Richard Burton
Current Interest
2.4
▲ 0.3Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Based on 58 rated titles
Title
Year
Pulse

Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Philip Lamont
1977
6.5

The Longest Day
as Flying Officer David Campbell
1962
6.1

Look Back in Anger
as Jimmy Porter
1959
5.0

Cleopatra
as Marcus Antonius
1963
4.2

Nineteen Eighty-Four
as O'Brien
1984
4.1

Zulu
as Narration spoken (voice)
1964
4.0

Where Eagles Dare
as Maj. Smith
1968
3.7

The Robe
as Marcellus Gallio
1953
3.6

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
as George
1966
3.6

Alexander the Great
as Alexander
1956
3.5

The Wild Geese
as Col. Allen Faulkner
1978
3.5

Becket
as Thomas Becket
1964
3.1

The Night of the Iguana
as Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
1964
3.1

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Alec Leamas
1965
3.0

Candy
as MacPhisto
1968
2.8

The Klansman
as Breck Stancill
1974
2.7

The Medusa Touch
as John Morlar
1978
2.6

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2024
2.5

Anne of the Thousand Days
as King Henry VIII
1969
2.5

The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
1967
2.4

The Sandpiper
as Edward Hewitt
1965
2.2

Equus
as Martin Dysart
1977
2.1

Absolution
as Father Goddard
1978
2.1

The V.I.P.s
as Paul Andros
1963
2.1

Breakthrough
as Sergeant Steiner
1979
2.0

Bluebeard
as Baron von Sepper
1972
1.9

The Assassination of Trotsky
as Leon Trotsky
1972
1.8

Massacre in Rome
as SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
1973
1.8

The Desert Rats
as Captain "Tammy" MacRoberts
1953
1.8

Villain
as Vic Dakin
1971
1.7

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Hamlet
1964
1.7

My Cousin Rachel
as Philip Ashley
1952
1.7

Boom!
as Chris Flanders
1968
1.6

The Comedians
as Brown
1967
1.6

Raid on Rommel
as Capt. Alex Foster
1971
1.6

Under Milk Wood
as First Man
1972
1.4

Bitter Victory
as Capt. Leith
1957
1.4

The Battle of Sutjeska
as Josip Broz Tito
1973
1.4

Staircase
as Harry Leeds
1969
1.4

Doctor Faustus
as Doctor Faustus
1967
1.4

The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Gareth
1949
1.4

Circle of Two
as Ashley St. Clair
1981
1.3

Ice Palace
as Zeb Kennedy
1960
1.3

Sea Wife
as Biscuit
1957
1.3

Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
1983
1.3

Lovespell
as King Mark of Cornwall
1981
1.2

Waterfront
as Ben Satterthwaite
1950
1.2

Thursday's Children
as Narrator (voice)
1954
1.1

The Tempest
as Caliban
1960
1.1

Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
as Malcolm Lowry (voice)
1976
1.1

Robert Kennedy Remembered
as Narrator
1968
1.1

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.1

Under Milk Wood
as First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
1992
0.1

The Big Sur
as Self / Narrator
1965
0.1

On the Trail of the Iguana
as Self
1964
0.1

Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
1958
0.1

Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.1

Guilty Rebel
as Narrator (archive footage)
2024
0.1
Frequently Asked Questions About Richard Burton
Richard Burton has appeared in 58 titles, including 58 movies and 0 television shows.
The earliest title currently listed in Richard Burton's filmography is The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949).
The most recent title featuring Richard Burton is Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024).
One of the highest rated titles featuring Richard Burton is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with an IMDb rating of 8.
Richard Burton has been active for approximately 75 years, with credits spanning from 1949 to 2024.
Titles featuring Richard Burton currently have an average IMDb rating of 6.5.
The busiest years in Richard Burton's career include 1964, 1968, 1965.