Richard Burton
Born	Richard Walter Jenkins 10 November 1925(1925-11-10) Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Died	5 August 1984 (aged 58) Céligny, Switzerland
Spouse(s)	Sybil Williams (1949–1963) Elizabeth Taylor (1964–1974, 1975–1976) Susan Hunt (1976–1982) Sally Hay (1983–1984)
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Richard Burton, CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh multiple award-winning actor. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small Village in Neath Port Talbot County borough in Wales. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Céligny is a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. ^[1]

Contents 1 Childhood and education 2 Early acting career 3 Hollywood and later career 3.1 Stage career 3.2 Hollywood career in the 1950s and 1960s 3.3 Later career 3.4 Oscars 3.5 Television 4 Personal life 4.1 Death 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 Academy Awards 5.2 BAFTA Awards 5.3 Emmy Awards 5.4 Golden Globe Awards 5.5 Tony Awards 6 Filmography 7 Stage productions 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links

Childhood and education

Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in the village of Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK, near Port Talbot. Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small Village in Neath Port Talbot County borough in Wales. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Port Talbot ( Welsh: Aberafan or Porth Talbot) is an Industrial Town in south Wales, UK, with a Population He grew up in a working-class, Welsh-speaking household, the twelfth of thirteen children. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic ^[2] His father was a short, robust coal miner, a “twelve-pints a-day man” who sometimes went off on drinking and gambling sprees for weeks. Burton later claimed, by family telling, that “He looked very much like me. . . That is, he was pockmarked, devious, and smiled a great deal when he was in trouble. He was, also, a man of extraordinary eloquence, tremendous passion, great violence”. ^[3]

Burton's mother, Edith, died after the last birth, before he was two years old. In 1927, his sister Cecilia 'Cis' and her husband Elfed, in nearby Port Talbot (an English-speaking steel town) took him into her mining family where he was raised a Presbyterian and remained for many years. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity ^[2][4] Burton said later that his sister became “more mother to me than any mother could have ever been. . . I was immensely proud of her…she felt all tragedies except her own”. His father would make occasional appearances at the homes of his grown sisters but was otherwise absent. ^[5] Also formative in his early life was his older brother Ifor, nineteen years his senior, who became Burton's idol and protector. A miner and rugby star, Ifor would continue to be a close companion later in Burton's life.

Burton showed a talent for English and Welsh literature at grammar school, and demonstrated an excellent memory, though his consuming interest was sports—rugby, cricket, and table tennis. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries ^[6] He later said, “I would rather have played for Wales at Cardiff Arms Park than Hamlet at Old Vic”. ^[7] He earned pocket money by running messages, hauling horse manure, and delivering newspapers. He started to smoke at age eight and drink regularly at twelve. ^[8] With the inspiration of his schoolmaster, Philip H. Burton, he excelled in school productions, his first being The Apple Cart. ^[9] Philip could not legally adopt Burton because their age difference was one shy of the minimum twenty years required. ^[10] Burton early on displayed an excellent speaking and singing voice and won an eisteddfod prize as a boy soprano. ^[11] Burton left school at sixteen for full-time work. He worked for the local wartime Co-Operative committee, handing out supplies in exchange for coupons, but then considered other professions for his future, including boxing, religion, and singing. ^[11] When Burton joined the Port Talbot Squadron of the Air Training Corp as a cadet, he re-encountered Philip Burton, his former teacher, who was the commander. Richard also joined a youth drama group led by Leo Lloyd, a steel worker and avid amateur thespian, who taught him the fundamentals of acting.

