Andrew Burt
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Andrew Burt (born 23 May 1945 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire) is an English actor.
He is best known as the original Jack Sugden in Emmerdale, a role he played from 1972 to 1974 (with a brief return in 1976). Jack Sugden remains in the programme today, played by Clive Hornby. His other television credits include Warship, Campion, Swallows and Amazons Forever!, I'm Alan Partridge, The Bill, Blake's 7, the Doctor Who story Terminus and the BBC series The Voyage of Charles Darwin, in which he played the captain of HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy. He has also provided voice-overs for numerous commercials.
He trained at Rose Bruford College of Drama and has considerable repertory experience, his preferred medium of acting being the stage. Andrew also was in an episode of Crown Court on ITV called "Question of Care".