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Burton, Richard (1925-1984)
 

Film & TV credits


The LAST DAYS OF DOLWYN1949Gareth
NOW BARABBAS WAS A ROBBER...1949Paddy
WATERFRONT1950Ben Satterthwaite
The WOMAN WITH NO NAME1950Nicholas 'Nick' Chamerd
The LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING1950Richard, an orphaned clerk
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES1951Robert Hammond
KING HENRY IV PART 11951Prince Henry
MY COUSIN RACHEL1952Philip
The DESERT RATS1953Captain MacRoberts
The ROBE1953Marcellus Gallio
THURSDAY'S CHILDREN1954Commentator
PRINCE OF PLAYERS1954Edwin Booth
The RAINS OF RANCHIPUR1955Dr. Safti
ALEXANDER THE GREAT1955Alexander
SEA WIFE1956Biscuit
AMERE VICTOIRE1957Capt. Leith
WUTHERING HEIGHTS1958Cast Member
The TEMPEST1959Caliban
LOOK BACK IN ANGER1959Jimmy Porter
The BRAMBLE BUSH1959Guy
A SUBJECT OF SCANDAL AND CONCERN1960George Holyoake
The RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER1960Narrator
The FIFTH COLUMN1960Cast Member
The VALIANT YEARS1960Narrator
ICE PALACE1960Zeb
BORROWED PASTURE1960Narrator
DYLAN THOMAS1961Narrator
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM1961Narrator
The LONGEST DAY1962RAF pilot
CLEOPATRA1963Mark Antony
The V.I.P.s1963Paul Andros
INHERITANCE1963Narrator
The UNEASY CROWN1963Narrator
The CARETAKER1963Financial Support
HAMLET1964Hamlet
ZULU1964Narration Spoken by
BECKET1964Becket
The NIGHT OF THE IGUANA1964Rev. Laurence Shannon
HAMLET (TRAILER)1964Hamlet
EULOGY TO 5.021965Narrator
The SANDPIPER1965Edward Hewitt
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT1965[man at bar]
The SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD1965Alec Leamas
FLORENCE: DAYS OF DESTRUCTION1966Cast Member
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?1966George
The TAMING OF THE SHREW1966Producer
The TAMING OF THE SHREW1966Petruchio
SECOMBE AND FRIENDS[16/10/1966]1966Cast Member
DOCTOR FAUSTUS1967Director
DOCTOR FAUSTUS1967Producer
DOCTOR FAUSTUS1967Doctor Faustus
The COMEDIANS1967Brown
The HEART OF SHOW BUSINESS1967Cast Member
EULOGY TO 5.021968Commentator
BOOM1968Chris Flanders
WHERE EAGLES DARE1968John Smith
CANDY1968McPhisto
STAIRCASE1969Harold 'Harry' Leeds
ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS1969King Henry VIII
LAUGHTER IN THE DARK1969[scenes filmed-rep/by Nicol Williamson]
VILLAIN1971Vic Dakin
RAID ON ROMMEL1971Capt. Foster
UNDER MILK WOOD19711st Voice
HAMMERSMITH IS OUT1972Hammersmith
L' ASSASSINIO DI TROTSKY1972Lev Davidovic Trotsky
BARBE-BLEUE1972Bluebeard
DIVORCE HIS; DIVORCE HERS1973Cast Member
SUTJESKA1973Cast Member
RAPPRESAGLIA1973Colonel Kappler
BRIEF ENCOUNTER1974Alec Harvey
Il VIAGGIO1974Cesare Braggi
The GATHERING STORM1974Winston Churchill
The KLANSMAN1974Breck Stancill
PARKINSON[23/11/74]1974Interviewee
FILM 74 SPECIAL RICHARD BURTON IF IT STOPS, I'M DEAD1974Interviewee
VOLCANO1976Malcolm Lowry's words spoken
EXORCIST II THE HERETIC1977Father Philip Lamont
EQUUS1977Martin Dysart
PURE RADIO1977radio extracts
HUMPHREY BOGART1977Interviewee
The MEDUSA TOUCH1978John Morlar
The WILD GEESE1978Colonel Allen Faulkner
ABSOLUTION1978Farther Goddard
BOB HOPE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM1979Cast Member
STEINER - DAS EISERNE KREUZ 2. TEIL1979sergeant Steiner
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE1979Mark of Cornwall
A TOUCH OF GLORY1980Narrator
CIRCLE OF TWO1980Ashley St. Clair
WALES - HERITAGE OF A NATION1983Narrator
WAGNER1983Richard Wagner
ALICE IN WONDERLAND1983Cast Member
ALL STAR PARTY FOR FRANK SINATRA1983Cast Member
ELIZABETH R1983Narrator
I, LEONARDO: A JOURNEY OF THE MIND1983Narrator
The 37th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS1983Cast Member
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH1983Narrator
BURTON - A PORTRAIT OF A SUPERSTAR1983Interviewee
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR1984O'Brien
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR1984"With love and admiration 1925-1984"
RICHARD BURTON'S CHRISTMAS STORY1991Author of the Original Work
ELLIS ISLAND1992Cast Member
The Richard Burton Interview1995Interviewee