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person_profile-Richard Burton

Richard Burton Died at age: 58

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Nov 10, 1925

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Aug 05, 1984

Biography of

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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Filmography of

Richard Burton

Found 82 Movies in total

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

Julie Andrews Forever

Self (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Paris Hilton Inc.

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live

George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound) ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2003

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2001

... 1999

Under Milk Wood

Narrator (Voice) ( Actor )

... 1992

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

Self (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

To Be Hamlet

Richard Burton ( Actor )

... 1985

Nineteen Eighty-Four

O'Brien ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1983

Alice in Wonderland

White Knight ( Actor )

... 1983

To the Ends of the Earth

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1983

Lovespell

King Mark of Cornwall ( Actor )

... 1981

Circle of Two

Ashley St. Clair ( Actor )

... 1981

Breakthrough

Sergeant Steiner ( Actor )

... 1979

The Wild Geese

Col. Allen Faulkner ( Actor )

... 1978

Absolution

Father Goddard ( Actor )

... 1978

The Medusa Touch

John Morlar ( Actor )

... 1978

Equus

Martin Dysart ( Actor )

... 1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Father Philip Lamont ( Actor )

... 1977

The Man with No Name

Self ( Actor )

... 1977

The Gathering Storm

Winston Churchill ( Actor )

... 1974

Brief Encounter

Alec Harvey ( Actor )

... 1974

The Klansman

Breck Stancill ( Actor )

... 1974

The Voyage

Cesare Braggi ( Actor )

... 1974

Massacre in Rome

SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler ( Actor )

... 1973

The Battle of Sutjeska

Josip Broz Tito ( Actor )

... 1973

Bluebeard

Baron von Sepper ( Actor )

... 1972

Hammersmith Is Out

Hammersmith ( Actor )

... 1972

The Assassination of Trotsky

Leon Trotsky ( Actor )

... 1972

Under Milk Wood

First Man ( Actor )

... 1972

Mooch Goes to Hollywood

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1971

Villain

Vic Dakin ( Actor )

... 1971

Raid on Rommel

Capt. Alex Foster ( Actor )

... 1971

Anne of the Thousand Days

King Henry VIII ( Actor )

... 1969

Staircase

Harry Leeds ( Actor )

... 1969

The Violent Universe

Narrator - Verse Spoken ( Actor )

... 1969

Candy

MacPhisto ( Actor )

... 1968

Where Eagles Dare

Maj. Smith ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

Boom!

Chris Flanders ( Actor )

... 1968

The Comedians

Brown ( Actor )

... 1967

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus ( Actor )

Director

... 1967

The Taming of the Shrew

Petruchio ( Actor )

Producer

... 1967

For Florence

Himself - Narrator ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

... 1965

The Sandpiper

Edward Hewitt ( Actor )

... 1965

What's New Pussycat?

Man In Strip Club ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1964

The Night of the Iguana

Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon ( Actor )

... 1964

Becket

Becket / Thomas Becket ( Actor )

... 1964

Zulu

Narration spoken ( Actor )

... 1964

The V.I.P.s

Paul Andros ( Actor )

... 1963

Cleopatra

Marcus Antonius ( Actor )

... 1963

The Longest Day

Flying Officer David Campbell ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1962

The Bramble Bush

Dr. Guy Montford ( Actor )

... 1960

The Tempest

Caliban ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Ice Palace

Zeb Kennedy ( Actor )

... 1960

Look Back in Anger

Jimmy Porter ( Actor )

... 1959

Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff ( Actor )

... 1958

Bitter Victory

Capt. Leith ( Actor )

... 1957

Sea Wife

Biscuit ( Actor )

... 1957

Alexander the Great

Alexander ( Actor )

... 1956

The Rains of Ranchipur

Dr. Major Rama Safti ( Actor )

... 1955

Prince of Players

Edwin Booth ( Actor )

... 1955

The Robe

Marcellus Gallio ( Actor )

... 1953

The Desert Rats

Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts ( Actor )

... 1953

My Cousin Rachel

Philip Ashley ( Actor )

... 1952

Green Grow the Rushes

Robert 'Bob' Hammond ( Actor )

... 1951

Waterfront

Ben Satterthwaite ( Actor )

... 1950

Now Barabbas

Paddy ( Actor )

... 1949

The Last Days of Dolwyn

Gareth ( Actor )

... 1949