Richard Burton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-11-10
Day of Death
1984-08-05 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Richard Burton
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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Acting
(2024)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Paris Hilton, Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
(2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1992)
Under Milk Wood
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self (Archive Footage)
(1985)
To Be Hamlet
as Self
(1984)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
(1983)
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
(1983)
(1983)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1983)
To the Ends of the Earth
as Narrator
(1981)
Circle of Two
as Ashley St. Clair
(1981)
Lovespell
as King Mark of Cornwall
(1979)
Breakthrough
as Sergeant Steiner
(1978)
The Wild Geese
as Col. Allen Faulkner
(1978)
The Medusa Touch
as John Morlar
(1978)
Absolution
as Father Goddard
(1978)
(1977)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
(1977)
Equus
as Martin Dysart
(1977)
The Man with No Name
as Self
(1976)
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
(1976)
(1974)
The Klansman
as Breck Stancill
(1974)
Brief Encounter
as Alec Harvey
(1974)
The Voyage
as Cesare Braggi
(1974)
The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
(1973)
Massacre in Rome
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
(1973)
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Josip Broz Tito
(1972)
Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
(1972)
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
(1972)
Under Milk Wood
as First Man
(1972)
Hammersmith Is Out
as Hammersmith
(1971)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1971)
Villain
as Vic Dakin
(1971)
Raid on Rommel
as Capt. Alex Foster
(1969)
Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
(1969)
Staircase
as Harry Leeds
(1969)
The Violent Universe
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
(1968)
Where Eagles Dare
as Maj. Smith
(1968)
Candy
as MacPhisto
(1968)
Boom!
as Chris Flanders
(1968)
A Wall in Jerusalem
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
(1968)
(1967)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
(1967)
Doctor Faustus
as Doctor Faustus
(1967)
The Comedians
as Brown
(1967)
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
(1967)
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
as Self - Interviewee
(1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as George
(1966)
For Florence
as Self - Narrator
(1965)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Alec Leamas
(1965)
What's New Pussycat?
as Man In Strip Club
(1965)
The Sandpiper
as Edward Hewitt
(1965)
The Big Sur
as Self / Narrator
(1965)
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
as Self
(1964)
Zulu
as Narration spoken (voice)
(1964)
Becket
as Thomas Becket
(1964)
The Night of the Iguana
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
(1964)
(1964)
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Marcus Antonius
(1963)
The V.I.P.s
as Paul Andros
(1962)
The Longest Day
as Flying Officer David Campbell
(1962)
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self / Arthur
(1961)
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
as Self
(1960)
Ice Palace
as Zeb Kennedy
(1960)
The Tempest
as Caliban
(1960)
The Bramble Bush
as Dr. Guy Montford
(1960)
(1960)
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
as George Holyoake
(1960)
Borrowed Pasture
as Self - Narrator
(1959)
Look Back in Anger
as Jimmy Porter
(1959)
March to Aldermaston
as Narrator (voice)
(1958)
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
(1957)
Bitter Victory
as Capt. Leith
(1957)
Sea Wife
as Biscuit
(1956)
Alexander the Great
as Alexander
(1955)
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
(1955)
Prince of Players
as Edwin Booth
(1954)
Thursday's Children
as Narrator (voice)
(1953)
The Robe
as Marcellus Gallio
(1953)
The Desert Rats
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
(1952)
My Cousin Rachel
as Philip Ashley
(1951)
Green Grow the Rushes
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
(1950)
Waterfront
as Ben Satterthwaite
(1950)
The Woman with No Name
as Nick Chamerd
(1949)
Now Barabbas
as Paddy
(1949)
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Gareth
Crew
(1991)
(1967)
Doctor Faustus
Director, Producer
(1967)
The Taming of the Shrew
Producer
(1964)
The Caretaker
Associate Producer