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