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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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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I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1983-04-26 |
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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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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 Wild Geese | Col. Allen Faulkner | 1978-06-28 |
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Equus | Martin Dysart | 1977-10-16 |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Philip Lamont | 1977-06-17 |
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The Man with No Name | Self | 1977-02-23 |
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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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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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Il viaggio | Cesare Braggi | 1974-03-11 |
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The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill | 1974-11-29 |
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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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Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith | 1972-05-12 |
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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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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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The Violent Universe | Narrator - Verse Spoken | 1969-04-11 |
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Staircase | Harry Leeds | 1969-08-20 |
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Candy | MacPhisto | 1968-12-17 |
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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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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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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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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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The Comedians | Brown | 1967-10-31 |
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Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton | Self - Interviewee | 1967-04-01 |
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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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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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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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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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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 | 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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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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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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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 Desert Rats | Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts | 1953-05-20 |
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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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The Woman with No Name | Nick Chamerd | 1950-10-31 |
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Waterfront | Ben Satterthwaite | 1950-07-26 |
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The Last Days of Dolwyn | Gareth | 1949-04-13 |
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Now Barabbas | Paddy | 1949-05-24 |
