Richard E Burton

Richard Burton

• Birth Name Richard Walter Jenkins
• Nickname Rich
  
• Biography Probably more frequently remembered for his turbulent personal life and multiple marriages, however Richard Burton was truly one of the great UK actors of the post WW2 period. The young Richard Jenkin...
  
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• Spouse Sally Hay (I) (3 July 1983 - 5 August 1984) (his death)
  Susan Hunt (II) (21 August 1976 - 1982) (divorced)
  Elizabeth Taylor (I) (10 October 1975 - 1 August 1976) (remarried/redivorced)
  Elizabeth Taylor (I) (15 March 1964 - 26 June 1974) (divorced); 1 child
  Sybil Williams (5 February 1949 - 5 December 1963) (divorced); 2 children
  
• Trade Mark A handsome man with a beautiful speaking voice.
  Frequently played self-loathing characters, particularly in his latercareer.
  
• Other Work Album: Performs as The Journalist on the recording of Jeff Wayne'sMusical Version of "The War Of The Worlds" (1978) (Columbia C35292 PC235290 Stereo)
  Stage: Starred in John Gielgud's production ofShakespeare's "Hamlet" on Broadway, which opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre onApril 9, 1964 and closed on August 8, 1964, for a record-breaking totalof ...
  Stage: Co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (I) in an evening of poetryreadings, 1964.
  Album: Recorded "The Ancient Mariner" and other Samuel Taylor Coleridge poems for Argo Records (RG41).
  Album: Recorded his famous portrayal ofWilliam Shakespeare (I)'s "Coriolanus" (a play he performed onstage to greatacclaim, but which he never filmed), Caedmon Records, 1960s.
  Radio: Narrator of episode "David Copperfield" in radio series "Theater Guildon the Air", from ABC, Dec 24, 1950.
  
• Biography print Melvyn Bragg. _Rich: The Life of Richard Burton._ London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0340405376
  John Centrell, Fergus Caskin. _Richard Burton._ EnglewoodCliffs,NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972.
  Richard L. Sterne. _John Gielgud Directs Richard Burton._ London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1968. ISBN 0435183524
  William Redfield. _Letters from an Actor._ New York: Viking, 1967.
  John Cottrell. _Richard Burton Very Close Up._ Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1972.ISBN 0137809085
  Graham Jenkins. _Richard Burton, My Brother._ London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0718130103
  
• Portrayed in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) (TV)
  
• Salary The V.I.P.s (1963): $500,000.00
  My Cousin Rachel (1952): $50,000.00
  The Night of the Iguana (1964): $500,000.00
  Look Back in Anger (1959): $100,000.00
  The Bramble Bush (1960): $125,000.00
  Ice Palace (1960): $125,000.00
  Cleopatra (1963): $250,000.00
  The Longest Day (1962): $30,000.00
  _Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The (1965)_: $750,000.00
  _Steiner - Das eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil (1978)_: $750,000.00
  Circle of Two (1980): $750,000.00
  _"Wagner" (1983) (mini)_: $1,000,000.00
  _Lovespell (1979)_: $750,000.00
  Absolution (1978): $125,000.00
  The Medusa Touch (1978): $500,000.00
  Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977): $1,000,000.00
  Brief Encounter (1974) (TV): $600,000.00
  The Comedians (1967): $750,000.00
  Raid on Rommel (1971): $1,000,000.00
  "Wagner" (1983): $1,000,000.00
  Equus (1977): $500,000.00
  Alexander the Great (1956): $100,000.00
  
• Biographical movie Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (2001) (TV)
  Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (1997) (TV)
  
• Filmography

  Becket (1964) History

  Cleopatra (1963) History

  Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'The War of the Worlds' (2006) (V) Musical

  Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Sci-Fi

  The Night of the Iguana (1964) Thriller

  "Robna kuca" (2009) {Partizanski film II (#1.2)}

  "20 to 1" (2005) {Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (#6.6)}

  "Duelle" (2007) {Elizabeth Taylor gegen Richard Burton (#2.1)}

  "Welsh Greats" (2008) {Richard Burton (#1.1)}

  Alexander the Great (1956) History