Richard Burton
AKA: Dick Burton
Birthday: 1925-11-10
Died: 1984-08-05
Birthplace: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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
Character: Man In Strip Club
Character: Sergeant Steiner
Character: King Henry VIII
Character: Flying Officer David Campbell
Character: Baron von Sepper
Character: Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
Character: Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Character: SS-ObersturmbannfĂĽhrer Herbert Kappler
Character: Becket / Thomas Becket
Character: George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Character: Dr. Major Rama Safti
Character: Capt. Alex Foster
Character: Chris Flanders
Character: Father Goddard
Character: Breck Stancill
Character: Doctor Faustus
Character: Ashley St. Clair
Character: Ben Satterthwaite
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: King Mark of Cornwall
Character: Winston Churchill
Character: Josip Broz Tito
Character: Malcolm Lowry (voice)
Character: Robert 'Bob' Hammond
Character: Dr. Guy Montford
Character: George Holyoake
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narration spoken (voice)
Character: First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
Character: Self - Interviewee
Character: Self / Narrator
Character: Self (uncredited)
Character: Self - Narrator
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Self - Narrator
Character: Narrator - Verse Spoken
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Father Philip Lamont
Character: Marcus Antonius
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Marcellus Gallio
Character: Col. Allen Faulkner
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (English version) (voice)
Character: Richard Wagner