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Richard Burton

Age: 99 years

public person biography

Gender: Male

Birthday: November 10, 1925

Place of birth: 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 Shakespea...

Known for: Acting

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Known for

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virg...

as George

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

as Self (archive footage)

To Be Hamlet
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To Be Hamlet

as Self

What's New Pussycat?
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What's New Pussycat?

as Man In Strip Club

The Assassination of Trotsky
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The Assassination of...

as Leon Trotsky

Breakthrough
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Breakthrough

as Sergeant Steiner

Villain
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Villain

as Vic Dakin

Anne of the Thousand Days
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Anne of the Thousand...

as King Henry VIII

The Medusa Touch
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The Medusa Touch

as John Morlar

Julie Andrews Forever
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Julie Andrews Foreve...

as Self (archive footage)

The Taming of the Shrew
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The Taming of the Sh...

as Petruchio

The Longest Day
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The Longest Day

as Flying Officer David Campbell

Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

as O'Brien

Bluebeard
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Bluebeard

as Baron von Sepper

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
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The Spy Who Came In ...

as Alec Leamas

The Desert Rats
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The Desert Rats

as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts

Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great

as Alexander

The Night of the Iguana
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The Night of the Igu...

as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon

Equus
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Equus

as Martin Dysart

The V.I.P.s
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The V.I.P.s

as Paul Andros

Massacre in Rome
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Massacre in Rome

as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler

Under Milk Wood
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Under Milk Wood

as First Man

Becket
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Becket

as Thomas Becket

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live on Stage!
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Jeff Wayne's Musical...

as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)

Candy
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Candy

as MacPhisto

Ice Palace
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Ice Palace

as Zeb Kennedy

The Rains of Ranchipur
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The Rains of Ranchip...

as Dr. Major Rama Safti

Bitter Victory
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Bitter Victory

as Capt. Leith

Look Back in Anger
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Look Back in Anger

as Jimmy Porter

Raid on Rommel
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Raid on Rommel

as Capt. Alex Foster

Hammersmith Is Out
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Hammersmith Is Out

as Hammersmith

Boom!
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Boom!

as Chris Flanders

My Cousin Rachel
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My Cousin Rachel

as Philip Ashley

Absolution
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Absolution

as Father Goddard

The Comedians
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The Comedians

as Brown

The Klansman
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The Klansman

as Breck Stancill

The Sandpiper
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The Sandpiper

as Edward Hewitt

Doctor Faustus
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Doctor Faustus

as Doctor Faustus

Staircase
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Staircase

as Harry Leeds

Sea Wife
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Sea Wife

as Biscuit

Circle of Two
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Circle of Two

as Ashley St. Clair

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
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Hollywood Screen Tes...

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Waterfront
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Waterfront

as Ben Satterthwaite

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
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Hamlet from the Lunt...

as Hamlet

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
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Cleopatra: The Film ...

as Self (archive footage)

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

as Self (archive footage)

Lovespell
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Lovespell

as King Mark of Cornwall

The Gathering Storm
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The Gathering Storm

as Winston Churchill

The Battle of Sutjeska
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The Battle of Sutjes...

as Josip Broz Tito

The Tempest
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The Tempest

as Caliban

The Voyage
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The Voyage

as Cesare Braggi

Brief Encounter
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Brief Encounter

as Alec Harvey

The Last Days of Dolwyn
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The Last Days of Dol...

as Gareth

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

as Malcolm Lowry (voice)

Now Barabbas
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Now Barabbas

as Paddy

The Woman with No Name
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The Woman with No Na...

as Nick Chamerd

Green Grow the Rushes
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Green Grow the Rushe...

as Robert 'Bob' Hammond

The Fifth Column
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The Fifth Column

The Bramble Bush
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The Bramble Bush

as Dr. Guy Montford

Prince of Players
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Prince of Players

as Edwin Booth

Exorcist II: The Heretic
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Exorcist II: The Her...

as Father Philip Lamont

Cleopatra
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Cleopatra

as Marcus Antonius

Where Eagles Dare
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Where Eagles Dare

as Maj. Smith

A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
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A Tribute to Dylan T...

as Self

A Subject of Scandal and Concern
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A Subject of Scandal...

as George Holyoake

Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
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Paris Hilton Inc.: T...

as Self (archive footage)

Thursday's Children
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Thursday's Children

as Narrator (voice)

Alice in Wonderland
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Alice in Wonderland

as White Knight

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
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CBS Salutes Lucy: Th...

as Self

The Robe
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The Robe

as Marcellus Gallio

The Wild Geese
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The Wild Geese

as Col. Allen Faulkner

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
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All-Star Party for F...

as Self

To the Ends of the Earth
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To the Ends of the E...

as Narrator

A Wall in Jerusalem
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A Wall in Jerusalem

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

The Man with No Name
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The Man with No Name

as Self

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
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Elizabeth Taylor: Th...

as Self (archive footage)

Zulu
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Zulu

as Narration spoken (voice)

Under Milk Wood
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Under Milk Wood

as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)

Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton
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Acting in the 60's: ...

as Self - Interviewee

The Big Sur
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The Big Sur

as Self / Narrator

The Comedians in Africa
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The Comedians in Afr...

as Self (uncredited)

On the Trail of the Iguana
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On the Trail of the ...

as Self

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
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A Statue for 'The Sa...

as Self

For Florence
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For Florence

as Self - Narrator

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
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The Broadway of Lern...

as Self / Arthur

March to Aldermaston
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March to Aldermaston

as Narrator (voice)

Wuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights

as Heathcliff

Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese
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Stars' War - The Fli...

as Self

On Location: Where Eagles Dare
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On Location: Where E...

as Self

Mooch Goes to Hollywood
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Mooch Goes to Hollyw...

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Borrowed Pasture
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Borrowed Pasture

as Self - Narrator

The Violent Universe
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The Violent Universe

as Narrator - Verse Spoken

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
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In from the Cold? A ...

as Self (Archive Footage)

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

as Self (archive footage)

I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
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I, Leonardo: A Journ...

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Here's Lucy
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Here's Lucy

as Richard Burton

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Caliban

Wagner
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Wagner

as Richard Wagner

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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The American Film In...

as Self

Talking Pictures
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Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Arthur (archive footage)

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host/Special Award Recipient/Presenter

Sphinx – Secrets of the History
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Sphinx – Secrets of ...

as Marc Antony (archive footage)

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host

The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Ellis Island
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Ellis Island

as Sen. Phipps Ogden

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Alec Harvey

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Winston Churchill

Spécial cinéma
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Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

Bambi Awards
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Bambi Awards

as Self

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards
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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Award Accepter

Entertainment Tonight
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Entertainment Tonigh...

as Self

Divorce His, Divorce Hers
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Divorce His, Divorce...

as Martin Reynolds

Great Performances
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Great Performances

as White Knight