Tales

The Saint

Hammer House of Horror

Minder

The Birthday Present

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Theatre 625

Vice Versa

Gideon's Way

Torpedo Bay

The Good Companions

Bergerac

Raven

Peak Practice

Children of the Stones

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Bonjour Tristesse

The Paradise Club

Law and Disorder

The System

I Could Go on Singing

The Horror of Frankenstein

Armchair Theatre

Howards' Way

Czech Mate

Bachelor of Hearts

Upstairs and Downstairs

The Brigand of Kandahar

The Secret of Seagull Island

Mitch

Seagull Island

Death Becomes Me

The View from Daniel Pike

Menace

Mickey Dunne

Rupert of Hentzau