Biography
A debonair British-born supporting player in Hollywood films from 1936, John Burton usually played men of wealth and prestige, such as Lord Nelson in
Lloyds of London, Lafayette in
Marie Antoinette (1938), and a Scotland Yard inspector in
Phantom Raiders (1940), the latter an entry in MGM's brief "Nick Carter" series. During World War II, he was often cast as RAF officers and also did quite a bit of narration work for wartime short subjects. Burton's final film seems to have been
Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1963), a
Jerry Warren atrocity filmed in Mexico. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide