Richard Burton
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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Acted in
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live on Stage!
2006
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Julie Andrews Forever
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
1994
as Marc Antony (archive footage)
Under Milk Wood
1992
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1989
as Self (archive footage)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self (Archive Footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
Ellis Island
1984
as Sen. Phipps Ogden
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
as O'Brien
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as White Knight
Wagner
1983
as Richard Wagner
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
To the Ends of the Earth
1983
as Narrator
Lovespell
1981
as King Mark of Cornwall
Circle of Two
1981
as Ashley St. Clair
Breakthrough
1979
as Sergeant Steiner
The Wild Geese
1978
as Col. Allen Faulkner
Absolution
1978
as Father Goddard
The Medusa Touch
1978
as John Morlar
Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978
as Self
Equus
1977
as Martin Dysart
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Father Philip Lamont
The Man with No Name
1977
as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
1976
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Winston Churchill
Brief Encounter
1974
as Alec Harvey
The Klansman
1974
as Breck Stancill
The Voyage
1974
as Cesare Braggi
Massacre in Rome
1973
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Josip Broz Tito
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
as Martin Reynolds
Bluebeard
1972
as Baron von Sepper
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
as Hammersmith
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Leon Trotsky
Under Milk Wood
1972
as First Man
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Villain
1971
as Vic Dakin
Raid on Rommel
1971
as Capt. Alex Foster
Great Performances
1971
as White Knight
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as King Henry VIII
Staircase
1969
as Harry Leeds
The Violent Universe
1969
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
Candy
1968
as MacPhisto
Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Maj. Smith
A Wall in Jerusalem
1968
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Self
Here's Lucy
1968
as Richard Burton
Boom!
1968
as Chris Flanders
The Comedians
1967
as Brown
Doctor Faustus
1967
as Doctor Faustus
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
1967
as Self - Interviewee
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Petruchio
For Florence
1966
as Self - Narrator
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
as George
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1965
as Alec Leamas
The Sandpiper
1965
as Edward Hewitt
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Man In Strip Club
The Big Sur
1965
as Self / Narrator
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
1965
as Self
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
as Hamlet
The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
Becket
1964
as Becket / Thomas Becket
Zulu
1964
as Narration spoken (voice)
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Paul Andros
Cleopatra
1963
as Marcus Antonius
The Longest Day
1962
as Flying Officer David Campbell
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self / Arthur
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
1961
as Self
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960
as George Holyoake
The Bramble Bush
1960
as Dr. Guy Montford
The Tempest
1960
as Caliban
The Fifth Column
1960
Ice Palace
1960
as Zeb Kennedy
Borrowed Pasture
1960
as Self - Narrator
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Jimmy Porter
March to Aldermaston
1959
as Narrator (voice)
Wuthering Heights
1958
as Heathcliff
Bitter Victory
1957
as Capt. Leith
Sea Wife
1957
as Biscuit
Tony Awards
1956
as Arthur (archive footage)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Award Accepter
Alexander the Great
1956
as Alexander
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
Prince of Players
1955
as Edwin Booth
Thursday's Children
1954
as Narrator (voice)
The Robe
1953
as Marcellus Gallio
The Desert Rats
1953
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
My Cousin Rachel
1952
as Philip Ashley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Caliban
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Alec Harvey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Winston Churchill
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
The Woman with No Name
1950
as Nick Chamerd
Waterfront
1950
as Ben Satterthwaite
Now Barabbas
1949
as Paddy
The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949
as Gareth
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self