Richard Burton
Age: N/A | From: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Dick Burton , Richard Walter Jenkins
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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Movie Involvements: 81
TV Involvements: 16
Most Famous Work
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Burton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Co-Host
Bambi Awards
(1948) Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(1973) Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1951) Winston Churchill
Talking Pictures
(2013) Self (archive footage)
Exorcist II: The Heretic
(1977) Father Philip Lamont
Ellis Island
(1984) Sen. Phipps Ogden
Where Eagles Dare
(1968) Maj. SmithActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Self (Archive Footage) | |
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound) | |
| 2003 | Self (archive material) | |
| 2001 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Self | |
| 1994 | Marc Antony (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Narrator (Voice) | |
| 1989 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1988 | Self (Archive Footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1985 | Richard Burton | |
| 1984 | Sen. Phipps Ogden | |
| O'Brien | ||
| 1983 | Self | |
| Richard Wagner | ||
| White Knight | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1981 | King Mark of Cornwall | |
| Ashley St. Clair | ||
| 1979 | Sergeant Steiner | |
| 1978 | Col. Allen Faulkner | |
| Father Goddard | ||
| John Morlar | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1977 | Martin Dysart | |
| Father Philip Lamont | ||
| 1976 | Self | |
| Malcolm Lowry (voice) | ||
| 1974 | Winston Churchill | |
| Alec Harvey | ||
| Breck Stancill | ||
| Cesare Braggi | ||
| 1973 | SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler | |
| Josip Broz Tito | ||
| Self | ||
| Martin Reynolds | ||
| 1972 | Baron von Sepper | |
| Hammersmith | ||
| Leon Trotsky | ||
| First Man | ||
| 1971 | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Vic Dakin | ||
| Capt. Alex Foster | ||
| White Knight | ||
| 1969 | King Henry VIII | |
| Harry Leeds | ||
| Narrator - Verse Spoken | ||
| 1968 | MacPhisto | |
| Maj. Smith | ||
| N/A | ||
| Richard Burton | ||
| Chris Flanders | ||
| 1967 | Brown | |
| Doctor Faustus | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Interviewee | ||
| Petruchio | ||
| 1966 | Himself - Narrator | |
| George | ||
| 1965 | Alec Leamas | |
| Edward Hewitt | ||
| Man In Strip Club | ||
| Self / Narrator | ||
| Self | ||
| 1964 | Hamlet | |
| Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon | ||
| Self | ||
| Becket / Thomas Becket | ||
| Narration spoken | ||
| 1963 | Paul Andros | |
| Marcus Antonius | ||
| 1962 | Flying Officer David Campbell | |
| Himself | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Dr. Guy Montford | ||
| Caliban | ||
| N/A | ||
| Zeb Kennedy | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1959 | Jimmy Porter | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1958 | Heathcliff | |
| 1957 | Biscuit | |
| Capt. Leith | ||
| 1956 | Self - Host | |
| Self - Nominee / Award Accepter | ||
| Self - Nominee/Presenter | ||
| Arthur (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter | ||
| Self - Co-Host | ||
| Alexander | ||
| 1955 | Dr. Major Rama Safti | |
| Edwin Booth | ||
| 1954 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1953 | Marcellus Gallio | |
| Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts | ||
| 1952 | Philip Ashley | |
| 1951 | Caliban | |
| Alec Harvey | ||
| Winston Churchill | ||
| Robert 'Bob' Hammond | ||
| 1950 | Nick Chamerd | |
| Ben Satterthwaite | ||
| 1949 | Paddy | |
| Gareth | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 1964 | Associate Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
