Richard Burton
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-11-10 (59 years old)
Deathday
1984-08-05
Place of Birth
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Also known As
Dick Burton
Richard Walter Jenkins
ریچارد برتون
Richard Burton
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 nomi...
Acting
1966
as George
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1985
as Self
1965
as Man In Strip Club
1972
as Leon Trotsky
1979
as Sergeant Steiner
1971
as Vic Dakin
1969
as King Henry VIII
1978
as John Morlar
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1967
as Petruchio
1962
as Flying Officer David Campbell
1984
as O'Brien
1972
as Baron von Sepper
1965
as Alec Leamas
1953
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1956
as Alexander
1964
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1977
as Martin Dysart
1963
as Paul Andros
1973
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1972
as First Man
1964
as Thomas Becket
2006
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
1968
as MacPhisto
1960
as Zeb Kennedy
1955
as Dr. Major Rama Safti
1957
as Capt. Leith
1959
as Jimmy Porter
1971
as Capt. Alex Foster
1972
as Hammersmith
1968
as Chris Flanders
1952
as Philip Ashley
1978
as Father Goddard
1967
as Brown
1974
as Breck Stancill
1965
as Edward Hewitt
1967
as Doctor Faustus
1969
as Harry Leeds
1957
as Biscuit
1981
as Ashley St. Clair
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
as Ben Satterthwaite
1964
2001
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1981
as King Mark of Cornwall
1974
as Winston Churchill
1973
as Josip Broz Tito
1960
as Caliban
1974
as Cesare Braggi
1974
as Alec Harvey
1949
as Gareth
1976
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1949
as Paddy
1950
as Nick Chamerd
1951
as Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1960
1960
as Dr. Guy Montford
1955
as Edwin Booth
1977
as Father Philip Lamont
1963
as Marcus Antonius
1968
as Maj. Smith
1961
as Self
1960
as George Holyoake
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1954
as Narrator (voice)
1983
as White Knight
1976
1953
as Marcellus Gallio
1978
as Col. Allen Faulkner
1983
1983
as Narrator
1968
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1977
as Self
1964
as Narration spoken (voice)
1992
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
1967
as Self - Interviewee
1965
as Self / Narrator
1967
as Self (uncredited)
1964
as Self
1965
as Self
1966
as Self - Narrator
1962
as Self / Arthur
1959
as Narrator (voice)
1958
as Heathcliff
1978
1968
1971
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1960
as Self - Narrator
1969
as Narrator - Verse Spoken
1988
as Self (Archive Footage)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Production
1967
as Director
1967
as Producer
1967
as Producer
1964
as Associate Producer
1991
as Novel
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