John Richard Jeremy Burnham (28 May 1931 – 31 December 2020) was a British television actor of the 1960s and 1970s, and a screenwriter.
[1] Burnham began in the 1950s as an actor and appeared in many popular British TV series such as The Avengers episodes "The Fear Merchants", "The Town of No Return", and "The Forget-Me-Knot", The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969.
Ray and Burnham collaborated on a less well-known children's five episode serial entitled Raven (1977);[6] they also wrote the novelization (1977).
[7] He also authored the children's tennis-based novel, Break Point, which was made into a BBC television series in 1982.
[8] Burnham also wrote for The Avengers, in which he had also appeared as an actor (see entry above), Minder and Peak Practice.