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