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Richard Burton

Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Died August 5, 1984 (58 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Zulu
  • Becket
  • The Wild Geese
  • The Medusa Touch
  • Candy
  • Absolution
  • The Klansman
  • Brief Encounter
  • Mooch
  • Guilty Rebel
Known For
  • Where Eagles Dare
  • 1984
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  • Exorcist II: The Heretic
  • Cleopatra
  • The Robe
  • Equus
  • Anne of the Thousand Days
  • The Medusa Touch
  • Look Back in Anger
  • The Desert Rats
  • The Longest Day
  • Alexander the Great
  • The Wild Geese
  • My Cousin Rachel
  • Raid on Rommel
  • The Comedians
  • Bitter Victory
  • The V.I.P.s
  • Villain
  • The Assassination of Trotsky
  • Absolution
  • The Sandpiper
  • The Battle of Sutjeska

Filmography

2024
Guilty Rebel · as Narrator
2020
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation · as Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon
2016
2011
2007
The War of the Worlds: Live on Stage! · as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive Sound)
2006
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' · as George Herbert, The Journalist
2004
2000
1996
1992
Under Milk Wood · as First Voice (voice) (archive Sound)
1985
Wild Geese II · as Colonel Allen Faulkner
1984
Ellis Island (TV Series) · as Sen. Phipps Ogden
1984
1984 · as O'brien
1983
Wagner (TV Series) · as Richard Wagner
1981
Lovespell · as King Mark Of Cornwall
1981
Obsession · as Ashley St. Clair
1979
Breakthrough · as Sergeant Steiner
1978
California Suite · as Richard Burton On Tv
1978
The Wild Geese · as Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
Absolution · as Father Goddard
1978
The Medusa Touch · as John Morlar
1978
1978
Profile: Hardy Krüger · as Colonel Allen Faulkner
1977
Equus · as Martin Dysart
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic · as Father Philip Lamont
1976
1976
1974
The Gathering Storm · as Winston Churchill
1974
Brief Encounter · as Alec Harvey
1974
The Klansman · as Breck Stancill
1974
Mooch · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
The Voyage · as Cesare Braggi
1973
Massacre in Rome · as Ss-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973
The Battle of Sutjeska · as Josip Broz Tito
1973
Divorce His - Divorce Hers · as Martin Reynolds
1973
Divorce His, Divorce Hers (TV Series) · as Martin Reynolds
1972
Bluebeard · as Baron Von Sepper
1972
Hammersmith Is Out · as Hammersmith
1972
The Assassination of Trotsky · as Leon Trotsky
1971
Under Milk Wood · as First Man
1971
Villain · as Vic Dakin
1971
Raid on Rommel · as Capt. Alex Foster
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as White Knight
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days · as King Henry Viii
1969
Laughter in the Dark · as Sir Edward More
1969
Staircase · as Harry Leeds
1968
Where Eagles Dare · as Maj. Smith
1968
Candy · as Macphisto
1968
A Wall in Jerusalem · as Narrator (english Version) (voice)
1968
Boom! · as Chris Flanders
1967
The Comedians · as Brown
1967
Doctor Faustus · as Doctor Faustus
1967
The Taming of The Shrew · as Petruchio
1966
1965
1965
The Sandpiper · as Edward Hewitt
1965
What's New Pussycat · as Man In Strip Club
1964
Hamlet · as Hamlet
1964
The Night of the Iguana · as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
Zulu · as Narration Spoken (voice)
1964
Becket · as Becket / Thomas Becket
1963
The V.I.P.s · as Paul Andros
1963
Cleopatra · as Marcus Antonius
1963
Inheritance · as Narrator
1962
The Longest Day · as Flying Officer David Campbell
1960
The Bramble Bush · as Dr. Guy Montford
1960
The Tempest · as Caliban
1960
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as George Holyoake
1960
Ice Palace · as Zeb Kennedy
1959
1959
Look Back in Anger · as Jimmy Porter
1957
Bitter Victory · as Capt. Leith
1957
Sea Wife · as Biscuit
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Heathcliff
1956
Alexander the Great · as Alexander
1955
The Rains of Ranchipur · as Dr. Major Rama Safti
1955
Prince of Players · as Edwin Booth
1953
The Robe · as Marcellus Gallio
1953
The Desert Rats · as Captain "tammy" Macroberts
1952
My Cousin Rachel · as Philip Ashley
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Caliban
1951
Green Grow the Rushes · as Robert 'bob' Hammond
1951
Celanese Theatre (TV Series) · as Mat Burke
1950
Her Panelled Door · as Nick Chamerd
1950
Waterfront Women · as Ben Satterthwaite
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Richard
1949
Now Barabbas · as Paddy
1949
Woman of Dolwyn · as Gareth

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