Richard Burton was a noted Shakespearean actor of stage and screen and received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Burton was nominated for seven Academy Awards for his roles as Philip Ashley, the protagonist in the romantic mystery My Cousin Rachel (1952), a Roman officer in the Biblical epic The Robe (1953), the title characterin the historical drama Becket (1964), a British MI6 agent in spy thriller The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), a history professor in a troubled marriage in the drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), King Henry VIII in historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), and a psychiatrist treating a young patient in psychological drama Equus (1977).
For his roles on stage, he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as King Arthur in the original Broadway production of Camelot (1961). He was Tony-nominated for his roles in Time Remembered (1958), and Hamlet (1964). He won a Special Tony Award at the 1976.
Major associations
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1952 Best Supporting Actor My Cousin Rachel 1953 Best Actor The Robe 1964 Becket 1965 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days 1977 Equus
BAFTA Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1959 Best British Actor Look Back in Anger 1966 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold rowspan=2 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1967 The Taming of the Shrew
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Special Ellis Island
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1952 New Star of the Year – Actor My Cousin Rachel 1959 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Look Back in Anger 1964 Becket 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1967 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Taming of the Shrew 1969 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Anne of the Thousand Days 1977 Equus
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1965Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording Richard Burton's Hamlet Dialogue Highlights from Becket 1976 Best Recording for Children The Little Prince (Album)
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1958 Best Actor in a Play Time Remembered 1961 Best Actor in a MusicalCamelot 1964 Best Actor in a Play Hamlet 1976 Special Tony Award
Miscellaneous accolades Bambi Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1966 Best International Actor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David di Donatello Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1965 Best Foreign Actor The Spy who Came from the Cold 1967 The Taming of the Shrew
Laurel Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1964 Top Male Dramatic Performance Becket 1965 The Spy Who Came from the Cold 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
National Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result 1966 Best Actor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
New York Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 1966 Best Actor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Taormina Film Fest Year Category Nominated work Result 1973 Best Actor Massacre in Rome
Theatre World Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1951 Theatre World Award The Lady's Not for Burning
Valladolid International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1984 Best Actor (shared with John Hurt) Nineteen Eighty-Four
See also Richard Burton on stage, screen, radio and record
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