10.0
10.0
Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton
Also known as: Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr., Richard Jenkins
Acting
Born:November 10, 1925
Died:August 5, 1984(aged 58)
Birthplace:Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:5'10" (177 cm)
Education:Exeter College
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (93 movies)
9.5
9.5
The Fifth Column
1960
8.4
8.4
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
For Florence
1966
as Self - Narrator
8.0
8.0
March to Aldermaston
1959
as Narrator (voice)
7.7
7.7
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
as George
7.6
7.6
The Longest Day
1962
as Flying Officer David Campbell
7.5
7.5
Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Maj. Smith
7.4
7.4
Zulu
1964
as Narration spoken (voice)
7.3
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
as Self
7.2
7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
7.1
7.1
Becket
1964
as Thomas Becket
7.1
7.1
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
as Alec Leamas
7.1
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as King Henry VIII
7.0
7.0
Equus
1977
as Martin Dysart
7.0
7.0
Cleopatra
1963
as Marcus Antonius
7.0
7.0
The Gathering Storm
1974
as Winston Churchill
6.9
6.9
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
2006
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
6.9
6.9
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
Producer
6.8
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as White Knight
6.8
6.8
The Medusa Touch
1978
as John Morlar
6.8
6.8
The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949
as Gareth
6.8
6.8
The Wild Geese
1978
as Col. Allen Faulkner
6.8
6.8
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
as O'Brien
6.8
6.8
The Robe
1953
as Marcellus Gallio
6.7
6.7
Thursday's Children
1954
as Narrator (voice)
6.7
6.7
My Cousin Rachel
1952
as Philip Ashley
6.6
6.6
Look Back in Anger
1959
as Jimmy Porter
6.5
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949
as Paddy
6.5
6.5
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
as Hamlet
6.4
6.4
Absolution
1978
as Father Goddard
6.4
6.4
Waterfront
1950
as Ben Satterthwaite
6.3
6.3
The Sandpiper
1965
as Edward Hewitt
6.3
6.3
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Josip Broz Tito
6.3
6.3
The Desert Rats
1953
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
6.2
6.2
Bitter Victory
1957
as Capt. Leith
6.1
6.1
Villain
1971
as Vic Dakin
6.1
6.1
The Comedians
1967
as Brown
6.0
6.0
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Paul Andros
6.0
6.0
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
6.0
6.0
To the Ends of the Earth
1983
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
The Woman with No Name
1950
as Nick Chamerd
6.0
6.0
The Tempest
1960
as Caliban
6.0
6.0
Massacre in Rome
1973
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
6.0
6.0
The Big Sur
1965
as Self / Narrator
6.0
6.0
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
1965
as Self
6.0
6.0
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self
6.0
6.0
Borrowed Pasture
1960
as Self - Narrator
6.0
6.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
as Self (Archive Footage)
5.9
5.9
Alexander the Great
1956
as Alexander
5.9
5.9
Under Milk Wood
1972
as First Man
5.9
5.9
Boom!
1968
as Chris Flanders
5.8
5.8
Raid on Rommel
1971
as Capt. Alex Foster
5.8
5.8
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
5.8
5.8
Ice Palace
1960
as Zeb Kennedy
5.7
5.7
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
1961
as Self
5.7
5.7
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
as Hammersmith
5.6
5.6
The Klansman
1974
as Breck Stancill
5.6
5.6
Breakthrough
1979
as Sergeant Steiner
5.5
5.5
Staircase
1969
as Harry Leeds
5.3
5.3
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
as Self
5.3
5.3
Bluebeard
1972
as Baron von Sepper
5.2
5.2
Sea Wife
1957
as Biscuit
5.2
5.2
Doctor Faustus
1967
Producer
5.2
5.2
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
1976
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
5.1
5.1
Candy
1968
as MacPhisto
5.1
5.1
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Leon Trotsky
5.0
5.0
The Voyage
1974
as Cesare Braggi
5.0
5.0
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
4.7
4.7
Prince of Players
1955
as Edwin Booth
4.6
4.6
The Bramble Bush
1960
as Dr. Guy Montford
4.6
4.6
Lovespell
1981
as King Mark of Cornwall
4.6
4.6
Brief Encounter
1976
as Alec Harvey
4.5
4.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Father Philip Lamont
4.5
4.5
Circle of Two
1981
as Ashley St. Clair
4.5
4.5
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.3
4.3
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
Under Milk Wood
1992
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
The Violent Universe
1969
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
Wuthering Heights
1958
as Heathcliff
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
1967
as Self - Interviewee
The Man with No Name
1977
as Self
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
1978
as Self - Narrator
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960
as George Holyoake
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Wall in Jerusalem
1968
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self / Arthur
Guilty Rebel
2024
as Narrator (archive footage)
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978
as Self
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