Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1925-11-10
- Day of Death1984-08-05 (58 years)
- Place of BirthPontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
- Also Known AsDick BurtonRichard Walter Jenkins
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2006
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live on Stage!
As: George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
- 1992
Under Milk Wood
As: First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
- 1984
Ellis Island
As: Sen. Phipps Ogden
- 1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four
As: O'Brien
- 1983
Alice in Wonderland
As: White Knight
- 1983
Wagner
As: Richard Wagner
- 1983
To the Ends of the Earth
As: Narrator
- 1981
Lovespell
As: King Mark of Cornwall
1981Circle of Two
As: Ashley St. Clair
1979Breakthrough
As: Sergeant Steiner
1978The Wild Geese
As: Col. Allen Faulkner
1978Absolution
As: Father Goddard
1978The Medusa Touch
As: John Morlar
1977Equus
As: Martin Dysart
1977Exorcist II: The Heretic
As: Father Philip Lamont
1976Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
As: Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1974The Gathering Storm
As: Winston Churchill
1974Brief Encounter
As: Alec Harvey
1974The Klansman
As: Breck Stancill
1974The Voyage
As: Cesare Braggi
1973Massacre in Rome
As: SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973The Battle of Sutjeska
As: Josip Broz Tito
1973Divorce His, Divorce Hers
As: Martin Reynolds
1972Bluebeard
As: Baron von Sepper
1972Hammersmith Is Out
As: Hammersmith
1972The Assassination of Trotsky
As: Leon Trotsky
1972Under Milk Wood
As: First Man
1971Mooch Goes to Hollywood
As: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1971Villain
As: Vic Dakin
1971Raid on Rommel
As: Capt. Alex Foster
1971Great Performances
As: White Knight
1969Anne of the Thousand Days
As: King Henry VIII
1969Staircase
As: Harry Leeds
1969The Violent Universe
As: Narrator - Verse Spoken
1968Candy
As: MacPhisto
- 1968
Where Eagles Dare
As: Maj. Smith
1968A Wall in Jerusalem
As: Narrator (English version) (voice)
1968Here's Lucy
As: Richard Burton
1968Boom!
As: Chris Flanders
1967The Comedians
As: Brown
1967Doctor Faustus
As: Doctor Faustus
1967The Taming of the Shrew
As: Petruchio
- 1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
As: George
1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
As: Alec Leamas
1965The Sandpiper
As: Edward Hewitt
1965What's New Pussycat?
As: Man In Strip Club
1964Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
As: Hamlet
1964The Night of the Iguana
As: Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964Becket
As: Thomas Becket
1964Zulu
As: Narration spoken (voice)
1963The V.I.P.s
As: Paul Andros
- 1963
Cleopatra
As: Marcus Antonius
- 1962
The Longest Day
As: Flying Officer David Campbell
1960A Subject of Scandal and Concern
As: George Holyoake
1960The Bramble Bush
As: Dr. Guy Montford
1960The Tempest
As: Caliban
1960Ice Palace
As: Zeb Kennedy
1959Look Back in Anger
As: Jimmy Porter
1959March to Aldermaston
As: Narrator (voice)
1958Wuthering Heights
As: Heathcliff
1957Bitter Victory
As: Capt. Leith
1957Sea Wife
As: Biscuit
1956Alexander the Great
As: Alexander
1955The Rains of Ranchipur
As: Dr. Major Rama Safti
1955Prince of Players
As: Edwin Booth
1954Thursday's Children
As: Narrator (voice)
1953The Robe
As: Marcellus Gallio
1953The Desert Rats
As: Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1952My Cousin Rachel
As: Philip Ashley
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Caliban
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Alec Harvey
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Winston Churchill
1951Green Grow the Rushes
As: Robert 'Bob' Hammond
1950Waterfront
As: Ben Satterthwaite
1949Now Barabbas
As: Paddy
1949The Last Days of Dolwyn
As: Gareth