Richard Burton

Personal Info

Birthday

November 10, 1925

Day of Death

1984-08-05

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK

Also Known As

Dick Burton

Richard Walter Jenkins

ریچارد برتون

Richard Burton

Biography

Richard Burton CBE (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) 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.

Known For

Great Performances

Tony Awards

Here's Lucy

Cleopatra

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Where Eagles Dare

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Filmography

2019
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Paris Hilton, Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
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)
1985
To Be Hamlet
as Self
1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
1983
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Narrator (voice)
To the Ends of the Earth
as Narrator
1981
Lovespell
as King Mark of Cornwall
Circle of Two
as Ashley St. Clair
1979
Breakthrough
as Sergeant Steiner
1978
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
1977
Equus
as Martin Dysart
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
The Man with No Name
as Self
1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1974
The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
Brief Encounter
as Alec Harvey
The Klansman
as Breck Stancill
The Voyage
as Cesare Braggi
1973
Massacre in Rome
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Josip Broz Tito
1972
Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
Hammersmith Is Out
as Hammersmith
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
Under Milk Wood
as First Man
1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Villain
as Vic Dakin
Raid on Rommel
as Capt. Alex Foster
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
Staircase
as Harry Leeds
The Violent Universe
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
1968
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
Boom!
as Chris Flanders
1967
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
1966
For Florence
as Self - Narrator
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as George
1965
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
1964
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
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)
1963
The V.I.P.s
as Paul Andros
Cleopatra
as Marcus Antonius
1962
The Longest Day
as Flying Officer David Campbell
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self / Arthur
1961
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
as Self
1960
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
as George Holyoake
The Bramble Bush
as Dr. Guy Montford
The Tempest
as Caliban
Ice Palace
as Zeb Kennedy
Borrowed Pasture
as Self - Narrator
1959
Look Back in Anger
as Jimmy Porter
March to Aldermaston
as Narrator (voice)
1958
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
1957
Bitter Victory
as Capt. Leith
Sea Wife
as Biscuit
1956
Alexander the Great
as Alexander
1955
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
Prince of Players
as Edwin Booth
1954
Thursday's Children
as Narrator (voice)
1953
The Robe
as Marcellus Gallio
The Desert Rats
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1952
My Cousin Rachel
as Philip Ashley
1951
Green Grow the Rushes
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1950
The Woman with No Name
as Nick Chamerd
Waterfront
as Ben Satterthwaite
1949
Now Barabbas
as Paddy
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Gareth