Born May 17, 1912 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
Died September 22, 1980 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA.
Father of actress/singer Polly Bergen.
His main profession was as a construction engineer. Burgin had singing talent and appeared with his daughter in several episodes of her 18-episode comedy/variety show The Polly Bergen Show (1957-58), in which they ended each episode with a duet of "The Party's Over". They later also released albums together.