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