Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Richard Burton was a Welsh film, stage and television actor.

Fast Facts

Birth name: Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.
Born: November 19, 1925
Birthplace: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Spouse: Sybil Williams (1949 – 1963), Elizabeth Taylor (1964 – 1974 and 1975 – 1976), Susan Hunt (1976 – 1982), Sally Hay (1983 – 1984)
Native Language: Cymraeg
Awards and Honors: CBE, 2 Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Award 7 Oscar nominations
Debut Performance: Measure for Measure (1944) (play)

Notable Roles

King Arthur in Camelot (1960)
Marcellus Gallio in The Robe (1953)
Antony in Cleopatra (1963)
Thomas Becket in Becket (1964)
George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Quotes

"When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk."—Richard Burton¹

"I told her that I didn't care if her legs, bum and bosoms fell off and her teeth turned yellow. And she went bald. I love that woman so much sometimes that I cannot believe my luck. She has given me so much."—Richard Burton on Elizabeth Taylor¹

"Every man I know who knows her is a little bit in love with her."—Richard Burton on Julie Andrews¹

Categories

Entertainment | Actors | Film Actors

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Richard Burton Biographies and Profiles

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Richard Burton Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
November 19, 1925: Born
1943: Stage debut in Emlyn William's Druid's Rest
1948: First film appearance in a movie called The Last Days Of Dolwyn
1961: Tony award for Best Actor for Camelot
1964: Starred in Hamlet on Broadway
1962: Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor
1966: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Elizabeth Taylor
1977: Broadway production of Equus
1982: Wagner
1983: Teamed with Elizabeth Taylor in Private Lives on Broadway
August 5, 1984: Died in Geneva, Switzerland of cerebral hemorrhage

Richard Burton DVDs and Merchandise

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Related Pages on Mahalo

Elizabeth Taylor | Kate Burton | Claire Bloom | Richard Harris | Peter O'Toole | Laurence Olivier | John Gielgud | Camelot | Hamlet | Equus | Cleopatra | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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