Richard Burton
Known for: Acting
Born: November 10, 1925
Died: August 5, 1984
Place of birth: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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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Filmography
103 movies · 17 TV shows, newest first
7.5
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
6.9
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
NR
Guilty Rebel
2024
7.2
This Is Joan Collins
2022
7.6
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
6.2
Talking Pictures
2013
6.9
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
2006
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
7.3
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
9.0
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
4.5
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
1994
7.0
Under Milk Wood
1992
NR
Richard Burton's Christmas Story
1991
6.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
6.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
NR
To Be Hamlet
1985
5.1
Ellis Island
1984
6.8
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
6.0
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
6.8
Wagner
198310.0
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983
7.0
To the Ends of the Earth
1983
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
4.8
Circle of Two
1981
5.0
Lovespell
1981
5.8
Breakthrough
1979NR
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
1978
6.8
The Wild Geese
1978
6.5
Absolution
1978
6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
NR
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978
7.0
Equus
1977
4.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
19777.0
The Man with No Name
1977
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
5.0
Brief Encounter
1976
5.7
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
1976
8.2
The Gathering Storm
1974
5.6
The Klansman
1974
7.0
Dinah!
1974
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
5.2
The Voyage
1974
6.3
Massacre in Rome
1973
6.6
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.7
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
NR
Divorce His - Divorce Hers
1973
5.4
Bluebeard
1972
5.9
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
5.3
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
6.1
Under Milk Wood
1972
4.8
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
19715.1
Film '72
1971
6.1
Villain
1971
5.8
Raid on Rommel
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
5.7
Staircase
1969
NR
The Violent Universe
1969
5.1
Candy
1968
7.5
Where Eagles Dare
1968
8.0
A Wall in Jerusalem
1968
6.0
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.8
Robert Kennedy Remembered
1968
5.9
Boom!
1968
6.1
The Comedians
1967
5.3
Doctor Faustus
1967
5.8
The Comedians in Africa
1967
NR
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
1967
6.9
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
7.7
For Florence
1966
7.7
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
7.1
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
6.4
The Sandpiper
1965
5.9
What's New Pussycat?
1965
7.3
The Big Sur
1965
7.3
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
1965
6.9
Hamlet
1964
7.2
The Night of the Iguana
1964
6.5
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
7.2
Becket
1964
7.4
Zulu
1964
7.4
The Caretaker
1964
6.1
The V.I.P.s
1963
7.1
Cleopatra
1963
7.6
The Longest Day
1962
NR
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
6.2
Dylan Thomas
1962
8.5
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
1960
8.0
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960
5.3
The Bramble Bush
1960
7.5
The Tempest
1960
8.3
The Fifth Column
1960
6.3
Ice Palace
1960
6.0
Borrowed Pasture
1960
6.7
Look Back in Anger
1959
8.0
March to Aldermaston
1959
8.0
Wuthering Heights
1958
6.4
Bitter Victory
1957
5.6
Sea Wife
1957
NR
Tony Awards
1956
6.1
Alexander the Great
1956
5.4
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
5.5
Prince of Players
1955
6.9
Thursday's Children
1954
6.8
The Robe
1953
6.3
The Desert Rats
1953
6.7
My Cousin Rachel
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.0
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
8.0
The Woman with No Name
1950
6.5
Waterfront
1950
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949
6.9
The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
9.0
Bambi
1948