Philip Burton, recognizing Richard's talent, then adopted him as his ward and Richard returned to school, and, being older than most of the boys, he was very attractive to some of the girls. ^[12] Philip Burton later said, “Richard was my son to all intents and purposes. I was committed to him”. ^[13] Philip Burton tutored his charge intensely in school subjects and also worked at developing the youth's acting voice, including outdoor voice drills which improved his projection. ^[14] In 1943, at the age of eighteen, Richard Burton (who had now taken his teacher's surname), was allowed into Exeter College, Oxford for a special term of six months study, made possible because he was an air force cadet obligated to later military service. Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the 4th oldest college of the University He subsequently did serve in the RAF (1944-1947) as a navigator. Burton's eyesight was too poor for him to be considered pilot material. ^[6]

Early acting career

In the 1940s and early 1950s Burton worked on stage and in cinema in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Before his war service with the British Royal Air Force, he starred as Professor Higgins in a YMCA production of Pygmalion. Pygmalion (1913 is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. He earned his first professional acting fees doing radio parts for the BBC. ^[15] He had made his professional acting debut in Liverpool and London, appearing in Druid's Rest, a play by Emlyn Williams (who also became a guru), but his career was interrupted by conscription in 1944. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. ^[16] Early on as an actor, he developed the habit of toting around a book-bag filled with novels, dictionaries, a complete Shakespeare, and books of quotations, history, and biography, to stoke his mind and stimulate conversation. He was also an enthusiastic crossword puzzle solver. His Welsh love of language was paramount, as he famously stated years later, with a tearful Elizabeth Taylor at his side, “The only thing in life is language. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Not love. Not anything else. ”^[17]

In 1947, after his discharge from the RAF, Burton went to London to seek his fortune. He immediately signed up with a theatrical agency to make himself available for casting calls. ^[18] His first film was The Last Days of Dolwyn, set in a Welsh village about to be drowned to provide a reservoir. His reviews praised him for his “acting fire, manly bearing, and good looks. ”^[19]

Burton met his future wife, the young actress Sybil Williams, on the set, and they married in February 1949. They had two daughters, but divorced in 1963, after Burton's widely reported affair with Elizabeth Taylor. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress In the years of his marriage to Sybil, Burton appeared in the West End in a highly successful production of The Lady's Not For Burning, alongside Sir John Gielgud and Claire Bloom, in both the London and NewYork productions. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" The Lady's Not for Burning is a 1948 play by Christopher Fry. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume; 15 February 1931) is an English Film and stage Actress. He had small parts in various British films: Now Barabbas Was A Robber; Waterfront (1950) with Robert Newton; The Woman with No Name (1951); and a bigger part as a smuggler in Green Grow the Rushes, a B-movie. Robert Newton ( June 1 1905 – March 25 1956) was a noted English stage and film Actor. Green Grow The Rushes Ho (or O) (aka The Twelve Prophets, or The Carol Of The Twelve Numbers, or The Teaching Song, or A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double ^[20]

Reviewers took notice of Burton, “he has all the qualifications of a leading man that the British film industry so badly needs at this juncture: youth, good looks, a photogenic face, obviously alert intelligence, and a trick of getting the maximum of attention with a minimum of fuss”. ^[21] In the 1951 season at Stratford, he gave a critically acclaimed performance and achieved stardom as Prince Hal in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 opposite Anthony Quayle's Falstaff. Henry IV Part 1 is a History play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597 Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE ( 7 September 1913 &ndash 20 October 1989) was an English Actor and director Sir John Falstaff is a Fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare as a companion to Prince Hal the future King Henry V. Philip Burton arrived at Strafford to help coach his former charge, and he noted in his memoir that Quayle and Richard Burton had their differences about the interpretation of the Prince Hal role. Richard Burton was already demonstrating the same independence and competitiveness as an actor that he displayed off-stage in drinking, sport, or story-telling. ^[22]

