Richard Burton: movies and TV shows
Richard Burton has 128 credits in the archive: 105 films and 23 TV series, from 1948 to 2025. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2025 · busiest year: 1967 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Richard Burton: Wild Genius | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 99 |
| 2024 | Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 98 |
| 2024 | Guilty Rebel | Narrator (archive footage) | Film | — | 98 |
| 2022 | This Is Joan Collins | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.5 | 96 |
| 2019 | Julie Andrews Forever | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 93 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 87 |
| 2006 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live | George Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound) | Film | 6.9 | 80 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2001 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 1999 | Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1994 | Sphinx – Secrets of the History | Marc Antony (archive footage) | TV | 4.5 | 68 |
| 1992 | Under Milk Wood | First Voice (voice) (archive sound) | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1991 | Richard Burton's Christmas Story | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1988 | In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1985 | To Be Hamlet | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 1984 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | O'Brien | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Sen. Phipps Ogden | TV | 5.1 | 58 |
| 1983 | Wagner | Richard Wagner | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1983 | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | White Knight | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1983 | I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1983 | To the Ends of the Earth | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 55 |
| 1981 | Circle of Two | Ashley St. Clair | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1981 | Lovespell | King Mark of Cornwall | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1979 | Breakthrough | Sergeant Steiner | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1978 | The Wild Geese | Col. Allen Faulkner | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1978 | Absolution | Father Goddard | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1978 | The Medusa Touch | John Morlar | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1978 | Mystery of the Sacred Shroud | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 52 |
| 1978 | Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Philip Lamont | Film | 4.6 | 51 |
| 1977 | Equus | Martin Dysart | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1977 | The Man with No Name | Self | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1976 | Brief Encounter | Alec Harvey | Film | 4.9 | 50 |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | Self | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1976 | Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Malcolm Lowry (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) | TV | 9.5 | 48 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1974 | The Klansman | Breck Stancill | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1974 | The Gathering Storm | Winston Churchill | Film | 8.2 | 48 |
| 1974 | The Voyage | Cesare Braggi | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1973 | Divorce His, Divorce Hers | Martin Reynolds | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1973 | Massacre in Rome | SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1973 | The Battle of Sutjeska | Josip Broz Tito | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1972 | Bluebeard | Baron von Sepper | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Leon Trotsky | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | First Man | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1972 | Hammersmith Is Out | Hammersmith | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | White Knight | TV | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 45 |
| 1971 | Raid on Rommel | Capt. Alex Foster | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1971 | Villain | Vic Dakin | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1971 | Mooch Goes to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | King Henry VIII | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1969 | The Violent Universe | Narrator - Verse Spoken | Film | — | 43 |
| 1969 | Staircase | Harry Leeds | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Richard Burton | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Maj. Smith | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1968 | Candy | MacPhisto | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1968 | Boom! | Chris Flanders | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1968 | Robert Kennedy Remembered | Narrator | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1968 | On Location: Where Eagles Dare | Self | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1968 | A Wall in Jerusalem | Narrator (English version) (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Brown | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1967 | Doctor Faustus | Doctor Faustus | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1967 | Doctor Faustus | Film | 5.3 | 41 | |
| 1967 | Doctor Faustus | Film | 5.3 | 41 | |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1967 | Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton | Self - Interviewee | Film | — | 41 |
| 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1966 | For Florence | Self - Narrator | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Man In Strip Club | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Alec Leamas | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | Edward Hewitt | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1965 | The Big Sur | Self / Narrator | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1965 | A Statue for "The Sandpiper" | Self | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1964 | Zulu | Narration spoken (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Night of the Iguana | Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1964 | Becket | Thomas Becket | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Caretaker | Film | 7.4 | 38 | |
| 1964 | On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1963 | Cleopatra | Marcus Antonius | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s | Paul Andros | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Flight Officer David Campbell | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1962 | A Tribute to Dylan Thomas | Self | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self / Arthur | Film | — | 36 |
| 1960 | Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years | Winston Churchill | TV | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1960 | Borrowed Pasture | Self - Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1960 | The Bramble Bush | Dr. Guy Montford | Film | 4.6 | 34 |
| 1960 | A Subject of Scandal and Concern | George Holyoake | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1960 | Ice Palace | Zeb Kennedy | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1960 | The Tempest | Caliban | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1960 | The Fifth Column | Film | 8.3 | 34 | |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1959 | March to Aldermaston | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1958 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1957 | Bitter Victory | Capt. Leith | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1957 | Sea Wife | Biscuit | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 30 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Award Accepter | TV | — | 30 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host / Special Award Recipient / Presenter | TV | — | 30 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Host | TV | — | 30 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Arthur (archive footage) | TV | — | 30 |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Alexander | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1955 | The Rains of Ranchipur | Dr. Major Rama Safti | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1955 | Prince of Players | Edwin Booth | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 1954 | Thursday's Children | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Robe | Marcellus Gallio | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats | Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1952 | My Cousin Rachel | Philip Ashley | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Caliban | TV | 8.8 | 25 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Alec Harvey | TV | 8.8 | 25 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Winston Churchill | TV | 8.8 | 25 |
| 1951 | Green Grow the Rushes | Robert 'Bob' Hammond | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1950 | The Woman with No Name | Nick Chamerd | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1950 | Waterfront | Ben Satterthwaite | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1949 | Now Barabbas | Paddy | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1949 | The Last Days of Dolwyn | Gareth | Film | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 22 |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self | TV | 9.0 | 22 |