Richard Burton

Richard Burton (born Richard Walter Jenkins in Wales November 10, 1925, died 5 August 5, 1984) performed on stage, acted in movies like My Cousin Rachel (1952) with Olivia de Havilland, Look Back in Anger (1959) by Tony Richardson, Becket (1964) with Peter O’Toole, The Night of the Iguana (1964) directed by John Huston from the play by Tennessee Williams, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) by Martin Ritt. Burton acted with Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) directed by Mike Nichols from the play by Edward Albee, The Taming of the Shrew (1967) directed by Franco Zeffirelli from the Shakespeare play. He acted in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) with Genevieve Bujold, Equus (1977) directed by Sidney Lumet from the play by Peter Shaffer.

Read Tomorrow’s Stars Yesterday: Richard Burton, 1953 by Philip Berk.

Golden Globe Awards

1978 Winner

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Equus
- Richard Burton
1970 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Anne of the Thousand Days
- Richard Burton
1969 Winner

World Film Favorites
- Richard Burton
1968 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Taming of the Shrew, The
- Richard Burton
1967 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Richard Burton
1965 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Becket
- Richard Burton
1960 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Look Back In Anger
- Richard Burton
1953 Winner

New Star Of The Year - Actor
- My Cousin Rachel
- Richard Burton