Kenneth Tynan said of Burton's performance, “His playing of Prince Hal turned interested speculation to awe almost as soon as he started to speak; in the first intermission to local critics stood agape in the lobbies”. ^[21] Suddenly, Richard Burton had fulfilled his guardian's wildest hopes and was admitted to the post-War British acting circle which included Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Hugh Griffith, and Paul Scofield. Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE ( 7 September 1913 &ndash 20 October 1989) was an English Actor and director Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and Hugh Emrys Griffith ( May 30, 1912 &ndash May 14, 1980) was a Welsh Film, stage and Television Actor David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE ( 21 January 1922 &ndash 19 March 2008) was an English award-winning actor of stage He even met Humphrey Bogart, a fellow hard drinker, who sang his praises back in Hollywood. ^[23]Lauren Bacall recalled, “Bogie loved him. We all did. You had no alternative. " Burton bought the first of many cars and celebrated by increasing his drinking. ^[24] The following year, Burton signed a five-year contract with Alexander Korda at £100 a week, launching his Hollywood career. Sir Alexander Korda (September 16 1893 - January 23 1956 was a Hungarian-born Film director and producer.

Hollywood and later career

In 1952, Burton successfully made the transition to a Hollywood star; on the recommendation of Daphne du Maurier, he was given the leading role in My Cousin Rachel opposite Olivia de Havilland. Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British My Cousin Rachel is a 1952 Mystery film / Romance film directed by Henry Koster and starred Olivia de Havilland, Richard Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award -winning actress. ^[25] Burton arrived on the Hollywood scene at a time when the studios were struggling. Television's rise was drawing away viewers and the studios looked to new stars and new film technology to staunch the bleeding. 20th Century Fox negotiated with Korda to borrow him for this film and a further two at $50,000 a film. The film was a critical success. It established Burton as a Hollywood leading man and won him his first Academy Award nomination and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor. The Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor originated in 1948 In Desert Rats (1953), Burton plays a young English captain in the North African campaign during World War II who takes charge of a hopelessly out-numbered Australian unit against the indominable Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason). Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ( 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) (also known as the " Desert Fox " Wüstenfuchs James Neville Mason ( 15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was a three-time Academy Award -nominated British Actor who Mason, another actor known for his distinctive voice and excellent elocution, became a friend of Burton's and introduced the new actor to the Hollywood crowd. In short order, he met Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Deborah Kerr, and Cole Porter, and Burton met up again with Humphrey Bogart. Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Stewart Granger ( May 6, 1913 &ndash August 16, 1993) born James Lablache Stewart, was an English film Actor Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (born January 31 1929 is an Oscar -nominated English actress Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, CBE (30 September 1921 &ndash 16 October 2007 was a Scottish stage television and film actress Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. ^[26] At a party, he met a pregnant Elizabeth Taylor, then Mrs. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Michael Wilding, whose first impression of Burton was that “he was rather full of himself. Michael Wilding may refer to Michael Wilding (actor Michael Wilding (writer I seem to remember that he never stopped talking, and I had given him the cold fish eye”. ^[27]

The following year he created a sensation by starring in The Robe, the first film to be shot in the wide-screen process Cinemascope, winning another Oscar nomination. The Robe is a 1953 Biblical Epic film that tells the story of a Roman tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus CinemaScope was a Widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967 "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Tyrone Power was originally cast in the role of Marcellus, a noble but decadent Roman who finds Christianity through his wife Jean Simmons and his Greek slave Victor Mature. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Jean Merilyn Simmons OBE (born January 31 1929 is an Oscar -nominated English actress Victor Mature ( 29 January 1913 – 4 August 1999) was an American Film actor. It marked a resurgence in Biblical blockbusters. ^[28] Burton was offered a seven-year, $1 million contract by Darryl Zanuck at Fox, but he turned it down, though later the contract was revived and he agreed to it. Darryl Francis Zanuck ( September 5, 1902 &ndash December 22, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning producer, Writer ^[29] It has been suggested that remarks Burton made about blacklisting Hollywood while filming The Robe may have explained his failure to ever win an Oscar, despite receiving seven nominations. The Robe is a 1942 Historical novel about the Crucifixion written by Lloyd C

