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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Guilty Rebel
as Narrator (archive footage)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
as George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
Under Milk Wood
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Circle of Two
as Ashley St. Clair
Lovespell
as King Mark of Cornwall
Breakthrough
as Sergeant Steiner
The Wild Geese
as Col. Allen Faulkner
Absolution
as Father Goddard
The Medusa Touch
as John Morlar
Equus
as Martin Dysart
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
Brief Encounter
as Alec Harvey
The Gathering Storm
as Winston Churchill
The Klansman
as Breck Stancill
The Voyage
as Cesare Braggi
Massacre in Rome
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Josip Broz Tito
Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
Hammersmith Is Out
as Hammersmith
The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
Under Milk Wood
as First Man
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Villain
as Vic Dakin
Raid on Rommel
as Capt. Alex Foster
Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
Staircase
as Harry Leeds
Candy
as MacPhisto