Cast
Richard Burton
Acting
Cast
Richard Burton
Known for
Acting
Born
1925-11-10
From
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Died
1984-08-05
Also known as Dick Burton, Richard Walter Jenkins, ریچارد برتون
Biography
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.
The Longest Day
as Flight Officer David Campbell
Cleopatra
as Marcus Antonius
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
Candy
as MacPhisto
Where Eagles Dare
as Maj. Smith
The Robe
as Marcellus Gallio
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as George
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
Zulu
as Narration spoken (voice)
The Wild Geese
as Col. Allen Faulkner
Becket
as Thomas Becket
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raid on Rommel
as Capt. Alex Foster
The Klansman
as Breck Stancill
What's New Pussycat?
as Man In Strip Club
Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
The Medusa Touch
as John Morlar
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Alec Leamas
Alexander the Great
as Alexander
The Night of the Iguana
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
Lovespell
as King Mark of Cornwall
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
Now Barabbas
as Paddy
Boom!
as Chris Flanders
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
Equus
as Martin Dysart
The Comedians
as Brown
Villain
as Vic Dakin
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
Bitter Victory
as Capt. Leith
The V.I.P.s
as Paul Andros
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Josip Broz Tito
The Desert Rats
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Sandpiper
as Edward Hewitt
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self (archive footage)
Absolution
as Father Goddard
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Staircase
as Harry Leeds
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Circle of Two
as Ashley St. Clair
Look Back in Anger
as Jimmy Porter
The Voyage
as Cesare Braggi
My Cousin Rachel
as Philip Ashley
Under Milk Wood
as First Man
Ice Palace
as Zeb Kennedy
Breakthrough
as Sergeant Steiner
Massacre in Rome
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
Lionpower from MGM
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hammersmith Is Out
as Hammersmith
To Be Hamlet
as Self
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sea Wife
as Biscuit
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self (Archive Footage)
Prince of Players
as Edwin Booth
The Fifth Column
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
This Is Joan Collins
as Self (Archive Footage)
Waterfront
as Ben Satterthwaite
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
March to Aldermaston
as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Faustus
as Doctor Faustus
Brief Encounter
as Alec Harvey
The Bramble Bush
as Dr. Guy Montford
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Sur
as Self / Narrator
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
as Self
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
The Tempest
as Caliban
The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
as Self
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
A Wall in Jerusalem
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Gareth
The Man with No Name
as Self
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
The Woman with No Name
as Nick Chamerd
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self / Arthur
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
Thursday's Children
as Narrator (voice)
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
as Self
Under Milk Wood
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Narrator (voice)
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
as Self
Green Grow the Rushes
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
The Violent Universe
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
To the Ends of the Earth
as Narrator
For Florence
as Self - Narrator
Sketch For Dawn
as Narrator (voice) (Archive footage)
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
as George Holyoake
Robert Kennedy Remembered
as Narrator
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
as Self - Interviewee
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
as Self - Narrator
Borrowed Pasture
as Self - Narrator
Guilty Rebel
as Narrator (archive footage)