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.
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Richard Burton: Wild Genius | Self (archive footage) | 2025-11-10 |
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Guilty Rebel | Narrator (archive footage) | 2024-01-01 |
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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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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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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self (Archive Footage) | 1988-09-20 |
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-24 |
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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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Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | 1983-10-03 |
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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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Lovespell | King Mark of Cornwall | 1981-12-31 |
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Circle of Two | Ashley St. Clair | 1981-05-07 |
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Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II | Sergeant Steiner | 1979-03-01 |
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Mystery of the Sacred Shroud | Self - Narrator | 1978-12-31 |
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Absolution | Father Goddard | 1978-06-05 |
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Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese | Self | 1978-01-01 |
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The Wild Geese | Col. Allen Faulkner | 1978-06-28 |
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The Medusa Touch | John Morlar | 1978-04-13 |
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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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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | 1976-11-28 |
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Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey | 1976-01-04 |
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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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The Klansman | Breck Stancill | 1974-10-25 |
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The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill | 1974-11-29 |
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Il viaggio | Cesare Braggi | 1974-03-11 |
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Rappresaglia | SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler | 1973-10-04 |
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Sutjeska | Josip Broz Tito | 1973-07-03 |
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Under Milk Wood | First Man | 1972-01-27 |
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L'Assassinat de Trotsky | Leon Trotsky | 1972-03-30 |
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Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith | 1972-05-12 |
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Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper | 1972-09-01 |
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
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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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The Violent Universe | Narrator - Verse Spoken | 1969-04-11 |
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Staircase | Harry Leeds | 1969-08-20 |
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Anne of the Thousand Days | King Henry VIII | 1969-12-18 |
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Boom! | Chris Flanders | 1968-05-26 |
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Candy | MacPhisto | 1968-12-17 |
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Robert Kennedy Remembered | Narrator | 1968-08-26 |
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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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On Location: Where Eagles Dare | Self | 1968-11-01 |
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The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | 1967-03-08 |
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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton | Self - Interviewee | 1967-04-01 |
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Lionpower from MGM | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1967-01-01 |
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Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus | 1967-10-10 |
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The Comedians | Brown | 1967-10-31 |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George | 1966-06-22 |
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Per Firenze | Self - Narrator | 1966-11-23 |
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Alec Leamas | 1965-12-16 |
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A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' | Self | 1965-04-30 |
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What's New Pussycat? | Man In Strip Club | 1965-06-22 |
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The Sandpiper | Edward Hewitt | 1965-06-23 |
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The Big Sur | Self / Narrator | 1965-05-01 |
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Becket | Thomas Becket | 1964-03-11 |
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The Night of the Iguana | Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon | 1964-08-06 |
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On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
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Zulu | Narration spoken (voice) | 1964-01-22 |
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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Hamlet | 1964-09-23 |
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Cleopatra | Marcus Antonius | 1963-06-12 |
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The V.I.P.s | Paul Andros | 1963-09-01 |
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The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self / Arthur | 1962-02-11 |
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The Longest Day | Flying Officer David Campbell | 1962-09-25 |
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A Tribute to Dylan Thomas | Self | 1962-01-01 |
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Borrowed Pasture | Self - Narrator | 1960-01-01 |
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The Tempest | Caliban | 1960-02-03 |
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Ice Palace | Zeb Kennedy | 1960-01-02 |
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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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A Subject of Scandal and Concern | George Holyoake | 1960-11-06 |
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Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | 1959-09-15 |
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March to Aldermaston | Narrator (voice) | 1959-02-01 |
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Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1958-05-09 |
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Sea Wife | Biscuit | 1957-08-20 |
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Bitter Victory | Capt. Leith | 1957-08-28 |
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Alexander the Great | Alexander | 1956-03-28 |
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The Rains of Ranchipur | Dr. Major Rama Safti | 1955-12-14 |
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Prince of Players | Edwin Booth | 1955-01-11 |
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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 | 1953-03-26 |
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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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The Woman with No Name | Nick Chamerd | 1950-10-31 |
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Waterfront | Ben Satterthwaite | 1950-07-26 |
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Now Barabbas | Paddy | 1949-05-24 |
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The Last Days of Dolwyn | Gareth | 1949-04-13 |
