Richard Burton
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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 ...
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Filmography
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Guilty Rebel
2024
as Narrator (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Joan Collins
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
2006
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
1994
as Marc Antony (archive footage)
Under Milk Wood
1992
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self (Archive Footage)
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
as O'Brien
Ellis Island
1984
as Sen. Phipps Ogden
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as White Knight
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self
To the Ends of the Earth
1983
as Narrator
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wagner
1983
as Richard Wagner
Circle of Two
1981
as Ashley St. Clair
Lovespell
1981
as King Mark of Cornwall
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Breakthrough
1979
as Sergeant Steiner
The Medusa Touch
1978
as John Morlar
Absolution
1978
as Father Goddard
The Wild Geese
1978
as Col. Allen Faulkner
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978
as Self
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
1978
as Self - Narrator
Equus
1977
as Martin Dysart
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Father Philip Lamont
The Man with No Name
1977
as Self
Brief Encounter
1976
as Alec Harvey
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
1976
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
The Klansman
1974
as Breck Stancill
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Winston Churchill
The Voyage
1974
as Cesare Braggi
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Massacre in Rome
1973
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Josip Broz Tito
Divorce His - Divorce Hers
1973
as Martin Reynolds
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
as Martin Reynolds
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Leon Trotsky
Bluebeard
1972
as Baron von Sepper
Under Milk Wood
1972
as First Man
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
as Hammersmith
Villain
1971
as Vic Dakin
Raid on Rommel
1971
as Capt. Alex Foster
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Great Performances
1971
as White Knight
Film '72
1971
as Self
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as King Henry VIII
Staircase
1969
as Harry Leeds
The Violent Universe
1969
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
Candy
1968
as MacPhisto
Boom!
1968
as Chris Flanders
Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Maj. Smith
A Wall in Jerusalem
1968
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Self
Robert Kennedy Remembered
1968
as Narrator
Here's Lucy
1968
as Richard Burton
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Petruchio
The Comedians
1967
as Brown
Doctor Faustus
1967
as Doctor Faustus
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
1967
as Self - Interviewee
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
as George
For Florence
1966
as Self - Narrator
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Man In Strip Club
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Alec Leamas
The Sandpiper
1965
as Edward Hewitt
The Big Sur
1965
as Self / Narrator
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
1965
as Self
The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Becket
1964
as Thomas Becket
Hamlet
1964
as Hamlet
Zulu
1964
as Narration spoken (voice)
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Paul Andros
Cleopatra
1963
as Marcus Antonius
The Longest Day
1962
as Flight Officer David Campbell
Dylan Thomas
1962
as Self
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self / Arthur
Ice Palace
1960
as Zeb Kennedy
The Tempest
1960
as Caliban
The Fifth Column
1960
The Bramble Bush
1960
as Dr. Guy Montford
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960
as George Holyoake
Borrowed Pasture
1960
as Self - Narrator
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
1960
as Winston Churchill
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Jimmy Porter
March to Aldermaston
1959
as Narrator (voice)
Wuthering Heights
1958
as Heathcliff
Bitter Victory
1957
as Capt. Leith
Sea Wife
1957
as Biscuit
Alexander the Great
1956
as Alexander
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Award Accepter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient / Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Co-Host
Tony Awards
1956
as Arthur (archive footage)
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
Prince of Players
1955
as Edwin Booth
Thursday's Children
1954
as Narrator (voice)
The Desert Rats
1953
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Robe
1953
as Marcellus Gallio
My Cousin Rachel
1952
as Philip Ashley
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Caliban
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Alec Harvey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Winston Churchill
Waterfront
1950
as Ben Satterthwaite
The Woman with No Name
1950
as Nick Chamerd
The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949
as Gareth
Now Barabbas
1949
as Paddy
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self