Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 10, 1925
Died
Aug 05, 1984
Place of Birth
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Credits
119 titles
Richard Burton
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Guilty Rebel
Narrator (archive footage)
This Is Joan Collins
Self (Archive Footage)
Julie Andrews Forever
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
Marc Antony (archive footage)
Under Milk Wood
First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
Richard Burton's Christmas Story
Novel
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self (Archive Footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
To Be Hamlet
Self
Ellis Island
Sen. Phipps Ogden
Nineteen Eighty-Four
O'Brien
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
Wagner
Richard Wagner
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Self - Narrator (voice)
To the Ends of the Earth
Narrator
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Circle of Two
Ashley St. Clair
Lovespell
King Mark of Cornwall
Breakthrough
Sergeant Steiner
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
Self - Narrator
The Wild Geese
Col. Allen Faulkner
Absolution
Father Goddard
The Medusa Touch
John Morlar
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
Self
Equus
Martin Dysart
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Philip Lamont
The Man with No Name
Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Self
Brief Encounter
Alec Harvey
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry (voice)
The Gathering Storm
Winston Churchill
The Klansman
Breck Stancill
Dinah!
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
The Voyage
Cesare Braggi
Massacre in Rome
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Battle of Sutjeska
Josip Broz Tito
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
Martin Reynolds
Bluebeard
Baron von Sepper
Hammersmith Is Out
Hammersmith