Raoul Sabine "Robert" Burnard ( 1902 – 8 November 1950) was an English stage and radio actor best known for starring in several

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radio plays in Australia. He was

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's grandson. Burnard attended

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and

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, after which he worked with the

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in China, Persia, and Japan. A graduate of the

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, he co-starred with

Marie Tempest Dame Mary Susan Etherington (15 July 1864 – 15 October 1942), known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress. Tempest became a famous soprano in late Victorian era, Victorian light opera and Edwardian musical comedie ...

and Maurice Moscovitch in the

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. He later went to

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and served as an assistant director to

Eric von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim, ; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of ...

. In Australia, he worked with

and played lead characters, including

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, in several radio plays over 3DB. Another character he played was Sylvanus Haythorpe, from ''Old English'' by

John Galsworthy John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his trilogy of novels collectively called '' The Forsyte Saga'', and two later trilogies, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of th ...

. He died in

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, Australia.

References

1900s births 1950 deaths English male radio actors Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art British emigrants to Australia {{UK-stage-actor-stub