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Also Known As Richard Walter Jenkins • Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.
Born November 10, 1925 • Wales
Died August 5, 1984 (aged 58) • Geneva • Switzerland
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1975) • Golden Globe Award (1978): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (1953): New Star of the Year - Actor • Grammy Award (1976): Best Recording for Children • Tony Award (1961): Best Actor in a Musical
Notable Family Members spouse Elizabeth Taylor
Married To Elizabeth Taylor (1964–1974; 1975–1976) • Sally Burton (married 1983) • Susan Hunt (1976–1983) • Sybil Williams (1949–1963)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In) "Hammersmith Is Out" (1972) • "The Longest Day" (1962) • "Now Barabbas" (1949) • "The Woman with No Name" (1950) • "Waterfront" (1950) • "Michèle and René" (1951) • "Prince of Players" (1955) • "My Cousin Rachel" (1952) • "Klansman" (1974) • "Bitter Victory" (1957) • "Doctor Faustus" (1967) • "Candy" (1968) • "Ice Palace" (1960) • "Alexander the Great" (1956) • "Lovespell" (1981) • "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) • "Staircase" (1969) • "The Medusa Touch" (1978) • "The Assassination of Trotsky" (1972) • "The Night of the Iguana" (1964) • "Green Grow the Rushes" (1951) • "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1960) • "Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil" (1979) • "The Comedians" (1967) • "The Bramble Bush" (1960) • "Zulu" (1964) • "The Wild Geese" (1978) • "Becket" (1964) • "Villain" (1971) • "Here's Lucy" (1970) • "Under Milk Wood" (1971) • "Look Back in Anger" (1959) • "Cleopatra" (1963) • "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1950) • "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1958) • "Sutjeska" (1973) • "Sen noci svatojánské" (1959) • "Equus" (1977) • "The V.I.P.s" (1963) • "Boom" (1968) • "Absolution" (1978) • "Great Performances" (1983) • "Raid on Rommel" (1971) • "1984" (1984) • "Celanese Theatre" (1952) • "The James Mason Show" (1956) • "Laughter in the Dark" (1969) • "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967) • "The Desert Rats" (1953) • "Exorcist II: The Heretic" (1977) • "The Rains of Ranchipur" (1955) • "Buick-Electra Playhouse" (1960) • "Jackpot" (1975) • "Wagner" (1981–1984) • "Circle of Two" (1981) • "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965) • "Rappresaglia" (1973) • "Il viaggio" (1974) • "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969) • "Where Eagles Dare" (1968) • "The Fall Guy" (1982) • "Hamlet" (1964) • "The Robe" (1953) • "Bluebeard" (1972) • "Ellis Island" (1984) • "The Last Days of Dolwyn" (1949) • "The Sandpiper" (1965) • "Sea Wife" (1957)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed) "Doctor Faustus" (1967)

Top Questions

Where was Richard Burton born?
Richard Burton was born in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, United Kingdom.
When was Richard Burton born?
Richard Burton was born on November 10, 1925.
Is Richard Burton married?
Susan Hunt (1976–1983), Elizabeth Taylor (1964–1974; 1975–1976), Sybil Williams (1949–1963), Sally Burton (married 1983)

Photos

Welsh actor Richard Burton poses indoors with his hand resting on his chin, wearing a dark blazer and light pants, London, 1970.
Movie poster for Look Back in Anger (1959) directed by Tony Richardson, showing Richard Burton in profile beside a bed, with a red tint over the scene and film credits below.
Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and Richard Burton as Mark Antony gaze at each other closely in a dramatic scene from the 1963 film Cleopatra.
Richard Burton in Cleopatra
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina, holding a book and looking at Richard Burton as Petruchio, who leans toward her, in a scene from the 1967 film The Taming of the Shrew.
Richard Burton as Alec Leamas, with a bandaged head, clings to the Berlin Wall during the climactic scene in the film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
Ava Gardner and Richard Burton in The Night of the Iguana
Clint Eastwood as Lieut. Morris Schaffer, Richard Burton as Major John Smith, and Mary Ure as Mary Ellison in military uniforms and winter clothing in a tense scene from Where Eagles Dare.
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