Richard Burton
Born November 10, 1925 (Age: 100)
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Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Under Milk Wood
1992
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as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
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Age: 66
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
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as Self (Archive Footage)
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Age: 62
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 62
To Be Hamlet
1985
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as Self
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Age: 59
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
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as O'Brien
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Age: 58
Circle of Two
1981
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as Ashley St. Clair
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Age: 55
Lovespell
1981
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as King Mark of Cornwall
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Age: 55
No Image
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
1978
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 53
The Wild Geese
1978
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as Col. Allen Faulkner
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Age: 52
Absolution
1978
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as Father Goddard
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Age: 52
The Medusa Touch
1978
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as John Morlar
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Age: 52
Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978
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as Self
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Age: 52
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
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as Father Philip Lamont
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Age: 51
No Image
The Man with No Name
1977
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as Self
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Age: 51
The Gathering Storm
1974
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as Winston Churchill
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Age: 49
The Klansman
1974
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as Breck Stancill
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Age: 48
The Voyage
1974
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as Cesare Braggi
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Age: 48
Massacre in Rome
1973
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as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
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Age: 47
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
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as Josip Broz Tito
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Age: 47
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
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as Hammersmith
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Age: 46
Under Milk Wood
1972
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as First Man
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Age: 46
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
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as King Henry VIII
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Age: 44
Staircase
1969
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as Harry Leeds
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Age: 43
The Violent Universe
1969
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as Narrator - Verse Spoken
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Age: 43
Where Eagles Dare
1968
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as Maj. Smith
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Age: 43
A Wall in Jerusalem
1968
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as Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Age: 43
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
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as Self
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Age: 42
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
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as George
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Age: 40
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965
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as Alec Leamas
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Age: 40
The Sandpiper
1965
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as Edward Hewitt
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Age: 39
What's New Pussycat?
1965
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as Man In Strip Club
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Age: 39
The Big Sur
1965
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as Self / Narrator
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Age: 39
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
1965
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as Self
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Age: 39
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964
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as Hamlet
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Age: 38
The Night of the Iguana
1964
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as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
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Age: 38
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
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as Self
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Age: 38
Becket
1964
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as Thomas Becket
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Age: 38
Zulu
1964
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as Narration spoken (voice)
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Age: 38
The V.I.P.s
1963
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as Paul Andros
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Age: 37
Cleopatra
1963
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as Marcus Antonius
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Age: 37
The Longest Day
1962
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as Flying Officer David Campbell
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Age: 36
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
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as Self / Arthur
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Age: 36
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
1962
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as Self
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Age: 36
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960
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as George Holyoake
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Age: 34
The Bramble Bush
1960
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as Dr. Guy Montford
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Age: 34
The Tempest
1960
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as Caliban
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Age: 34
The Fifth Column
1960
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as
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Age: 34
Ice Palace
1960
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as Zeb Kennedy
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Age: 34
Borrowed Pasture
1960
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 34
Look Back in Anger
1959
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as Jimmy Porter
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Age: 33
March to Aldermaston
1959
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 33
Wuthering Heights
1958
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as Heathcliff
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Age: 32
Alexander the Great
1956
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as Alexander
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Age: 30
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
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as Dr. Major Rama Safti
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Age: 30
Prince of Players
1955
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as Edwin Booth
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Age: 29
Thursday's Children
1954
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 28
The Robe
1953
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as Marcellus Gallio
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Age: 27
The Desert Rats
1953
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as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
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Age: 27
The Woman with No Name
1950
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as Nick Chamerd
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Age: 24
Waterfront
1950
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as Ben Satterthwaite
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Age: 24