Dennis Burgess

Dennis Burgess (February 18, 1926 – November 3, 1980) was a British television actor born in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales.[1] He married Glenys Maria Hare at Neath, in 1958.

Dennis Burgess
OccupationFilm actor
Television actor
Years active1972 - 1980

Burgess came from Port Talbot, and worked as a drama teacher for most of his adult life. He dedicated a lot of his time to helping his father care for his invalid mother, and it wasn't until after she had died that Burgess became a professional actor at 47 years of age, moving from Wales to the south east of England. His first professional role was in a film starring his boyhood friend Richard Burton, who had helped him into the profession. Burton and Burgess had remained great friends, and a series of letters written by the screen legend to his old friend, have previously been exhibited at the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth. They included an invitation to Burton's 50th birthday party in 1975, from his then wife Elizabeth Taylor.[2]

Burgess went on to feature in The Professionals, The Sandbaggers, and The Elephant Man, and played the recurring role of Flambeau in Father Brown.

Sadly his second career was to be a short one. On the evening of 3 November 1980, Dennis Burgess was driving to his home in Chesham when he suffered a massive heart attack and veered off the road. He was found dead at the wheel of his car, in the middle of a cricket pitch, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. He was 54.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1972BluebeardThe Coroner
1973Massacre in RomeMaj. Dobbrick
1980The Elephant Man1st Committee Man
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1974Father BrownHercule Flambeau5 episodes
1975Space: 1999Neman1 episode (Mission Of The Darians)
1978Within These WallsMr. Linton2 episodes
1978Off to Philadelphia in the MorningSir William Crawley1 episode
1980FoxMr. Pegram2 episodes
1979-1980The ProfessionalsGalbraith / Dr. Forbes2 episodes
1980The Sandbaggers'C' / Tower Gibbs8 episodes
1981TriangleGeorge Terson10 episodes

References
  1. BFI.org
  2. Wales Online, "Letters from Richard Burton on show at National Library", 11 February 2009. Accessed 18 August 2013


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