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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	2.1644
Birthday	1925-11-10
Place of Birth	Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Also Known As	Dick Burton, Richard Walter Jenkins, ریچارد برتون,

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

To Be Hamlet

What's New Pussycat?

The Assassination of Trotsky

Breakthrough

Villain

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Medusa Touch

Julie Andrews Forever

The Taming of the Shrew

The Longest Day

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Bluebeard

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

The Desert Rats

The Night of the Iguana

Alexander the Great

Equus

The V.I.P.s

Massacre in Rome

Under Milk Wood

Becket

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live

Candy

Ice Palace

The Rains of Ranchipur

Bitter Victory

Look Back in Anger

Raid on Rommel

Boom!

Hammersmith Is Out

My Cousin Rachel

Absolution

The Comedians

The Klansman

The Sandpiper

Doctor Faustus

Staircase

Sea Wife

Circle of Two

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

Waterfront

Hamlet

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

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

Lovespell

The Battle of Sutjeska

The Gathering Storm

The Tempest

The Voyage

Brief Encounter

The Last Days of Dolwyn

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

The Woman with No Name

Now Barabbas

Green Grow the Rushes

The Fifth Column

The Bramble Bush

Prince of Players

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Cleopatra

Where Eagles Dare

A Tribute to Dylan Thomas

A Subject of Scandal and Concern

Thursday's Children

Alice in Wonderland

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

The Wild Geese

The Robe

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

To the Ends of the Earth

A Wall in Jerusalem

The Man with No Name

Zulu

Under Milk Wood

The Big Sur

Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton

The Comedians in Africa

On the Trail of the Iguana