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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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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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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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-24 |
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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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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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I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1983-04-26 |
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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 Medusa Touch | John Morlar | 1978-04-13 |
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Mystery of the Sacred Shroud | Self - Narrator | 1978-12-31 |
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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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Absolution | Father Goddard | 1978-06-05 |
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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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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Philip Lamont | 1977-06-17 |
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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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Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey | 1976-01-04 |
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Il viaggio | Cesare Braggi | 1974-03-11 |
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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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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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Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper | 1972-09-01 |
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L'Assassinat de Trotsky | Leon Trotsky | 1972-03-30 |
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Under Milk Wood | First Man | 1972-01-27 |
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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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Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1971-12-31 |
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The Violent Universe | Narrator - Verse Spoken | 1969-04-11 |
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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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Where Eagles Dare | Maj. Smith | 1968-12-04 |
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Candy | MacPhisto | 1968-12-17 |
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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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Un mur à Jérusalem | Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1968-11-20 |
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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 in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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The Comedians | Brown | 1967-10-31 |
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The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | 1967-03-08 |
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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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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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A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' | Self | 1965-04-30 |
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The Sandpiper | Edward Hewitt | 1965-06-23 |
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What's New Pussycat? | Man In Strip Club | 1965-06-22 |
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The Big Sur | Self / Narrator | 1965-05-01 |
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Alec Leamas | 1965-12-16 |
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Zulu | Narration spoken (voice) | 1964-01-22 |
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On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
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The Night of the Iguana | Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon | 1964-08-06 |
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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Hamlet | 1964-09-23 |
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Becket | Thomas Becket | 1964-03-11 |
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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 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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Ice Palace | Zeb Kennedy | 1960-01-02 |
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The Tempest | Caliban | 1960-02-03 |
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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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Borrowed Pasture | Self - Narrator | 1960-01-01 |
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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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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 Desert Rats | Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts | 1953-03-26 |
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The Robe | Marcellus Gallio | 1953-09-16 |
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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 |
