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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 10, 1925
Place of Birth:
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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Richard Burton
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Julie Andrews Forever | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Paris Hilton, Inc. | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live | George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound) |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Under Milk Wood | First Voice (voice) (archive sound) |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self (Archive Footage) |
| 1985 | To Be Hamlet | Self |
| 1984 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | O'Brien |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | White Knight |
| 1983 | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self |
| 1983 | To the Ends of the Earth | Narrator |
| 1983 | I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Circle of Two | Ashley St. Clair |
| 1981 | Lovespell | King Mark of Cornwall |
| 1979 | Breakthrough | Sergeant Steiner |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | John Morlar |
| 1978 | Absolution | Father Goddard |
| 1978 | The Wild Geese | Col. Allen Faulkner |
| 1978 | Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese | Self |
| 1977 | Equus | Martin Dysart |
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Philip Lamont |
| 1977 | The Man with No Name | Self |
| 1976 | Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Malcolm Lowry (voice) |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self |
| 1974 | The Klansman | Breck Stancill |
| 1974 | The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill |
| 1974 | The Voyage | Cesare Braggi |
| 1974 | Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey |
| 1973 | Massacre in Rome | SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler |
| 1973 | The Battle of Sutjeska | Josip Broz Tito |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Leon Trotsky |
| 1972 | Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | First Man |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith |
| 1971 | Villain | Vic Dakin |
| 1971 | Raid on Rommel | Capt. Alex Foster |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | King Henry VIII |
| 1969 | Staircase | Harry Leeds |
| 1969 | The Violent Universe | Narrator - Verse Spoken |
| 1968 | Candy | MacPhisto |
| 1968 | Boom! | Chris Flanders |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Maj. Smith |
| 1968 | A Wall in Jerusalem | Narrator (English version) (voice) |
| 1968 | On Location: Where Eagles Dare | Self |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Brown |
| 1967 | Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus |
| 1967 | Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton | Self - Interviewee |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George |
| 1966 | For Florence | Self - Narrator |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Man In Strip Club |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Alec Leamas |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | Edward Hewitt |
| 1965 | The Big Sur | Self / Narrator |
| 1965 | A Statue for 'The Sandpiper' | Self |
| 1964 | The Night of the Iguana | Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon |
| 1964 | Becket | Thomas Becket |
| 1964 | Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | Hamlet |
| 1964 | Zulu | Narration spoken (voice) |
| 1964 | On the Trail of the Iguana | Self |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Paul Andros |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Marcus Antonius |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Flying Officer David Campbell |
| 1962 | The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self / Arthur |
| 1961 | A Tribute to Dylan Thomas | Self |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Zeb Kennedy |
| 1960 | The Tempest | Caliban |
| 1960 | The Bramble Bush | Dr. Guy Montford |
| 1960 | The Fifth Column | |
| 1960 | A Subject of Scandal and Concern | George Holyoake |
| 1960 | Borrowed Pasture | Self - Narrator |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter |
| 1959 | March to Aldermaston | Narrator (voice) |
| 1958 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff |
| 1957 | Bitter Victory | Capt. Leith |
| 1957 | Sea Wife | Biscuit |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Alexander |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Dr. Major Rama Safti |
| 1955 | Prince of Players | Edwin Booth |
| 1954 | Thursday's Children | Narrator (voice) |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats | Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts |
| 1953 | The Robe | Marcellus Gallio |
| 1952 | My Cousin Rachel | Philip Ashley |
| 1951 | Green Grow the Rushes | Robert 'Bob' Hammond |
| 1950 | Waterfront | Ben Satterthwaite |
| 1950 | The Woman with No Name | Nick Chamerd |
| 1949 | The Last Days of Dolwyn | Gareth |
| 1949 | Now Barabbas | Paddy |
| Guilty Rebel |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Sphinx – Secrets of the History | Marc Antony (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Sen. Phipps Ogden |
| 1983 | Wagner | Richard Wagner |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce Hers | Martin Reynolds |
| 1971 | Great Performances | White Knight |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Richard Burton |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Arthur (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Award Accepter |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Caliban |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Alec Harvey |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Winston Churchill |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Bambi-Verleihung | Self |