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