Richard Burton
Acting
🎂 1925-11-10
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.
Cast credits(117)
Self
1948
White Knight
1971
Richard Burton
1968
Self (archive footage)
1974
Self
1948
Arthur (archive footage)
1956
Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter
1956
Self - Co-Host
1956
Self - Nominee / Award Accepter
1956
Self - Host
1956
Caliban
1951
Alec Harvey
1951
Winston Churchill
1951
Marc Antony (archive footage)
1994
Sen. Phipps Ogden
1984
Martin Reynolds
1973
Self (archive footage)
2013
Richard Wagner
1983
Self
1973
Self
1981
Self
1974
Marcus Antonius
1963
O'Brien
1984
Maj. Smith
1968
MacPhisto
1968
Flying Officer David Campbell
1962
Marcellus Gallio
1953
Father Philip Lamont
1977
Narration spoken (voice)
1964
Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
Petruchio
1967
King Henry VIII
1969
Alexander
1956
Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
George
1966
Father Goddard
1978
Leon Trotsky
1972
Alec Leamas
1965
Thomas Becket
1964
Breck Stancill
1974
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1953
John Morlar
1978
Baron von Sepper
1972
Martin Dysart
1977
Man In Strip Club
1965
Self (archive footage)
2024
Sergeant Steiner
1979
Doctor Faustus
1967
Edward Hewitt
1965
Ashley St. Clair
1981
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971
Vic Dakin
1971
Jimmy Porter
1959
Philip Ashley
1952
Paul Andros
1963
Zeb Kennedy
1960
Capt. Leith
1957
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
2019
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973
Self (archive footage)
2001
Dr. Major Rama Safti
1955
Capt. Alex Foster
1971
Brown
1967
First Man
1972
Ben Satterthwaite
1950
Alec Harvey
1974
Biscuit
1957
Self (Archive Footage)
1988
Josip Broz Tito
1973
Hammersmith
1972
Winston Churchill
1974
Chris Flanders
1968
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
2006
Self (archive footage)
1988
Self (archive footage)
1988
Heathcliff
1958
Paddy
1949
Dr. Guy Montford
1960
White Knight
1983
Harry Leeds
1969
Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1951
Hamlet
1964
Caliban
1960
Self
1985
Self
1977
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Gareth
1949
Self
1964
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1968
Self
1976
King Mark of Cornwall
1981
1960
Self (archive footage)
2009
Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1976
Narrator (voice)
1959
Self
1978
First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
1992
Cesare Braggi
1974
Self (uncredited)
1967
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Self
1983
Edwin Booth
1955
Self
1961
Self
1968
Self - Narrator
1966
Narrator (voice)
1954
Narrator
1983
Self / Arthur
1962
George Holyoake
1960
Nick Chamerd
1950
Self - Narrator
1960
Self / Narrator
1965
Narrator - Verse Spoken
1969
Self
1965
Self - Interviewee
1967
