
Born
November 10, 1925
Died
August 5, 1984
Place of Birth
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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…

Sketch For Dawn
2025

Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024

Guilty Rebel
2024

This Is Joan Collins
2022

Julie Andrews Forever
2019

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
2006

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999

Under Milk Wood
1992

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988

To Be Hamlet
1985

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983

Alice in Wonderland
1983
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983

To the Ends of the Earth
1983

Circle of Two
1981

Lovespell
1981

Breakthrough
1979
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud
1978

The Wild Geese
1978

Absolution
1978

The Medusa Touch
1978

Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese
1978

Equus
1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
The Man with No Name
1977

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976

Brief Encounter
1976

Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
1976

The Gathering Storm
1974

The Klansman
1974

The Voyage
1974

Massacre in Rome
1973

The Battle of Sutjeska
1973

Bluebeard
1972

Hammersmith Is Out
1972

The Assassination of Trotsky
1972

Under Milk Wood
1972

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971

Villain
1971

Raid on Rommel
1971

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969

Staircase
1969

The Violent Universe
1969

Candy
1968

Where Eagles Dare
1968

A Wall in Jerusalem
1968

On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968

Robert Kennedy Remembered
1968

Boom!
1968

The Comedians
1967

Doctor Faustus
1967

The Comedians in Africa
1967

Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
1967

The Taming of the Shrew
1967

Lionpower from MGM
1967

For Florence
1966

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965

The Sandpiper
1965

What's New Pussycat?
1965

The Big Sur
1965

A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
1965

Hamlet
1964

The Night of the Iguana
1964

On the Trail of the Iguana
1964

Becket
1964

Zulu
1964

The V.I.P.s
1963

Cleopatra
1963

The Longest Day
1962

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962

A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
1962

A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960

The Bramble Bush
1960

The Tempest
1960

The Fifth Column
1960

Ice Palace
1960

Borrowed Pasture
1960

Look Back in Anger
1959

March to Aldermaston
1959

Wuthering Heights
1958

Bitter Victory
1957

Sea Wife
1957

Alexander the Great
1956

The Rains of Ranchipur
1955

Prince of Players
1955

Thursday's Children
1954

The Robe
1953

The Desert Rats
1953

My Cousin Rachel
1952

Green Grow the Rushes
1951

The Woman with No Name
1950

Waterfront
1950

Now Barabbas
1949

The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949

Talking Pictures
2013

Sphinx – Secrets of the History
1994

Ellis Island
1984

Wagner
1983

Entertainment Tonight
1981

Dinah!
1974

Spécial cinéma
1974

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

Divorce His, Divorce Hers
1973
Film '72
1971

Great Performances
1971

Here's Lucy
1968

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Tony Awards
1956

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Bambi
1948

Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years