In 1954, Burton took his most famous radio role, as the narrator in the original production of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood, a role he would reprise in the film version twenty years later. Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 was a Welsh poet who wrote exclusively in English Under Milk Wood is a play for radio by Dylan Thomas, later adapted for the stage. He was also the narrator, as Winston Churchill, in the highly successful television documentary series The Valiant Years in 1960. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 ^[30]

Stage career

Burton was still juggling theatre with film, playing Hamlet and Coriolanus at the Old Vic Theatre in 1953 and alternating the roles of Iago and Othello with the Old Vic's other rising matinee idol John Neville. Prince Hamlet is the protagonist in Shakespeare 's tragedy Hamlet. Coriolanus is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Gaius Martius Coriolanus. The Old Vic is a Theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Iago is a Fictional character in William Shakespeare 's play Othello. John Neville, CM, OBE (born May 2 1925) is an English Theatre and film Actor who moved to Canada in 1972 Hamlet was a challenge that both terrified and attracted him, as it was a role many of his peers in the British theater had undertaken, including John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron ^[31] Bogart, on the other hand, warned him as Burton left Hollywood, “I never know a man who played Hamlet who didn't die broke”. ^[32] Once again, Philip Burton provided expert coaching. Claire Bloom played Ophelia, and their work together led to a turbulent affair. Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume; 15 February 1931) is an English Film and stage Actress. ^[33] His reviews in Hamlet were good but he received stronger praise for Coriolanus. His fellow actor Robert Hardy said, “His Coriolanus is quite easily the best I've ever seen” but Hamlet was “too strong”. ^[31]

Burton appeared on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Time Remembered (1958) and winning the award for playing King Arthur in the musical Camelot (1960). Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music Moss Hart directed the musical, written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe which was originally called Jenny Kissed Me, and based on T. H. White's The Once and Future King. Moss Hart ( October 24 1904 &ndash December 20 1961) was an American Playwright and director of plays and Musical Alan Jay Lerner ( August 31, 1918 &ndash June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway Lyricist and Librettist Terence Hanbury White ( 29 May 1906 &ndash 17 January 1964) was an English Author best known for his sequence of Arthurian The Once and Future King is an Arthurian Fantasy novel written by T ^[32] Julie Andrews fresh from her triumph in My Fair Lady played Guenevere to Burton's King Arthur, with Robert Goulet as Lancelot, completing the love triangle. Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1 1935) is an award-winning English Actress My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Guinevere was the legendary Queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot, which first King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders Robert Gerard Goulet ( November 26 1933 – October 30 2007) was a Canadian Grammy - and Tony Award - winning In the Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot ( Lancelot du Lac, also Launcelot) is one of the Knights of the Round Table. The production was troubled, with both Lowe and Moss being ill, numerous revisions upsetting the schedule and the actors, and the pressure building due to great expectations and huge advance sales. The show running time was nearly five hours. Burton took it all in stride and calmed people down with statements like “Don't worry, love”. Burton's intense preparation and competitive desire served him well. He was generous and supportive to others who were suffering in the maelstrom. According to Lerner, “he kept the boat from rocking, and Camelot might never have reached New York if it hadn't been for him. ”^[34] Like in the play, both male stars were amoured with their leading lady, newly married Andrews. When Goulet turned to Burton for advice, Burton had none to offer, but later he admitted, “I tried everything on her myself. I couldn't get anywhere either”. ^[35] Burton's reviews were excellent, Time magazine stated that Burton “gives Arthur the skillful and vastly appealing performance that might be expected from one of England's finest young actors”. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and The show's album was a major seller. The Kennedys, newly in the White House, also enjoyed the play and invited Burton for a visit, establishing the link of the idealistic, young Kennedy administration with Camelot. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence

