Mark Burns (actor)

Mark Burns (30 March 1936 – 8 May 2007) was an English film and television actor.

Burns was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and educated at Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire. 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. His career began in 1960 with the film Tunes of Glory followed by the TV series Lorna Doone (1963) and Rupert of Hentzau (1964). One of his most prominent roles was as the male lead in the cult 1966 mystery film Death Is a Woman. Burns also appeared in The Saint episode "The Scales of Justice", and The Prisoner episode "It's Your Funeral" as Number Two's assistant.

He played William Morris in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Bernie in A Day at the Beach (1970), Alfred in Death in Venice (1971) and Hans Von Bülow in Ludwig (1972). Mark Burns obtained his first big 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. 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). His career stagnated in the 1980s and 1990s, his last film being Stardust (2007). He died from lung cancer.

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Mark Burns (photographer)

Mark Burns (born 1958) is an American professional landscape photographer. He specializes in black and white fine art photography. His work has appeared in national sporting and wine magazines, as well as TIME. A retrospective collection of work was exhibited at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum from 2009 to 2010.

Career

His professional career began in 1978 as a sports photographer in Houston, Texas. In the 1980s, his work began to shift toward commercial photography.

His work has appeared in national magazines including The Sporting News, TIME, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, and Wine & Spirits. From 2009 to 2010, a retrospective collection of work was exhibited for 10 months at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas.

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Mark Burns (cricketer)

Mark Ian Burns (born 18 September 1967) is an English cricketer. Burns is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Bury, Lancashire.

Burns made his debut for Cumberland in the 2002 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Northumberland. He played one more Trophy match in 2002, against the Durham Cricket Board. His Minor Counties Championship debut came against Suffolk in the same season, with Burms making a further appearance against Bedfordshire. In his sole season with Cumberland, Smith played two List A matches against the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board and Devon, both in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2002. His only List A run came against Devon, with Burns being dismissed by Andrew Procter in that match. Behind the stumps he took 4 catches and made 2 stumpings.

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