Richard Burton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(17)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
Marc Antony (archive footage)
1994
Ellis Island
Sen. Phipps Ogden
1984
Wagner
Richard Wagner
1983
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Dinah!
Self
1974
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Martin Reynolds
1973
Film '72
Self
1971
Great Performances
White Knight
1971
Here's Lucy
Richard Burton
1968
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Caliban
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Bambi
Self
1948
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
Winston Churchill
Movies(100)
Sketch For Dawn
Narrator (voice) (Archive footage)
2025
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self (archive footage)
2025
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
2024
Guilty Rebel
Narrator (archive footage)
2024
Julie Andrews Forever
Self (archive footage)
2019
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
2006
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
2003
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2001
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Under Milk Wood
First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
1992
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self (Archive Footage)
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1988
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985
Nineteen Eighty-Four
O'Brien
1984
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
1983
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
1983
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
To the Ends of the Earth
Narrator
1983
Circle of Two
Ashley St. Clair
1981
Lovespell
King Mark of Cornwall
1981
Breakthrough
Sergeant Steiner
1979
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
Self - Narrator
1978
The Wild Geese
Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
Absolution
Father Goddard
1978
The Medusa Touch
John Morlar
1978
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Self
1978
Equus
Martin Dysart
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Philip Lamont
1977
The Man with No Name
Self
1977
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
1976
Brief Encounter
Alec Harvey
1976
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1976
The Gathering Storm
Winston Churchill
1974
The Klansman
Breck Stancill
1974
The Voyage
Cesare Braggi
1974
Massacre in Rome
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973
The Battle of Sutjeska
Josip Broz Tito
1973
Bluebeard
Baron von Sepper
1972
Hammersmith Is Out
Hammersmith
1972
The Assassination of Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
1972
Under Milk Wood
First Man
1972
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971
Villain
Vic Dakin
1971
Raid on Rommel
Capt. Alex Foster
1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
King Henry VIII
1969
Staircase
Harry Leeds
1969
The Violent Universe
Narrator - Verse Spoken
1969
Candy
MacPhisto
1968
Where Eagles Dare
Maj. Smith
1968
A Wall in Jerusalem
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1968
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Self
1968
Robert Kennedy Remembered
Narrator
1968
Boom!
Chris Flanders
1968
The Comedians
Brown
1967
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
1967
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
1967
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
Self - Interviewee
1967
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
1967
Lionpower from MGM
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
For Florence
Self - Narrator
1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
George
1966
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Alec Leamas
1965
The Sandpiper
Edward Hewitt
1965
What's New Pussycat?
Man In Strip Club
1965
The Big Sur
Self / Narrator
1965
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
Self
1965
Hamlet
Hamlet
1964
The Night of the Iguana
Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
1964
Becket
Thomas Becket
1964
Zulu
Narration spoken (voice)
1964
The V.I.P.s
Paul Andros
1963
Cleopatra
Marcus Antonius
1963
The Longest Day
Flight Officer David Campbell
1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self / Arthur
1962
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
Self
1962
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
George Holyoake
1960
The Bramble Bush
Dr. Guy Montford
1960
The Tempest
Caliban
1960
The Fifth Column
1960
Ice Palace
Zeb Kennedy
1960
Borrowed Pasture
Self - Narrator
1960
Look Back in Anger
Jimmy Porter
1959
March to Aldermaston
Narrator (voice)
1959
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff
1958
Bitter Victory
Capt. Leith
1957
Sea Wife
Biscuit
1957
Alexander the Great
Alexander
1956
The Rains of Ranchipur
Dr. Major Rama Safti
1955
Prince of Players
Edwin Booth
1955
Thursday's Children
Narrator (voice)
1954
The Robe
Marcellus Gallio
1953
The Desert Rats
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1953
My Cousin Rachel
Philip Ashley
1952
Green Grow the Rushes
Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1951
The Woman with No Name
Nick Chamerd
1950
Waterfront
Ben Satterthwaite
1950
Now Barabbas
Paddy
1949
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Gareth
1949