He then put his stage career on the back burner to concentrate on film, although he received a third Tony Award nomination when he reprised his Hamlet under John Gielgud's direction in 1964 in a production that holds the record for the longest run of the play in Broadway history (136 performances). The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Richard Burton’s Hamlet is a 1964 filmed record of the Broadway production of William Shakespeare 's tragedy that played from Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located ^[36] The performance was immortalized on both record and on a film that played in US theatres for a week in 1964 as well as being the subject of books written by cast members William Redfield and Richard L. Richard Burton’s Hamlet is a 1964 filmed record of the Broadway production of William Shakespeare 's tragedy that played from Sterne. Burton undertook the role just after his marriage to Taylor. Since Burton disliked wearing period clothing, Gielgud conceived a production in a "rehearsal" setting with a half-finished set and actors wearing their street clothes (carefully selected while the production really was in rehearsals). Burton's basic reading of Hamlet, which displeased some theater-goers, was of a complex, manic-depressive, but during the long run, he varied his performance considerably as a self-challenge and to keep his acting fresh. On the whole, Burton had good reviews. Time said that Burton “put his passion into Hamlet's language rather than the character…His acting is a technician's marvel. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of His voice has gem-cutting precision. ”^[37] The opening night party was a lavish affair, attended by six hundred celebrities, who paid homage to the couple. The most successful aspect of the production was generally considered to be Hume Cronyn's performance as Polonius, winning Cronyn the only Tony Award that he would ever receive in a competitive category. Hume Blake Cronyn, OC ( July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian - American Actor of Polonius is a character from William Shakespeare 's Hamlet. The character is best known for uttering the immortal words "To thine own self be true" The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented

After his Broadway Hamlet, Burton's stage appearances were rare, although he made a memorable return to Broadway in 1976 in Equus, his performance as psychiatrist Martin Dysart winning both a special Tony Award for his appearance as well as the role in the 1977 film version. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Richard Burton’s Hamlet is a 1964 filmed record of the Broadway production of William Shakespeare 's tragedy that played from Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973 telling the story of a Psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious/ Equus is a 1977 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton. Burton made only two more stage appearances after that, in a high-paying touring production of Camelot in 1980 that he was forced to leave early in the run due to a back injury (to be replaced by his friend Richard Harris), and in a critically reviled production of Noël Coward's Private Lives opposite his ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor in 1983. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music Richard St John Harris ( October 1 1930 - October 25 2002) was a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Grammy Award Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Private Lives is a play written by Noel Coward in 1930 Coward who also starred in the first production alongside Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Most reviewers dismissed the production as a transparent attempt to capitalize on the couple's celebrity, although they grudgingly praised Burton as having the closest connection to Coward's play of anyone in the cast.

Hollywood career in the 1950s and 1960s

In terms of critical success, Burton's Hollywood roles throughout the 1950s did not live up to the early promise of his debut. Burton returned to Hollywood to star in The Prince of Players, another historical Cinemascope film, this time concerning Edwin Booth, famous American actor and brother of Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth. Edwin Thomas Booth (13 November 1833 &ndash 7 June 1893 was a famous 19th century American Actor. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the A weak script undermined a valiant effort by Burton, though director Dunne's take was that “The fire and intensity were there, but that was all. He hadn't yet mastered the tricks of the great movie stars, such as Gary Cooper. Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star ^[38] Next came Alexander The Great (1956), written, directed, and produced by Robert Rossen (Academy Award winner for All the King's Men), with Burton in the title role, on a loan out to United Artists, and again with Claire Bloom co-starring. All the King's Men is a Novel by Robert Penn Warren, first published in 1946 This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Contrary to Burton's expectations, the “intelligent epic” was a wooden, slow-paced flop. ^[39]

