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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Tony Awards
Arthur (archive footage)
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Award Accepter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Great Performances
White Knight
Bambi
Self
The Klansman
Breck Stancill
The Sandpiper
Edward Hewitt
Here's Lucy
Richard Burton
Dinah!
Self
Bitter Victory
Capt. Leith
The Robe
Marcellus Gallio
The Wild Geese
Col. Allen Faulkner
Becket
Thomas Becket
Bluebeard
Baron von Sepper
Anne of the Thousand Days
King Henry VIII
Zulu
Narration spoken (voice)
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
Massacre in Rome
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Comedians
Brown
The Medusa Touch
John Morlar
The Longest Day
Flying Officer David Campbell
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Borrowed Pasture
Self - Narrator
Alexander the Great
Alexander
The Woman with No Name
Nick Chamerd
Cleopatra
Marcus Antonius
The Assassination of Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
To the Ends of the Earth
Narrator
Circle of Two
Ashley St. Clair
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Where Eagles Dare
Maj. Smith
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
Look Back in Anger
Jimmy Porter
The Voyage
Cesare Braggi
The Night of the Iguana
Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
The Man with No Name
Self
Villain
Vic Dakin
Candy
MacPhisto
Lovespell
King Mark of Cornwall
The Rains of Ranchipur
Dr. Major Rama Safti
For Florence
Self - Narrator
Sea Wife
Biscuit
Staircase
Harry Leeds
Under Milk Wood
First Man
Waterfront
Ben Satterthwaite
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
What's New Pussycat?
Man In Strip Club
The V.I.P.s
Paul Andros
Breakthrough
Sergeant Steiner
The Bramble Bush
Dr. Guy Montford
Equus
Martin Dysart
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Boom!
Chris Flanders
Green Grow the Rushes
Robert 'Bob' Hammond
Nineteen Eighty-Four
O'Brien
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George
My Cousin Rachel
Philip Ashley
The Tempest
Caliban
Absolution
Father Goddard
Brief Encounter
Alec Harvey
Film '72
Self
The Big Sur
Self / Narrator
Raid on Rommel
Capt. Alex Foster
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Alec Leamas
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
George Holyoake
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
Paris Hilton, Inc.
Self (archive footage)
Hammersmith Is Out
Hammersmith
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Philip Lamont
The Desert Rats
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Gareth
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
Self
Now Barabbas
Paddy
Under Milk Wood
First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Self
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Hamlet
Guilty Rebel
Narrator (archive footage)
A Wall in Jerusalem
Narrator (English version) (voice)
To Be Hamlet
Self
Ice Palace
Zeb Kennedy
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self (Archive Footage)
March to Aldermaston
Narrator (voice)
The Battle of Sutjeska
Josip Broz Tito
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Caliban
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Alec Harvey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Winston Churchill
The Fifth Column
Ellis Island
Sen. Phipps Ogden
Thursday's Children
Narrator (voice)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
Julie Andrews Forever
Self (archive footage)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Self - Narrator (voice)
Wagner
Richard Wagner
The Violent Universe
Narrator - Verse Spoken
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Self
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
Self - Narrator
Prince of Players
Edwin Booth
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Martin Reynolds
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry (voice)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
Winston Churchill
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
Marc Antony (archive footage)
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
Self - Interviewee
The Gathering Storm
Winston Churchill
Lionpower from MGM
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self / Arthur
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self