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Richard Burton
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1925Born, Pontrhydyfen
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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…
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Nineteen Eighty-FourO'Brien
The Longest DayFlight Officer David Campbell
Where Eagles DareMaj. Smith
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?George
CleopatraMarcus Antonius2024Guilty RebelNarrator (archive footage)Movie
2006Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: LiveGeorge Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)Movie
1994Sphinx – Secrets of the HistoryMarc Antony (archive footage) · 1 episodeShow
1992Under Milk WoodFirst Voice (voice) (archive sound)Movie
1984Ellis IslandSen. Phipps Ogden · 3 episodesShow
1984Nineteen Eighty-FourO'BrienMovie
1983Alice in WonderlandWhite KnightMovie
1983WagnerRichard Wagner · 10 episodesShow
1983To the Ends of the EarthNarratorMovie
1981Circle of TwoAshley St. ClairMovie
1981LovespellKing Mark of CornwallMovie
1979BreakthroughSergeant SteinerMovie
1978The Wild GeeseCol. Allen FaulknerMovie
1978AbsolutionFather GoddardMovie
1978The Medusa TouchJohn MorlarMovie
1977EquusMartin DysartMovie
1977Exorcist II: The HereticFather Philip LamontMovie
1976Brief EncounterAlec HarveyMovie
1976Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm LowryMalcolm Lowry (voice)Movie
1974The Gathering StormWinston ChurchillMovie
1974The KlansmanBreck StancillMovie
1974The VoyageCesare BraggiMovie
1973Massacre in RomeSS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert KapplerMovie
1973The Battle of SutjeskaJosip Broz TitoMovie
1973Divorce His, Divorce HersMartin Reynolds · 2 episodesShow
1972BluebeardBaron von SepperMovie
1972Hammersmith Is OutHammersmithMovie
1972The Assassination of TrotskyLeon TrotskyMovie
1972Under Milk WoodFirst ManMovie
1971Mooch Goes to HollywoodNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Movie
1971VillainVic DakinMovie
1971Raid on RommelCapt. Alex FosterMovie
1969Anne of the Thousand DaysKing Henry VIIIMovie
1969StaircaseHarry LeedsMovie
1969The Violent UniverseNarrator - Verse SpokenMovie
1968CandyMacPhistoMovie
1968Where Eagles DareMaj. SmithMovie
1968A Wall in JerusalemNarrator (English version) (voice)Movie
1968Here's LucyRichard Burton · 1 episodeShow
1968Robert Kennedy RememberedNarratorMovie
1968Boom!Chris FlandersMovie
1967The ComediansBrownMovie
1967Doctor FaustusDoctor FaustusMovie
1967The Taming of the ShrewPetruchioMovie
1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?GeorgeMovie
1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdAlec LeamasMovie
1965The SandpiperEdward HewittMovie
1965What's New Pussycat?Man In Strip ClubMovie
1964HamletHamletMovie
1964The Night of the IguanaRev. Dr. T. Lawrence ShannonMovie
1964BecketThomas BecketMovie
1964ZuluNarration spoken (voice)Movie
1963The V.I.P.sPaul AndrosMovie
1963CleopatraMarcus AntoniusMovie
1962The Longest DayFlight Officer David CampbellMovie
1960Winston Churchill: The Valiant YearsWinston Churchill · 27 episodesShow
1960A Subject of Scandal and ConcernGeorge HolyoakeMovie
1960The Bramble BushDr. Guy MontfordMovie
1960The TempestCalibanMovie
1960The Fifth ColumnMovie
1960Ice PalaceZeb KennedyMovie
1959Look Back in AngerJimmy PorterMovie
1959March to AldermastonNarrator (voice)Movie
1958Wuthering HeightsHeathcliffMovie
1957Bitter VictoryCapt. LeithMovie
1957Sea WifeBiscuitMovie
1956Alexander the GreatAlexanderMovie
1955The Rains of RanchipurDr. Major Rama SaftiMovie
1955Prince of PlayersEdwin BoothMovie
1954Thursday's ChildrenNarrator (voice)Movie
1953The RobeMarcellus GallioMovie
1953The Desert RatsCaptain "Tammy" MacRobertsMovie
1952My Cousin RachelPhilip AshleyMovie
1951Hallmark Hall of FameCaliban, Alec Harvey, Winston Churchill · 1 episodeShow
1951Green Grow the RushesRobert 'Bob' HammondMovie
1950The Woman with No NameNick ChamerdMovie
1950WaterfrontBen SatterthwaiteMovie
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