In The Rains of Ranchipur, Burton plays a noble Hindu doctor who attempts the spiritual recovery of an adulteress (Lana Turner). Critics felt that the film lacked star chemistry, with Burton having difficulty with the accent, and relied too heavily on Cinemascope special effects including an earthquake and a collapsing dam. Burton returned to the theater in Henry V and Othello, alternating the roles of Iago and Othello. He and Sybil then moved to Switzerland to avoid high British taxes and to try to build a nest egg, for themselves and for Burton's family. ^[39] He returned to film again in Sea Wife, shot in Jamaica and directed by Roberto Rossellini. Roberto Rossellini ( May 8 1906 – June 3 1977) was an Italian Film director. A young Joan Collins (then called by the tabloids “Britain's bad girl”) plays a nun shipwrecked on an island with three men. Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE (born 23 May 1933) is a Golden Globe Award -winning English actress and bestselling But Rossellini was let go after disagreements with Zanuck. According to Collins, Burton had a “take-the-money-and-run attitude toward the film. Burton turned down the lead for Lawrence of Arabia, also turned down by Marlon Brando, which went to newcomer Peter O'Toole, who produced a memorable performance in the multi-Oscar-winning film. Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T ^[40].

Then in 1958, he was offered the part of Jimmy Porter, “an angry young man” role, in the film version of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger, a gritty drama about middle-class life in the British Midlands, directed by Tony Richardson, and again with Claire Bloom as co-star. John James Osborne ( December 12, 1929 &ndash December 24, 1994) was an English Playwright, Screenwriter, Look Back in Anger is a 1958 British film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Tony Richardson ( June 5, 1928 – November 14, 1991) was an English theatre and Academy Award -winning film Though it didn't do well commercially (many critics felt Burton, at 33, looked too old for the part) and Burton's Hollywood box office aura seemed to be diminishing, Burton was proud of the effort and wrote to his mentor Philip Burton, “I promise you that there isn't a shred of self-pity in my performance. I am for the first time ever looking forward to seeing a film in which I play”. ^[41] Next came The Bramble Bush and Ice Palace in 1960, neither important to Burton's career.

After playing King Arthur in Camelot on Broadway for six months, Burton replaced Stephen Boyd as Mark Antony in the troubled production Cleopatra (1963). Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music Stephen Boyd ( July 4, 1931 &ndash June 2, 1977) born William Millar, was an Irish -born actor from Glengormley Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Twentieth Century-Fox's future appeared to hinge on what became the most expensive movie ever made up until then, reaching almost $40 million. ^[42] The film proved to be the start of Burton's most successful period in Hollywood; he would remain among the top 10 box-office earners for the next four years. During the filming, Burton met and fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor, who was married to Eddie Fisher. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress The two would not be free to marry until 1965 when their respective divorces were complete. On their first meeting on the set, Burton said “Has anyone ever told you that you're a very pretty girl?” Taylor later recalled, “I said to myself, Oy gevalt, here's the great lover, the great wit, the great intellectual of Wales, and he comes out with a line like that”. ^[43] In their first scenes together, he was shaky and missing his lines, and she soothed and coached him. Soon the affair began in earnest and Sybil, seeing this as more than a passing fling with a leading lady, was unable to bear it, and she fled the set for Switzerland, then London.

The gigantic scale of the troubled production, Taylor's bouts of illness and fluctuating weight, the off-screen turbulence—all generated enormous publicity, which by-and-large the studio embraced. Zanuck stated, “I think the Taylor-Burton association is quite constructive for our organization”. ^[44] The six-hour film was cut to under four, eliminating many of Burton's scenes, but the result was viewed the same—a film long on spectacle dominated by the two hottest stars in Hollywood. Their private lives turned out to be an endless source of curiosity for the media, and their marriage was also the start of a series of on-screen collaborations. In the end, the film did well enough to recoup its great cost.

