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Sid Burston

American actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ28595376 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sid Burston is an American actor who has performed in over forty stage plays and fourteen national tours. He has played numerous lead and supporting roles in film and television. Burston release his debut gospel album Get Thee Behind Me in 1997.

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The public source identifies “Sid Burston” as american actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Burston, American and actor.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1959-02-09. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Burston, American and actor providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28595376. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sid Burston” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.