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Richard Burton

Acting · Born November 10, 1925 · 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 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.

Movies with Richard Burton

• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) — O'Brien
• Cleopatra (1963) — Marcus Antonius
• The Longest Day (1962) — Flight Officer David Campbell
• Where Eagles Dare (1968) — Maj. Smith
• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) — Father Philip Lamont
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) — George
• Candy (1968) — MacPhisto
• The Wild Geese (1978) — Col. Allen Faulkner
• The Taming of the Shrew (1967) — Petruchio
• The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965) — Alec Leamas
• Zulu (1964) — Narration spoken (voice)
• The Robe (1953) — Marcellus Gallio

TV shows with Richard Burton

• Wagner (1983) — Richard Wagner
• Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960) — Winston Churchill