Burton played Taylor's tycoon husband in The V.I.P.s, an all-star film set in the VIP lounge of London Airport which proved to be a box-office hit. The VIPs, also known as Hotel International, is a 1963 MGM Drama film. A Very Important Person, or VIP is a person who is accorded special privileges due to his or her status or importance London Airport may refer to London England United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport (known as "London Airport" until 1966 London Then Burton portrayed the archbishop martyred by Henry II in the title role of Becket, turning in an effective, restrained performance, contrasting with Peter O'Toole's manic portrayal of Henry, forced by political necessity to kill his disobedient friend. Becket is a 1964 Film adaptation of the play Becket or the Honour of God by Jean Anouilh made by Hal Wallis Productions Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T ^[45]

In 1964, Burton triumphed as defrocked Episcopal priest Dr. Lawrence T. Shannon in Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana directed by John Huston, a film which became another critical and box office success. The Night of the Iguana is a Stageplay written by American author Tennessee Williams. John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. Richard Burton's performance in The Night of the Iguana may be his finest hour on the screen, and in the process helped put the town of Puerto Vallarta on the map (the Burtons later bought a house there). The Night of the Iguana is a Stageplay written by American author Tennessee Williams. Part of Burton's success was due to how well he varied his acting with the three female characters, each of which he tries to seduce differently: Ava Gardner (the randy hotel owner), Sue Lyons (the nubile American tourist), and Deborah Kerr (the poor, repressed artist). ^[46]

Against his family's advice, Burton married Taylor on Sunday March 15, 1964 in Montreal, Canada. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Ever optimistic, Taylor proclaimed, “I'm so happy you can't believe it. This marriage will last forever”. ^[47] At the hotel in Boston, the rabid crowd clawed at the newlyweds, Burton's coat was ripped and Taylor's ear was bloodied when someone tried to steal one of her earrings. ^[48]

After an interruption playing Hamlet on Broadway, Burton returned to film as British spy Alec Leamas in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963 by John le Carré is a Cold War spy novel famous for its intricate plot and its portrait of the West's espionage methods Burton and Taylor continued making films together though the next one The Sandpiper (1965) was poorly received. The Sandpiper is a 1965 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Following that, he and Taylor had a great success in Mike Nichols's film (1966) of the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, in which a bitter erudite couple spend the evening trading vicious barbs in front of their horrified and fascinated guests, played by George Segal and Sandy Dennis. Mike Nichols (born November 6 1931) is an American television stage and Film director, writer and producer Edward Franklin Albee III ( "AWL-bee" born March 12 1928 is a three time Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright known for works including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, George Segal (born February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York) is an American film and stage actor Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis ( April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an Academy Award - and Tony Award - winning American Burton was not the first choice for the role of Taylor's husband. Jack Lemmon was offered the role first, but when he backed off, Jack Warner, with Taylor's insistence, agreed on Burton and paid him his price. John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Albee preferred Bette Davis and James Mason, fearing that the Burtons' strong screen presence would dominate the film. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. James Neville Mason ( 15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was a three-time Academy Award -nominated British Actor who ^[49] Nichols, in his directorial debut, managed the Burtons brilliantly. The script by Hollywood veteran Ernest Lehman broke new ground for its raw language and harsh depiction of marriage. Ernest Lehman ( December 8, 1915 in New York City – July 2 2005 in Los Angeles California) was an American Although all four actors received Oscar nominations for their roles in the film (the film received a total of thirteen), only Taylor and Dennis went on to win. So immersed had the Burtons become in the roles of George and Martha over the months of shooting, after the wrap Richard Burton said, “I feel rather lost”. ^[48] Later the couple would state that the film took its toll on their relationship, and that Taylor was “tired of playing Martha” in real life. ^[50]

