Richard Burton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 10, 1925
- Died
- August 5, 1984 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Biography
Richard Burton CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable performance of Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic Kenneth Tynan. A heavy drinker, Burton's perceived failure to live up to those expectations disappointed some critics and colleagues and added to his image as a great performer who had wasted his talent. Nevertheless, he is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation. Burton was nominated for an Academy Award seven times, but never won an Oscar. He was a recipient of BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Tony Awards for Best Actor. In the mid-1960s, Burton ascended into the ranks of the top box office stars. By the late 1960s, Burton was one of the highest-paid actors in the world, receiving fees of $1 million or more plus a share of the gross receipts. Burton remained closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor. The couple's turbulent relationship, in which they were married twice and divorced twice, was rarely out of the news.
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Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Guilty Rebel
Movie · as Narrator (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
This Is Joan Collins
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
Julie Andrews Forever
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
Movie · as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
TV · as Marc Antony (archive footage) · 1 ep
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
To Be Hamlet
Movie · as Self
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie · as O'Brien
Ellis Island
TV · as Sen. Phipps Ogden · 3 eps
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as White Knight
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as Narrator
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wagner
TV · as Richard Wagner · 10 eps
Circle of Two
Movie · as Ashley St. Clair
Lovespell
Movie · as King Mark of Cornwall
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Breakthrough
Movie · as Sergeant Steiner
The Medusa Touch
Movie · as John Morlar
Absolution
Movie · as Father Goddard
The Wild Geese
Movie · as Col. Allen Faulkner
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Movie · as Self
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Equus
Movie · as Martin Dysart
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Movie · as Father Philip Lamont
The Man with No Name
Movie · as Self
Brief Encounter
Movie · as Alec Harvey
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Movie · as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie · as Self
The Klansman
Movie · as Breck Stancill
The Gathering Storm
Movie · as Winston Churchill
The Voyage
Movie · as Cesare Braggi
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Massacre in Rome
Movie · as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Battle of Sutjeska
Movie · as Josip Broz Tito
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
TV · as Martin Reynolds · 2 eps
The Assassination of Trotsky
Movie · as Leon Trotsky
Bluebeard
Movie · as Baron von Sepper
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as First Man
Hammersmith Is Out
Movie · as Hammersmith
Villain
Movie · as Vic Dakin
Raid on Rommel
Movie · as Capt. Alex Foster
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Great Performances
TV · as White Knight · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie · as King Henry VIII
Staircase
Movie · as Harry Leeds
The Violent Universe
Movie · as Narrator - Verse Spoken
Candy
Movie · as MacPhisto
Boom!
Movie · as Chris Flanders
Where Eagles Dare
Movie · as Maj. Smith
A Wall in Jerusalem
Movie · as Narrator (English version) (voice)
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Movie · as Self
Robert Kennedy Remembered
Movie · as Narrator
Here's Lucy
TV · as Richard Burton · 1 ep
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Petruchio
The Comedians
Movie · as Brown
Doctor Faustus
Movie · as Doctor Faustus
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
The Comedians in Africa
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie · as George
For Florence
Movie · as Self - Narrator
What's New Pussycat?
Movie · as Man In Strip Club
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie · as Alec Leamas
The Sandpiper
Movie · as Edward Hewitt
The Big Sur
Movie · as Self / Narrator
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
Movie · as Self
The Night of the Iguana
Movie · as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Becket
Movie · as Thomas Becket
Hamlet
Movie · as Hamlet
Zulu
Movie · as Narration spoken (voice)
On the Trail of the Iguana
Movie · as Self
The V.I.P.s
Movie · as Paul Andros
Cleopatra
Movie · as Marcus Antonius
Dylan Thomas
Movie · as Self
The Longest Day
Movie · as Flight Officer David Campbell
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Movie · as Self / Arthur
Ice Palace
Movie · as Zeb Kennedy
The Tempest
Movie · as Caliban
The Bramble Bush
Movie · as Dr. Guy Montford
The Fifth Column
Movie
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
Movie · as George Holyoake
Borrowed Pasture
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
TV · as Winston Churchill · 27 eps
Look Back in Anger
Movie · as Jimmy Porter
March to Aldermaston
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Heathcliff
Bitter Victory
Movie · as Capt. Leith
Sea Wife
Movie · as Biscuit
Alexander the Great
Movie · as Alexander
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Nominee / Award Accepter, Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient / Presenter, Arthur (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Rains of Ranchipur
Movie · as Dr. Major Rama Safti
Prince of Players
Movie · as Edwin Booth
Thursday's Children
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Desert Rats
Movie · as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Robe
Movie · as Marcellus Gallio
My Cousin Rachel
Movie · as Philip Ashley
Green Grow the Rushes
Movie · as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Caliban, Alec Harvey, Winston Churchill · 1 ep
Waterfront
Movie · as Ben Satterthwaite
The Woman with No Name
Movie · as Nick Chamerd
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Movie · as Gareth
Now Barabbas
Movie · as Paddy
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep