Richard Burton
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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
Credits
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
as Maj. Smith
Cleopatra (1963)
as Marcus Antonius
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Father Philip Lamont
The Longest Day (1962)
as Flight Officer David Campbell
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
as O'Brien
The Wild Geese (1978)
as Col. Allen Faulkner
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
as George
The Robe (1953)
as Marcellus Gallio
Zulu (1964)
as Narration spoken (voice)
Hamlet (1964)
as Hamlet
Boom! (1968)
as Chris Flanders
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
as Alec Leamas
Guilty Rebel (2024)
as Narrator (archive footage)
Dylan Thomas (1963)
as Self
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as John Morlar
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
as Petruchio
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Candy (1968)
as MacPhisto
Richard Burton: Wild Genius (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Becket (1964)
as Thomas Becket
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as King Henry VIII
Borrowed Pasture (1960)
as Self - Narrator
Under Milk Wood (1992)
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
as Man In Strip Club
Alexander the Great (1956)
as Alexander
Absolution (1978)
as Father Goddard
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Lovespell (1981)
as King Mark of Cornwall
Bluebeard (1972)
as Baron von Sepper
To Be Hamlet (1985)
as Self
Look Back in Anger (1959)
as Jimmy Porter
Massacre in Rome (1973)
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
as Leon Trotsky
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
The Comedians (1967)
as Brown
The Big Sur (1965)
as Self / Narrator
The Desert Rats (1953)
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Sandpiper (1965)
as Edward Hewitt
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Equus (1977)
as Martin Dysart
The V.I.P.s (1963)
as Paul Andros
A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960)
as George Holyoake
Bitter Victory (1957)
as Capt. Leith
The Violent Universe (1969)
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
Breakthrough (1979)
as Sergeant Steiner
Raid on Rommel (1971)
as Capt. Alex Foster
Thursday's Children (1954)
as Narrator (voice)
March to Aldermaston (1959)
as Narrator (voice)
Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968)
as Narrator
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
as Josip Broz Tito
The Klansman (1974)
as Breck Stancill
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sea Wife (1957)
as Biscuit
Julie Andrews Forever (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
as Hammersmith
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud (1978)
as Self - Narrator
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood (1971)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
This Is Joan Collins (2022)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Voyage (1974)
as Cesare Braggi
Staircase (1969)
as Harry Leeds
A Wall in Jerusalem (1968)
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
Villain (1971)
as Vic Dakin
Circle of Two (1981)
as Ashley St. Clair
Doctor Faustus (1967)
as Doctor Faustus
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962)
as Self / Arthur
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live (2006)
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Ice Palace (1960)
as Zeb Kennedy
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
as Philip Ashley
Brief Encounter (1976)
as Alec Harvey
Waterfront (1950)
as Ben Satterthwaite
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as First Man
The Tempest (1960)
as Caliban
Wuthering Heights (1958)
as Heathcliff
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as White Knight
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983)
as Self
The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949)
as Gareth
The Bramble Bush (1960)
as Dr. Guy Montford
Prince of Players (1955)
as Edwin Booth
To the Ends of the Earth (1983)
as Narrator
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese (1978)
as Self
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976)
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
The Man with No Name (1977)
as Self
On the Trail of the Iguana (1964)
as Self
On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968)
as Self
A Statue for "The Sandpiper" (1965)
as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976)
as Self
The Woman with No Name (1950)
as Nick Chamerd
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind (1983)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fifth Column (1960)
Actor
The Gathering Storm (1974)
as Winston Churchill
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton (1967)
as Self - Interviewee
Now Barabbas (1949)
as Paddy
For Florence (1966)
as Self - Narrator