Awards & Winners

Richard Burton

Date of Birth 10-November-1925
Place of Birth Pontrhydyfen
(United Kingdom, Wales)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Richard Walter Jenkins, Rich, Dick, Richard Burton, CBE, Richard Jenkins, Burton
Profession Actor
Richard Burton, CBE was a Welsh stage and cinema actor noted for his smooth, flowing baritone voice and his great acting talent. Establishing himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and the performer of a memorable Hamlet in 1964, Burton was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic and dramaturg Kenneth Tynan. Burton's turning his back on the stage disappointed some critics. Burton was nominated seven times for an Academy Award without ever winning. He was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. In the mid-1960s, Burton ascended into the ranks of the top box office stars and by the late 1960s, was the highest-paid actor in the world, receiving fees of $1 million or more plus a share of the gross receipts. Burton remains closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor. The couple's turbulent relationship was rarely out of the news.

Awards by Richard Burton

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard Burton.

2005


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Camelot (1960 original Broadway cast)

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Ellis Island
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special

1978


Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama
Honored for : Equus

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama Equus

1977


Brit Award for British Non-musical Record
Honored for : Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor Equus
Role: Martin Dysart
Brit Award for British Non-musical Record Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

1975


Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Honored for : The Little Prince
(Artist)

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Album for Children The Little Prince

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama Anne of the Thousand Days

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor Anne of the Thousand Days
Role: King Henry VIII
Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor The Taming of the Shrew
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Taming of the Shrew
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Taming of the Shrew

1967


David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
Honored for : The Taming of the Shrew
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor
Honored for : The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor The Spy Who Came in from the Cold","Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966


David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
Honored for : The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Academy Award for Best Actor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Role: George

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Role: Alec Leamas
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama Becket

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Richard Burton's Hamlet
Academy Award for Best Actor Becket
Role: Thomas Becket

1961


Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Honored for : Camelot (Original Broadway Production)

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Camelot (Original Broadway Production)

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama Look Back in Anger
BAFTA Award for Best British Actor Look Back in Anger

1958


Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Time Remembered

1953


Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor
Honored for : My Cousin Rachel

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor The Robe
Role: Marcellus Gallio
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor My Cousin Rachel

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role My Cousin Rachel
Role: Philip Ashley