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