List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton.

Richard Burton in 1965

Richard Burton was a noted Shakespearean actor of stage and screen. He 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), Henry II of England in 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 II again 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	Ref.
1952	Best Supporting Actor	My Cousin Rachel	Nominated	[1]
1953	Best Actor	The Robe	Nominated	[2]
1964		Becket	Nominated	[3]
1965		The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Nominated	[4]
1966		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	[5]
1969		Anne of the Thousand Days	Nominated	[6]
1977		Equus	Nominated	[7]

BAFTA Awards

British Academy Film Awards
Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1959	Best British Actor	Look Back in Anger	Nominated	[8]
1966		The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Won	[9]
		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won
1967		The Taming of the Shrew	Nominated	[10]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1985	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Ellis Island	Nominated	[11]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1952	New Star of the Year – Actor	My Cousin Rachel	Won	[12]
1959	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Look Back in Anger	Nominated	[12]
1964	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Becket	Nominated	[12]
1966	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated	[12]
1967	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Taming of the Shrew	Nominated	[12]
1969	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Anne of the Thousand Days	Nominated	[12]
1977	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Equus	Won	[12]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1965	Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording	Richard Burton's Hamlet	Nominated	[13]
Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording	Dialogue Highlights from Becket	Nominated
1976	Best Recording for Children	The Little Prince (Album)	Won	[14]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1958	Best Actor in a Play	Time Remembered	Nominated	[15]
1961	Best Actor in a Musical	Camelot	Won	[16]
1964	Best Actor in a Play	Hamlet	Nominated	[17]
1976	Special Tony Award		Honored	[18]

Miscellaneous accolades

Bambi Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1966	Best International Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won	[19]

David di Donatello Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1965	Best Foreign Actor	The Spy who Came from the Cold	Won	[19]
1967	Best Foreign Actor	The Taming of the Shrew	Tied	[19]

Laurel Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1964	Top Male Dramatic Performance	Becket	Won	[19]
1965	Top Male Dramatic Performance	The Spy Who Came from the Cold	Won	[19]
1966	Top Male Dramatic Performance	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won	[19]

National Society of Film Critics

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1966	Best Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	2nd place	[19]

New York Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1966	Best Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	2nd place	[19]

Taormina Film Fest

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1973	Best Actor	Massacre in Rome	Won	[19]

Theatre World Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1951	Theatre World Award	The Lady's Not for Burning	Won	[20]

Valladolid International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1984	Best Actor (shared with John Hurt)	Nineteen Eighty-Four	Won	[19]

See also

• Richard Burton on stage, screen, radio and record

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