1925-11-10 Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Richard Burton CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) 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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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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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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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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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Philip Lamont | 1977-06-17 |
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Equus | Martin Dysart | 1977-10-16 |
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The Man with No Name | Self | 1977-02-23 |
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CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | 1976-11-28 |
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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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Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey | 1974-11-12 |
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Il viaggio | Cesare Braggi | 1974-03-11 |
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The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill | 1974-11-29 |
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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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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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Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper | 1972-09-01 |
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Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith | 1972-05-12 |
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
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Raid on Rommel | Capt. Alex Foster | 1971-02-12 |
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Villain | Vic Dakin | 1971-05-26 |
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Anne of the Thousand Days | King Henry VIII | 1969-12-18 |
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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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On Location: Where Eagles Dare | Self | 1968-11-01 |
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Candy | MacPhisto | 1968-12-17 |
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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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Un mur à Jérusalem | Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1968-11-20 |
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The Comedians | Brown | 1967-10-31 |
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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton | Self - Interviewee | 1967-04-01 |
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Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus | 1967-10-10 |
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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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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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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 Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Alec Leamas | 1965-12-16 |
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The Big Sur | Self / Narrator | 1965-05-01 |
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A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' | Self | 1965-04-30 |
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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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The Tempest | Caliban | 1960-02-13 |
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Ice Palace | Zeb Kennedy | 1960-01-02 |
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Borrowed Pasture | Self - Narrator | 1960-01-01 |
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The Bramble Bush | Dr. Guy Montford | 1960-02-24 |
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The Fifth Column | 1960-01-29 | |
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A Subject of Scandal and Concern | George Holyoake | 1960-11-06 |
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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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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 | 1953-05-20 |
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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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Now Barabbas | Paddy | 1949-05-24 |
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The Last Days of Dolwyn | Gareth | 1949-04-13 |
