Not pictured: Permanently septic hand.
Mike Burns (credited as Michael Burns until mid-1993) (4th May 1952) is an English actor best known for his role in The Brittas Empire.
The oldest of the regular actors of The Brittas Empire, Burns first appeared on-screen in the 1977 series Crown Court before eventually playing as Bumbling Sidekick Colin Weatherby in The Brittas Empire. Burns proceeded to star in all of the sitcom's episodes as well as two episodes of the Spin-Off Get Fit with Brittas.
Outside of Brittas, he is perhaps best known for his cameos on other TV shows and British soap operas, including Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Series- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, episode "Hasta La Vista" (1986) — Ray Clegg
- Hi-de-Hi!, episode "Tell It to the Marines" (1987) — Charlie
- The Brittas Empire, 52 episodes (1991-97) — Colin Weatherby
- Lovejoy, episode "Who Dares, Sings" (1991) — Percy Williams
- Get Fit with Brittas, 2 episodes:
- "The Great Outdoors" (1997) — Colin Weatherby
- "Glad All Over" (1997) — The Fool
- Emmerdale, 5 episodes:
- 3 episodes (1998) — Farmer Matthews
- 2 episodes (2006) — Keith Lodge
- Heartbeat, episode "Friends Like You" (1999) — Martin Featherstone
- CASUAL+Y, episode "Side Effects" (2003) — Tom Evans
- Hollyoaks, 1 episode (2010) — Ray Smythe
- Death Comes to Pemberley, 1 episode (2013) — Judge Moberley
- Doctors, episode "The Luckiest Person in the World... Ever!" (2017) — Donald Slater
