
Richard Burton
AKA: Dick BurtonBirthday: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Character: GeorgeJohn Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Character: Self (archive footage)To Be Hamlet
Character: SelfWhat's New Pussycat?
Character: Man In Strip ClubThe Assassination of Trotsky
Character: Leon TrotskyBreakthrough
Character: Sergeant SteinerVillain
Character: Vic DakinAnne of the Thousand Days
Character: King Henry VIIIThe Medusa Touch
Character: John MorlarJulie Andrews Forever
Character: Self (archive footage)The Taming of the Shrew
Character: PetruchioThe Longest Day
Character: Flying Officer David CampbellNineteen Eighty-Four
Character: O'BrienBluebeard
Character: Baron von SepperThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Character: Alec LeamasThe Desert Rats
Character: Captain "Tammy" MacRobertsAlexander the Great
Character: AlexanderThe Night of the Iguana
Character: Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence ShannonEquus
Character: Martin DysartThe V.I.P.s
Character: Paul AndrosMassacre in Rome
Character: SS-ObersturmbannfĂĽhrer Herbert KapplerUnder Milk Wood
Character: First ManBecket
Character: Thomas BecketJeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
Character: George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)Candy
Character: MacPhistoIce Palace
Character: Zeb KennedyThe Rains of Ranchipur
Character: Dr. Major Rama SaftiBitter Victory
Character: Capt. LeithLook Back in Anger
Character: Jimmy PorterRaid on Rommel
Character: Capt. Alex FosterHammersmith Is Out
Character: HammersmithBoom!
Character: Chris FlandersMy Cousin Rachel
Character: Philip AshleyAbsolution
Character: Father GoddardThe Comedians
Character: BrownThe Klansman
Character: Breck StancillThe Sandpiper
Character: Edward HewittDoctor Faustus
Character: Doctor FaustusStaircase
Character: Harry LeedsSea Wife
Character: BiscuitCircle of Two
Character: Ashley St. ClairHollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Waterfront
Character: Ben SatterthwaiteHamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Character: HamletCleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Character: Self (archive footage)Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Character: Self (archive footage)Lovespell
Character: King Mark of CornwallThe Gathering Storm
Character: Winston ChurchillThe Battle of Sutjeska
Character: Josip Broz TitoThe Tempest
Character: CalibanThe Voyage
Character: Cesare BraggiBrief Encounter
Character: Alec HarveyThe Last Days of Dolwyn
Character: GarethVolcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Character: Malcolm Lowry (voice)Now Barabbas
Character: PaddyThe Woman with No Name
Character: Nick ChamerdGreen Grow the Rushes
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The Bramble Bush
Character: Dr. Guy MontfordPrince of Players
Character: Edwin BoothExorcist II: The Heretic
Character: Father Philip LamontCleopatra
Character: Marcus AntoniusWhere Eagles Dare
Character: Maj. SmithA Tribute to Dylan Thomas
Character: SelfA Subject of Scandal and Concern
Character: George HolyoakeParis Hilton, Inc.
Character: Self (archive footage)Thursday's Children
Character: Narrator (voice)Alice in Wonderland
Character: White KnightCBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Character: SelfThe Robe
Character: Marcellus GallioThe Wild Geese
Character: Col. Allen FaulknerAll-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Character: SelfTo the Ends of the Earth
Character: NarratorA Wall in Jerusalem
Character: Narrator (English version) (voice)The Man with No Name
Character: SelfElizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Character: Self (archive footage)Zulu
Character: Narration spoken (voice)Under Milk Wood
Character: First Voice (voice) (archive sound)Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
Character: Self - IntervieweeThe Big Sur
Character: Self / NarratorThe Comedians in Africa
Character: Self (uncredited)On the Trail of the Iguana
Character: SelfA Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
Character: SelfFor Florence
Character: Self - NarratorThe Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Character: Self / ArthurMarch to Aldermaston
Character: Narrator (voice)Wuthering Heights
Character: HeathcliffStars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese
Character: SelfOn Location: Where Eagles Dare
Character: SelfMooch Goes to Hollywood
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Borrowed Pasture
Character: Self - NarratorThe Violent Universe
Character: Narrator - Verse SpokenIn from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Character: Self (Archive Footage)Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character: Self (archive footage)I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
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