Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Acting

Born November 10, 1925 · Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK

1 film as director · Active 1967–1967

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 Shakespea…

Known for

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

Bambi

Bambi

1948

Directed(1)

Doctor Faustus

1967Doctor Faustus★ 5.3

Acting(117)

2025Richard Burton: Wild GeniusSelf (archive footage)

2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)

2024Guilty RebelNarrator (archive footage)

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2022This Is Joan CollinsSelf (Archive Footage)

2019Julie Andrews ForeverSelf (archive footage)

2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)

2006Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: LiveGeorge Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)

2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf (archive footage)

2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

1999Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1994Sphinx – Secrets of the HistoryMarc Antony (archive footage)

1992Under Milk WoodFirst Voice (voice) (archive sound)

1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf (archive footage)

1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard BurtonSelf (Archive Footage)

1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBCSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1985To Be HamletSelf

1984Ellis IslandSen. Phipps Ogden

1984Nineteen Eighty-FourO'Brien

1983All-Star Party for Frank SinatraSelf

1983Alice in WonderlandWhite Knight

1983WagnerRichard Wagner

1983I, Leonardo: A Journey of the MindSelf - Narrator (voice)

1983To the Ends of the EarthNarrator

1981Entertainment TonightSelf

1981Circle of TwoAshley St. Clair

1981LovespellKing Mark of Cornwall

1979BreakthroughSergeant Steiner

1978Mystery of the Sacred ShroudSelf - Narrator

1978The Wild GeeseCol. Allen Faulkner

1978AbsolutionFather Goddard

1978The Medusa TouchJohn Morlar

1978Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild GeeseSelf

1977EquusMartin Dysart

1977Exorcist II: The HereticFather Philip Lamont

1977The Man with No NameSelf

1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 YearsSelf

1976Brief EncounterAlec Harvey

1976Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm LowryMalcolm Lowry (voice)

1974The Gathering StormWinston Churchill

1974The KlansmanBreck Stancill

1974Spécial cinémaSelf (archive footage)

1974The VoyageCesare Braggi

1973Massacre in RomeSS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler

1973The Battle of SutjeskaJosip Broz Tito

1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self

1973Divorce His, Divorce HersMartin Reynolds

1972BluebeardBaron von Sepper

1972Hammersmith Is OutHammersmith

1972The Assassination of TrotskyLeon Trotsky

1972Under Milk WoodFirst Man

1971Mooch Goes to HollywoodNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1971Film '72Self

1971VillainVic Dakin

1971Raid on RommelCapt. Alex Foster

1971Great PerformancesWhite Knight

1969Anne of the Thousand DaysKing Henry VIII

1969StaircaseHarry Leeds

1969The Violent UniverseNarrator - Verse Spoken

1968CandyMacPhisto

1968Where Eagles DareMaj. Smith

1968A Wall in JerusalemNarrator (English version) (voice)

1968On Location: Where Eagles DareSelf

1968Here's LucyRichard Burton

1968Robert Kennedy RememberedNarrator

1968Boom!Chris Flanders

1967The ComediansBrown

1967Doctor FaustusDoctor Faustus

1967The Comedians in AfricaSelf (uncredited)

1967Acting in the 60's: Richard BurtonSelf - Interviewee

1967The Taming of the ShrewPetruchio

1967Lionpower from MGMSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966For FlorenceSelf - Narrator

1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?George

1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdAlec Leamas

1965The SandpiperEdward Hewitt

1965What's New Pussycat?Man In Strip Club

1965The Big SurSelf / Narrator

1965A Statue for "The Sandpiper"Self

1964HamletHamlet

1964The Night of the IguanaRev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon

1964On the Trail of the IguanaSelf

1964BecketThomas Becket

1964ZuluNarration spoken (voice)

1963The V.I.P.sPaul Andros

1963CleopatraMarcus Antonius

1962The Longest DayFlight Officer David Campbell

1962The Broadway of Lerner and LoeweSelf / Arthur

1962A Tribute to Dylan ThomasSelf

1960Winston Churchill: The Valiant YearsWinston Churchill

1960A Subject of Scandal and ConcernGeorge Holyoake

1960The Bramble BushDr. Guy Montford

1960The TempestCaliban

1960The Fifth Column

1960Ice PalaceZeb Kennedy

1960Borrowed PastureSelf - Narrator

1959Look Back in AngerJimmy Porter

1959March to AldermastonNarrator (voice)

1958Wuthering HeightsHeathcliff

1957Bitter VictoryCapt. Leith

1957Sea WifeBiscuit

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host

1956Alexander the GreatAlexander

1955The Rains of RanchipurDr. Major Rama Safti

1955Prince of PlayersEdwin Booth

1954Thursday's ChildrenNarrator (voice)

1953The RobeMarcellus Gallio

1953The Desert RatsCaptain "Tammy" MacRoberts

1952My Cousin RachelPhilip Ashley

1951Hallmark Hall of FameCaliban

1951Green Grow the RushesRobert 'Bob' Hammond

1950The Woman with No NameNick Chamerd

1950WaterfrontBen Satterthwaite

1949Now BarabbasPaddy

1949The Last Days of DolwynGareth

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf