Jonathan Burn (actor)
Jonathan Burn is a British actor.
Life
Burn was born 28 November 1939 in London, England to an Austrian Jewish mother and an Italian Jewish father. The previous year, they had met and were married after coming to London as refugees. Sadly, Burn lost many of his relatives to concentration camps.
Career
Burn trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama from 1958 to 1961. 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. 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, and My Fat Friend at Civic Theatre in Johannesburg. He participated in a number of films, including The Party's Over, Eyewitness and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb. 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.