Richard Burton
Acting
Born: November 10, 1925 · Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Died: August 5, 1984 (aged 58)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
The Longest Day
1962
Where Eagles Dare
1968
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
Cleopatra
1963
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Zulu
1964
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
The Robe
1953
The Wild Geese
1978
The Medusa Touch
1978
Becket
1964
Photos (9)
Movies (73)
Where Eagles Dare
Maj. Smith
Nineteen Eighty-Four
O'Brien
The Longest Day
Flight Officer David Campbell
Cleopatra
Marcus Antonius
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Philip Lamont
Candy
MacPhisto
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George
The Robe
Marcellus Gallio
Zulu
Narration spoken (voice)
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
The Night of the Iguana
Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
The Wild Geese
Col. Allen Faulkner
The Medusa Touch
John Morlar
Becket
Thomas Becket
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Anne of the Thousand Days
King Henry VIII
What's New Pussycat?
Man In Strip Club
The V.I.P.s
Paul Andros
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Alec Leamas
The Sandpiper
Edward Hewitt
Bluebeard
Baron von Sepper
Equus
Martin Dysart
Hamlet
Hamlet
The Assassination of Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Boom!
Chris Flanders
Raid on Rommel
Capt. Alex Foster
My Cousin Rachel
Philip Ashley
The Desert Rats
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Battle of Sutjeska
Josip Broz Tito
Villain
Vic Dakin
Guilty Rebel
Narrator (archive footage)
The Klansman
Breck Stancill
The Comedians
Brown
Absolution
Father Goddard
Look Back in Anger
Jimmy Porter
Massacre in Rome
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
Bitter Victory
Capt. Leith
The Tempest
Caliban
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
The Voyage
Cesare Braggi
Breakthrough
Sergeant Steiner
The Rains of Ranchipur
Dr. Major Rama Safti
Ice Palace
Zeb Kennedy
Lovespell
King Mark of Cornwall
Brief Encounter
Alec Harvey
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Under Milk Wood
First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
Under Milk Wood
First Man
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
Circle of Two
Ashley St. Clair
Now Barabbas
Paddy
Staircase
Harry Leeds
Green Grow the Rushes
Robert 'Bob' Hammond
Sea Wife
Biscuit
The Gathering Storm
Winston Churchill
The Bramble Bush
Dr. Guy Montford
The Woman with No Name
Nick Chamerd
The Fifth Column
1960
Hammersmith Is Out
Hammersmith
The Violent Universe
Narrator - Verse Spoken
Thursday's Children
Narrator (voice)
Waterfront
Ben Satterthwaite
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
March to Aldermaston
Narrator (voice)
Robert Kennedy Remembered
Narrator
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Gareth
Prince of Players
Edwin Booth
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
George Holyoake
A Wall in Jerusalem
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry (voice)
To the Ends of the Earth
Narrator
Divorce His - Divorce Hers
Martin Reynolds
TV Shows (11)
Great Performances
White Knight · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Arthur (archive footage) · 1 eps
Here's Lucy
Richard Burton · 1 eps
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
Winston Churchill · 27 eps
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
Marc Antony (archive footage) · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Caliban · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Alec Harvey · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Winston Churchill · 1 eps
Ellis Island
Sen. Phipps Ogden · 3 eps
Wagner
Richard Wagner · 10 eps
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Martin Reynolds · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (36)
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 2 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Award Accepter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient / Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dylan Thomas
Self
This Is Joan Collins
Self (Archive Footage)
To Be Hamlet
Self
Julie Andrews Forever
Self (archive footage)
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self / Arthur
Borrowed Pasture
Self - Narrator
Lionpower from MGM
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self (Archive Footage)
The Big Sur
Self / Narrator
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
Self
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Self
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
Self - Interviewee
For Florence
Self - Narrator
