Richard Burton
Acting
🎂 1925-11-10
Richard Burton CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) 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.
Cast credits(116)
Arthur (archive footage)
1956
Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter
1956
Self - Co-Host
1956
Self - Nominee / Award Accepter
1956
Self - Host
1956
White Knight
1971
Richard Burton
1968
Self
1948
Self
1948
Self (archive footage)
1974
Self
1974
1967
Marcus Antonius
1963
Maj. Smith
1968
O'Brien
1984
Self (archive footage)
2013
Father Philip Lamont
1977
Self
1981
Flying Officer David Campbell
1962
Narration spoken (voice)
1964
MacPhisto
1968
Self
1973
Leon Trotsky
1972
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Marcellus Gallio
1953
Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
George
1966
King Henry VIII
1969
Baron von Sepper
1972
Petruchio
1967
John Morlar
1978
Alexander
1956
Alec Leamas
1965
Self (archive footage)
2009
Father Goddard
1978
Caliban
1951
Alec Harvey
1951
Winston Churchill
1951
Man In Strip Club
1965
Self (archive footage)
2001
Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
Alec Harvey
1974
Thomas Becket
1964
Sergeant Steiner
1979
Caliban
1960
Breck Stancill
1974
Philip Ashley
1952
Capt. Alex Foster
1971
Self (archive footage)
2003
Martin Dysart
1977
Doctor Faustus
1967
Self (archive footage)
1988
Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1953
First Man
1972
Winston Churchill
1974
Edward Hewitt
1965
Hamlet
1964
Richard Wagner
1983
Cesare Braggi
1974
Vic Dakin
1971
Capt. Leith
1957
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1968
Paul Andros
1963
Self
1983
Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1951
First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
1992
Self
1976
Josip Broz Tito
1973
Sen. Phipps Ogden
1984
Heathcliff
1958
Self (archive footage)
1988
Ashley St. Clair
1981
Gareth
1949
White Knight
1983
Hammersmith
1972
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971
Jimmy Porter
1959
Brown
1967
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973
Harry Leeds
1969
Self (uncredited)
1967
Chris Flanders
1968
Marc Antony (archive footage)
1994
Dr. Major Rama Safti
1955
Dr. Guy Montford
1960
Self (archive footage)
2019
Paddy
1949
Zeb Kennedy
1960
Self / Arthur
1962
Self
1964
Ben Satterthwaite
1950
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
2006
King Mark of Cornwall
1981
Edwin Booth
1955
Self (Archive Footage)
1988
Self / Narrator
1965
Martin Reynolds
1973
Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1976
Self
1985
Self
1968
Narrator (voice)
1954
Self - Interviewee
1967
George Holyoake
1960
1960
Self
1965
Self - Narrator
1960
Self
1978
Biscuit
1957
Self
1977
Nick Chamerd
1950
Narrator
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Self
1961
Narrator (voice)
1959
Narrator - Verse Spoken
1969
Self - Narrator
1966
