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