1925-11-10 Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-16 |
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Julie Andrews, la mélodie d’une vie | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-14 |
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Paris Hilton, Inc. | Self (archive footage) | 2009-11-29 |
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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live | George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound) | 2006-11-06 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) | 2003-04-03 |
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2001-04-03 |
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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1999-01-01 |
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Under Milk Wood | First Voice (voice) (archive sound) | 1992-04-19 |
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-24 |
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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self (Archive Footage) | 1988-09-20 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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To Be Hamlet | Self | 1985-01-19 |
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Nineteen Eighty-Four | O'Brien | 1984-11-09 |
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I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1983-04-26 |
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All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self | 1983-12-11 |
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To the Ends of the Earth | Narrator | 1983-01-01 |
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Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | 1983-10-03 |
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Circle of Two | Ashley St. Clair | 1981-05-07 |
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Lovespell | King Mark of Cornwall | 1981-12-31 |
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Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II | Sergeant Steiner | 1979-03-01 |
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The Wild Geese | Col. Allen Faulkner | 1978-06-28 |
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Absolution | Father Goddard | 1978-06-05 |
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The Medusa Touch | John Morlar | 1978-04-13 |
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Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese | Self | 1978-01-01 |
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The Man with No Name | Self | 1977-02-23 |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Philip Lamont | 1977-06-17 |
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Equus | Martin Dysart | 1977-10-16 |
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Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Malcolm Lowry (voice) | 1976-01-01 |
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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | 1976-11-28 |
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The Klansman | Breck Stancill | 1974-10-25 |
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The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill | 1974-11-29 |
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Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey | 1974-11-12 |
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Il viaggio | Cesare Braggi | 1974-03-11 |
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Sutjeska | Josip Broz Tito | 1973-07-03 |
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Rappresaglia | SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler | 1973-10-04 |
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Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith | 1972-05-12 |
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The Assassination of Trotsky | Leon Trotsky | 1972-04-20 |
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Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper | 1972-09-01 |
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Under Milk Wood | First Man | 1972-01-27 |
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Villain | Vic Dakin | 1971-05-26 |
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Raid on Rommel | Capt. Alex Foster | 1971-02-12 |
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
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Anne of the Thousand Days | King Henry VIII | 1969-12-18 |
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Staircase | Harry Leeds | 1969-08-20 |
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The Violent Universe | Narrator - Verse Spoken | 1969-04-11 |
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Un mur à Jérusalem | Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1968-11-20 |
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Where Eagles Dare | Maj. Smith | 1968-12-04 |
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Boom! | Chris Flanders | 1968-05-26 |
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On Location: Where Eagles Dare | Self | 1968-11-01 |
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Candy | MacPhisto | 1968-12-17 |
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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | 1967-03-08 |
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Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus | 1967-10-10 |
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Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton | Self - Interviewee | 1967-04-01 |
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The Comedians | Brown | 1967-10-31 |
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Per Firenze | Self - Narrator | 1966-11-23 |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George | 1966-06-22 |
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The Big Sur | Self / Narrator | 1965-05-01 |
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The Sandpiper | Edward Hewitt | 1965-06-23 |
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A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' | Self | 1965-04-30 |
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Alec Leamas | 1965-12-16 |
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What's New Pussycat? | Man In Strip Club | 1965-06-22 |
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The Night of the Iguana | Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon | 1964-08-06 |
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Zulu | Narration spoken (voice) | 1964-01-22 |
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Becket | Thomas Becket | 1964-03-11 |
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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Hamlet | 1964-09-23 |
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On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
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The V.I.P.s | Paul Andros | 1963-09-01 |
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Cleopatra | Marcus Antonius | 1963-06-12 |
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The Longest Day | Flying Officer David Campbell | 1962-09-25 |
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The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self / Arthur | 1962-02-11 |
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A Tribute to Dylan Thomas | Self | 1961-01-01 |
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Borrowed Pasture | Self - Narrator | 1960-01-01 |
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A Subject of Scandal and Concern | George Holyoake | 1960-11-06 |
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The Fifth Column | 1960-01-29 | |
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The Bramble Bush | Dr. Guy Montford | 1960-02-24 |
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Ice Palace | Zeb Kennedy | 1960-01-02 |
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The Tempest | Caliban | 1960-02-13 |
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March to Aldermaston | Narrator (voice) | 1959-02-01 |
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Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | 1959-09-15 |
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Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1958-05-09 |
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Bitter Victory | Capt. Leith | 1957-08-28 |
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Sea Wife | Biscuit | 1957-08-20 |
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Alexander the Great | Alexander | 1956-03-28 |
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Prince of Players | Edwin Booth | 1955-01-11 |
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The Rains of Ranchipur | Dr. Major Rama Safti | 1955-12-14 |
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Thursday's Children | Narrator (voice) | 1954-05-01 |
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The Robe | Marcellus Gallio | 1953-09-16 |
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The Desert Rats | Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts | 1953-05-20 |
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My Cousin Rachel | Philip Ashley | 1952-12-25 |
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Green Grow the Rushes | Robert 'Bob' Hammond | 1951-11-06 |
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Waterfront | Ben Satterthwaite | 1950-07-26 |
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The Woman with No Name | Nick Chamerd | 1950-10-31 |
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The Last Days of Dolwyn | Gareth | 1949-04-13 |
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Now Barabbas | Paddy | 1949-05-24 |
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