Humphrey Burton
Birthday
1931/03/21 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Author, broadcaster, director and producer. First Head of Music and Arts for BBC Television 1965-1967. Resumed the position again from 1975-1981 after an eight year absence in commercial television as a founder-member of London Weekend Television. For his work as a director, he has won four Emmy Awards, two British Academy Awards and as a presenter received the Royal Television Society Silver medal and Sony Gold Award.
Acting
(1976) New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By
as Presenter
(1976) Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
as Self - Host
(1965) The Golden Ring
as Himself - Narrator
(1959) Gordon Jacob
as Commentator
(2006) Glenn Gould: Hereafter
as Self
(1978) Marevna and Marika
as Himself
(2014) Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self
(1991) La Stupenda
as Self
(2009) Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage)
(2008) Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
as Self
(1971) Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
as Self
(1976) The Story of Pantomime
as Self
(2017) The Opera House
as Self - BBC Arts Reporter
(2022) How the BBC Began
as Self
(1978) BBC Young Musician
as Self - Host
(1966) Conversations with Glenn Gould
as Interviewer