He ran the Stork Club in Swallow Street in London's West End.
Burnett was master of ceremonies (MC) at a nightclub in London's Regent Street called The Nut House,[1] which was popular with jazz musicians during the war.
[2] In the late 1950s, notable guests at the Stork Club included Harold Macmillan, John Profumo, Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra, Lana Turner, Bette Davis, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, King Hussein of Jordan, and Jean Simmons.
[1][4] It was later owned by Oscar Owide, eventually becoming a "sleazy hostess joint", before Marco Pierre White and Piers Adam tried (and failed) to revive it as a glamorous destination.
[6] Burnett was also an actor, and appeared in King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942), Café Continental (1947), and Sweet Beat (1959).