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 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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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-11-10
Place of birth
Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
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Cast
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966
7.70
To Be Hamlet
1985
0.00
What's New Pussycat?
1965
6.00
The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
5.20
Breakthrough
1979
5.80
Villain
1971
6.30
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
7.10
The Medusa Touch
1978
6.80
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
8.40
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
6.92
The Longest Day
1962
7.60
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
6.82
Bluebeard
1972
5.30
The Desert Rats
1953
6.30
Alexander the Great
1956
5.90
The Night of the Iguana
1964
7.20
Equus
1977
7.03
The V.I.P.s
1963
6.13
Massacre in Rome
1973
6.10
Under Milk Wood
1972
6.20
Becket
1964
7.10
Candy
1968
5.20
Ice Palace
1960
5.80
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
4.90
Bitter Victory
1957
6.20
Look Back in Anger
1959
6.70
Raid on Rommel
1971
5.80
Hammersmith Is Out
1972
5.71
Boom!
1968
6.10
My Cousin Rachel
1952
6.71
Absolution
1978
6.50
The Comedians
1967
6.10
The Klansman
1974
5.70
The Sandpiper
1965
6.40
Doctor Faustus
1967
5.30
Staircase
1969
5.70
Sea Wife
1957
5.40
Circle of Two
1981
4.90
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
0.00
Waterfront
1950
6.50
Lovespell
1981
3.70
The Gathering Storm
1974
7.00
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
6.30
The Tempest
1960
6.00
The Voyage
1974
5.00
Brief Encounter
1974
4.90
The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949
6.80
Now Barabbas
1949
6.50
The Woman with No Name
1950
6.00
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
5.80
The Fifth Column
1960
9.50
The Bramble Bush
1960
5.50
Prince of Players
1955
4.70
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
4.53
Cleopatra
1963
7.04
Where Eagles Dare
1968
7.51
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
1961
5.70
A Subject of Scandal and Concern
1960
0.00
Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009
10.00
Thursday's Children
1954
6.60
Alice in Wonderland
1983
7.00
The Robe
1953
6.80
The Wild Geese
1978
6.80
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
6.00
To the Ends of the Earth
1983
6.00
A Wall in Jerusalem
1968
0.00
The Man with No Name
1977
0.00
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
6.90
Zulu
1964
7.40
Under Milk Wood
1992
4.00
The Big Sur
1965
6.00
The Comedians in Africa
1967
5.30
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
6.00
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
1965
6.00
For Florence
1966
8.00
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
0.00
March to Aldermaston
1959
8.00
Wuthering Heights
1958
0.00
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
1968
5.30
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971
5.10
Borrowed Pasture
1960
6.00
The Violent Universe
1969
0.00
Guilty Rebel
0.00