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 c...
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
As George
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
As Self (archive footage)
To Be Hamlet
As Self
What's New Pussycat?
As Man In Strip Club
The Assassination of Trotsky
As Leon Trotsky
Breakthrough
As Sergeant Steiner
Villain
As Vic Dakin
Anne of the Thousand Days
As King Henry VIII
The Medusa Touch
As John Morlar
Julie Andrews Forever
As Self (archive footage)
The Taming of the Shrew
As Petruchio
The Longest Day
As Flying Officer David Campbell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
As O'Brien
Bluebeard
As Baron von Sepper
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
As Alec Leamas
The Desert Rats
As Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
The Night of the Iguana
As Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Alexander the Great
As Alexander
Equus
As Martin Dysart
The V.I.P.s
As Paul Andros
Massacre in Rome
As SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
Under Milk Wood
As First Man
Becket
As Becket / Thomas Becket
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live on Stage!
As George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Candy
As MacPhisto
Ice Palace
As Zeb Kennedy
The Rains of Ranchipur
As Dr. Major Rama Safti
Bitter Victory
As Capt. Leith
Look Back in Anger
As Jimmy Porter
Raid on Rommel
As Capt. Alex Foster
Boom!
As Chris Flanders
Hammersmith Is Out
As Hammersmith
My Cousin Rachel
As Philip Ashley
Absolution
As Father Goddard
The Comedians
As Brown
The Klansman
As Breck Stancill
The Sandpiper
As Edward Hewitt
Doctor Faustus
As Doctor Faustus
Staircase
As Harry Leeds
Sea Wife
As Biscuit
Circle of Two
As Ashley St. Clair
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Waterfront
As Ben Satterthwaite
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
As Hamlet
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
As Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
As Self (archive footage)
Lovespell
As King Mark of Cornwall
The Battle of Sutjeska
As Josip Broz Tito
The Gathering Storm
As Winston Churchill
The Tempest
As Caliban
The Voyage
As Cesare Braggi
Brief Encounter
As Alec Harvey
The Last Days of Dolwyn
As Gareth
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
As Malcolm Lowry (voice)
The Woman with No Name
As Nick Chamerd
Now Barabbas
As Paddy
Green Grow the Rushes
As Robert 'Bob' Hammond
The Fifth Column
The Bramble Bush
As Dr. Guy Montford
Prince of Players
As Edwin Booth
Exorcist II: The Heretic
As Father Philip Lamont
Cleopatra
As Marcus Antonius
Where Eagles Dare
As Maj. Smith
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
As Self
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
As George Holyoake
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
As Self (archive footage)
Thursday's Children
As Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
As White Knight
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
As Self
The Wild Geese
As Col. Allen Faulkner
The Robe
As Marcellus Gallio
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
As Self
To the Ends of the Earth
As Narrator
A Wall in Jerusalem
As Narrator (English version) (voice)
The Man with No Name
As Self
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
As Self (archive footage)
Zulu
As Narration spoken (voice)
Under Milk Wood
As First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
The Big Sur
As Self / Narrator
Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
As Self - Interviewee
The Comedians in Africa
As Self (uncredited)
On the Trail of the Iguana
As Self
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
As Self
For Florence
As Self - Narrator
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
As Self / Arthur
March to Aldermaston
As Narrator (voice)
Wuthering Heights
As Heathcliff
Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese
As Self
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
As Self
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Borrowed Pasture
As Self - Narrator
The Violent Universe
As Narrator - Verse Spoken
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
As Self (Archive Footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
As Self (archive footage)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
As Self - Narrator (voice)
Here's Lucy
As Richard Burton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Caliban
Wagner
As Richard Wagner
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
As Self
Talking Pictures
As Self (archive footage)
Tony Awards
As Arthur (archive footage)
Sphinx – Secrets of the History
As Marc Antony (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self
Ellis Island
As Sen. Phipps Ogden
Spécial cinéma
As Self (archive footage)
Bambi Awards
As Self
Entertainment Tonight
As Self
Divorce His, Divorce Hers
As Martin Reynolds
Great Performances
As White Knight