Donald Burton

Donald Graham Burton (10 February 1934 – 8 December 2007) was an English theatre and television actor.

[1] He appeared in such famous Shakespeare plays as The Wars of the Roses and Henry IV, Part 1 and 2.

In 1965 he appeared in the outstandingly successful RSC production of Gogol's The Government Inspector at the Aldwych Theatre, London, with Paul Scofield, Eric Porter, Paul Rogers, Stanley Lebor, Bruce Condell and other outstanding Shakespearian actors of the period Burton's television roles included Big Breadwinner Hog, Warship, The Duchess of Duke Street; The Doombolt Chase; Upstairs, Downstairs, Public Eye, Minder (Gunfight at the O.K.

[1] He would have been best known amongst the British public for his role as Commander Mark Nialls, captain of the fictional HMS Hero in the BBC television drama Warship.

Donald Burton died of emphysema at his home in Cathedral City, California, on 8 December 2007.