Alfred Burke

Birthday: 28 February 1918, Peckham, London, England, UK

Height: 185 cm

Alfred Burke was born on February 28, 1918 in Peckham, London, England. He was an actor and writer, known for Public Eye (1965), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Enemy at the Door (1978). He was married to Barbara Bonelle. He died on February 16, 2011 in Barnes, London.

In weekly rep of course you had to learn a new act every day, every night, after the show. You'd go ...Show more »

In weekly rep of course you had to learn a new act every day, every night, after the show. You'd go home and you'd go to bed and start learning your lines for the following day so you'd rehearse an act a day and you had to learn all the lines for one act in one fell swoop. That really was hard work but somehow you know everybody did it. I don't think people would do it now. Show less «

I think nowadays you're more responsible for yourself as an actor. You are expected to take more res...Show more »

I think nowadays you're more responsible for yourself as an actor. You are expected to take more responsibility for yourself and you do. And your own opinions for instance, nowadays would be much more important than they were in my time when your own opinion didn't count for much. You did what you were told or what was suggested to you. The sort of thing you did was imitate older actors actually. Show less «

What makes people a good director, it's a mystery. I mean, I did a lot of directing in my day, at Fa...Show more »

What makes people a good director, it's a mystery. I mean, I did a lot of directing in my day, at Farnham, I've no idea what sort of director I was but these were people, they were good organizers, they were well read, cultured used to be the word, they knew what they were doing, they knew their history of the theatre. Show less «

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