The Absence of Mr Sugden (also known as In the Absence of Mr. Sugden) is a 1965 Australian TV play. It was the fifth drama to be made at the ABC's Toowong studios, Brisbane, and the second one in 1965. It was shot on 9 December 1965 using an all-male cast of six.
A copy of the production is at the National Archives of Australia.
Three burglars plan a robbery.
It was written by Sydney writer Ron Harrison and was directed by Bob Cubbage, the ABC's supervisor of drama and features in Queensland. Sydney actor Edward Howell had been in another Brisbane shot play Ring Out Wild Bells.