Richard Burton
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.
Acting
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
1984
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The Longest Day
as Flight Officer David Campbell
1962
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Where Eagles Dare
as Maj. Smith
1968
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as George
1966
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Cleopatra
as Marcus Antonius
1963
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
1977
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Zulu
as Narration spoken (voice)
1964
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Alec Leamas
1965
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The Robe
as Marcellus Gallio
1953
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The Wild Geese
as Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
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The Medusa Touch
as John Morlar
1978
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Becket
as Thomas Becket
1964
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The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
1967
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What's New Pussycat?
as Man In Strip Club
1965
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The Night of the Iguana
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
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Equus
as Martin Dysart
1977
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Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
1969
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Alexander the Great
as Alexander
1956
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The Desert Rats
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1953
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Candy
as MacPhisto
1968
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Look Back in Anger
as Jimmy Porter
1959
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The V.I.P.s
as Paul Andros
1963
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The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
1972
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Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
1972
