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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 10, 1925
Died
August 5, 1984
Place of Birth
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Also Known As
- Dick Burton
- Richard Walter Jenkins
- ریچارد برتون
Richard Burton
1.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025
0.0
Narrator (archive footage)
Guilty Rebel
2024
8.4
Self (archive footage)
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009
6.9
George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
2006
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
0.0
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
3.3
Marc Antony (archive footage)
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
1994
Credits
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self (archive footage)
2025
8.0
Guilty Rebel
as Narrator (archive footage)
2024
0.0
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.4
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.8
Paris Hilton, Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
2009
10.0
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
2006
6.9
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.0
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.2
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
0.0
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
as Marc Antony (archive footage)
1994
3.3
Under Milk Wood
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
1992
4.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1988
5.9
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self (Archive Footage)
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
To Be Hamlet
as Self
1985
0.0
Ellis Island
as Sen. Phipps Ogden
1984
4.6
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
1984
6.8
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
1983
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
1983
6.8
Wagner
as Richard Wagner
1983
6.3
🎬
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
0.0
To the Ends of the Earth
as Narrator
1983
6.0
Lovespell
as King Mark of Cornwall
1981
4.6
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Circle of Two
as Ashley St. Clair
1981
4.5
Breakthrough
as Sergeant Steiner
1979
5.7
🎬
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
as Self - Narrator
1978
0.0
The Wild Geese
as Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
6.8
Absolution
as Father Goddard
1978
6.4
The Medusa Touch
as John Morlar
1978
6.8
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
as Self
1978
0.0
Equus
as Martin Dysart
1977
7.0
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
1977
4.5
🎬
The Man with No Name
as Self
1977
0.0
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
1976
7.3
Brief Encounter
as Alec Harvey
1976
4.6
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1976
5.2
The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
1974
7.0
The Klansman
as Breck Stancill
1974
5.6
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
1974
0.0
The Voyage
as Cesare Braggi
1974
5.0
Massacre in Rome
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973
6.0
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Josip Broz Tito
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
as Martin Reynolds
1973
5.0
Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
1972
5.3
Hammersmith Is Out
as Hammersmith
1972
5.7
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
1972
5.1
Under Milk Wood
as First Man
1972
5.9
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971
4.3
🎬
Film '72
as Self
1971
4.7
Villain
as Vic Dakin
1971
6.1
Raid on Rommel
as Capt. Alex Foster
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as White Knight
1971
5.8
Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
1969
7.1
Staircase
as Harry Leeds
1969
5.5
The Violent Universe
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
1969
0.0
Candy
as MacPhisto
1968
5.1
Where Eagles Dare
as Maj. Smith
1968
7.5
A Wall in Jerusalem
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1968
0.0
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
as Self
1968
5.3
Here's Lucy
as Richard Burton
1968
6.7
Robert Kennedy Remembered
as Narrator
1968
6.8
Boom!
as Chris Flanders
1968
5.9
The Comedians
as Brown
1967
6.1
Doctor Faustus
as Doctor Faustus
1967
5.2
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
1967
5.3
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
as Self - Interviewee
1967
0.0
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
1967
6.9
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.5
For Florence
as Self - Narrator
1966
7.5
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as George
1966
7.7
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Alec Leamas
1965
7.1
The Sandpiper
as Edward Hewitt
1965
6.3
What's New Pussycat?
as Man In Strip Club
1965
6.0
The Big Sur
as Self / Narrator
1965
6.0
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
as Self
1965
6.0
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Hamlet
1964
6.5
The Night of the Iguana
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
7.2
On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
1964
6.0
Becket
as Thomas Becket
1964
7.1
Zulu
as Narration spoken (voice)
1964
7.4
The V.I.P.s
as Paul Andros
1963
6.1
Cleopatra
as Marcus Antonius
1963
7.0
The Longest Day
as Flying Officer David Campbell
1962
7.6
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self / Arthur
1962
0.0
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
as Self
1961
5.7
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
as George Holyoake
1960
0.0
The Bramble Bush
as Dr. Guy Montford
1960
4.6
The Tempest
as Caliban
1960
6.0
The Fifth Column
1960
9.5
Ice Palace
as Zeb Kennedy
1960
5.8
Borrowed Pasture
as Self - Narrator
1960
6.0
Look Back in Anger
as Jimmy Porter
1959
6.6
March to Aldermaston
as Narrator (voice)
1959
8.0
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
1958
0.0
Bitter Victory
as Capt. Leith
1957
6.2
Sea Wife
as Biscuit
1957
5.2
Tony Awards
as Arthur (archive footage)
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Award Accepter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
Alexander the Great
as Alexander
1956
6.0
The Rains of Ranchipur
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
1955
5.0
Prince of Players
as Edwin Booth
1955
4.7
Thursday's Children
as Narrator (voice)
1954
6.7
The Robe
as Marcellus Gallio
1953
6.8
The Desert Rats
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1953
6.3
My Cousin Rachel
as Philip Ashley
1952
6.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Caliban
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Alec Harvey
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Winston Churchill
1951
8.6
Green Grow the Rushes
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1951
5.8
🎬
The Woman with No Name
as Nick Chamerd
1950
6.0
Waterfront
as Ben Satterthwaite
1950
6.4
Now Barabbas
as Paddy
1949
6.5
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Gareth
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
as Winston Churchill
N/A
10.0