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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Sketch For Dawn | Narrator (voice) (Archive footage) | 2025-12-14 |
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-16 |
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Guilty Rebel | Narrator (archive footage) | 2024-01-01 |
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This Is Joan Collins | Self (Archive Footage) | 2022-01-01 |
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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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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 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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In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self (Archive Footage) | 1988-09-20 |
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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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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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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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Lovespell | King Mark of Cornwall | 1981-02-01 |
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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 Wild Geese | Col. Allen Faulkner | 1978-06-28 |
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Mystery of the Sacred Shroud | Self - Narrator | 1978-12-31 |
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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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The Man with No Name | Self | 1977-02-23 |
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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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Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Malcolm Lowry (voice) | 1976-01-01 |
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Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey | 1976-01-04 |
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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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The Klansman | Breck Stancill | 1974-10-25 |
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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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Under Milk Wood | First Man | 1972-01-27 |
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Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper | 1972-09-01 |
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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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Villain | Vic Dakin | 1971-05-26 |
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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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Anne of the Thousand Days | King Henry VIII | 1969-12-18 |
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Robert Kennedy Remembered | Narrator | 1968-08-26 |
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On Location: Where Eagles Dare | Self | 1968-11-01 |
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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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Candy | MacPhisto | 1968-12-17 |
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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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Lionpower from MGM | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1967-01-01 |
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The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | 1967-03-08 |
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The Comedians | Brown | 1967-10-31 |
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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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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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What's New Pussycat? | Man In Strip Club | 1965-06-22 |
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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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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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Becket | Thomas Becket | 1964-03-11 |
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Hamlet | 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 Longest Day | Flight 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 | 1962-01-01 |
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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 Tempest | Caliban | 1960-02-03 |
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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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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 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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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 |
