Editing Richard Burton (section)

== Acting credits and accolades ==
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Burton received [[List of awards and nominations received by Richard Burton|numerous accolades]] including a [[British Academy Film Award]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]], a [[Grammy Award]], and two [[Tony Award]]s (including a [[Special Tony Award]]) as well as nominations for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009/awards/?ref_=nm_awd|title= Richard Burton (Performer) - Awards|website= [[Internet Movie Database]]|accessdate= June 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://v.playbill.com/person/richard-burton-vault-0000096898|title= Richard Burton (Performer)|website= Playbill|accessdate= June 13, 2024}}</ref> For his contributions to cinema, Burton was inducted posthumously into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2013 with a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures star]] located at 6336 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/richard-burton|title=Richard Burton&nbsp;— Hollywood Walk of Fame|work=walkoffame.com|access-date=1 May 2016}}</ref> For his contributions to theatre, Burton was inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame|Theatre Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/05/arts/broadway-s-best.html|title=Broadway's Best|date=5 March 1985|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

Despite seven [[Academy Award]] nominations Burton failed to win an Oscar.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://time.com/6837670/oscar-nominees-who-never-won/|title= The Most Surprising Oscar Nominees Who Have Never Won|magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date= 7 March 2024|accessdate= June 13, 2024}}</ref>
Over his distinguished career he has been recognized by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] for the following performances:<ref>{{cite web|url= https://screenrant.com/how-many-oscar-nominations-richard-burton-lost/|title= All Of Richard Burton's Oscar Nominations (& Who He Lost To)|website= ScreenRant|date= 27 February 2023|accessdate= June 13, 2024}}</ref>

* [[25th Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]], nomination, ''[[My Cousin Rachel (1952 film)|My Cousin Rachel]]'' (1952)
* [[26th Academy Awards]]: [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], nomination, ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]'' (1953)
* [[37th Academy Awards]]: Best Actor, nomination, ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'' (1964)
* [[38th Academy Awards]]: Best Actor, nomination, ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]'' (1965)
* [[39th Academy Awards]]: Best Actor, nomination, ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' (1966)
* [[42nd Academy Awards]]: Best Actor, nomination, ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' (1969)
* [[50th Academy Awards]]: Best Actor, nomination, ''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' (1977)