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