Their lively version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967), directed by Franco Zeffirelli, was a notable success. William Shakespeare ( baptised The Taming of the Shrew is a 1967 Feature film based on a play by William Shakepeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. Later collaborations, however, The Comedians (1967), Boom! (1968), and the Burton-directed Dr. Faustus (1967) (which had its genesis from a theatre production he staged and starred in at the Oxford University Dramatic Society) were critical and commercial failures. The Comedians was a British Television show of the 1970s (later reprised in the 1980s which gave a stage to nightclub and Working men's club Boom! is a 1968 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward. Doctor Faustus is a film produced in 1967 that is based on Christopher Marlowe 's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, written in 1588 The Oxford University Dramatic Society ( OUDS) is the principal Funding body and provider of theatrical services to the many independent student productions put on He did enjoy a final commercial blockbuster with Clint Eastwood in Where Eagles Dare in 1968 (a favorite television re-run) but his last film of the decade, Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), was a commercial and critical disappointment. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 World War II Spy film directed by Brian G Background and production The play Anne of the Thousand Days, the film's basis was first enacted on Broadway in the Shubert Theatre on 8 December In spite of those failures, it performed remarkably well at that year's Academy awards (receiving ten nominations, including one for Burton's performance as Henry VIII), which many thought to be largely the result of an expensive advertising campaign by Universal Studios. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American ^[51]

Later career

Burton's career went into decline after that, according to many critics who accused him of accepting roles in inferior projects to collect a quick paycheck. Films he made during this period included Bluebeard (1972), Hammersmith Is Out (1972), The Klansman (1974), and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). The Klansman is a 1974 American Motion picture drama based on the book of the same name by William Bradford Huie. Exorcist II The Heretic is a 1977 American Horror film and the Sequel to the 1973 film The Exorcist. He did enjoy one major critical success in the 1970s in the film version of his stage hit Equus, winning the Golden Globe Award as well as an Academy Award nomination. Equus is a 1977 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Public sentiment towards his perennial frustration at not winning an Oscar made many pundits consider him the favorite to finally win the award, but on Oscar Night he lost to Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl. Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29 1947 is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, known for a number of film television and theater roles such The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American Comedy film. Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason

He found success in 1978, when he narrated Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne is a musician mostly known for his musical version of H Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 Concept album by Jeff Wayne and others retelling the His distinctive performance became a necessary part of the concept album - so much so that a hologram of Burton is used to narrate the live stage show (touring in 2006 and 2007) of the musical.

He went back to appearing in critically reviled films like The Wild Geese (1978), The Medusa Touch (1978), Circle of Two (1980), and Wagner (1983), a role he said he was born to play, after his success in Equus, but his last movie performance as O'Brien in the 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was critically acclaimed. The Wild Geese is a 1978 film about a group of Mercenaries in Africa. The Medusa Touch is a British Film released in 1978. It starred Richard Burton ( John Morlar) Lee Remick (Zonfeld Circle of Two is a 1980 Canadian film It starred Richard Burton as a 60-year old artist who falls in love with a fifteen-year-old Tatum Equus is a 1977 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel

At the time of his death, Burton was preparing to film Wild Geese II (1985) in Berlin, the sequel to The Wild Geese (1978). The Wild Geese is a 1978 film about a group of Mercenaries in Africa. The Wild Geese is a 1978 film about a group of Mercenaries in Africa. Burton was to reprise the role of Colonel Faulkner, while his friend Sir Laurence Olivier was cast as Rudolf Hess. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Rudolf Walter Richard Hess ( Heß in German) (26 April 1894 &ndash 17 August 1987 was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, acting as Adolf Hitler Burton was replaced by Edward Fox, and the character changed to Faulkner's younger brother. Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April, 1937) is an English stage film and television Actor.

Oscars

He was nominated six times for an Academy Award for Best Actor and once for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - but he never won. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts From 1982, he and Becket co-star Peter O'Toole shared the record for the male actor with the most nominations (7) for a competitive acting Oscar without ever winning. Becket is a 1964 Film adaptation of the play Becket or the Honour of God by Jean Anouilh made by Hal Wallis Productions Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T In 2007, Peter O'Toole was unsuccessfully nominated for an eighth time, for Venus (however, O'Toole also received an "honorary" Academy Award in 2003). Venus is a 2006 film staring Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Vanessa Redgrave and Jodie Whittaker.

Television

Burton rarely appeared on television, although he gave a memorable performance as Caliban in a televised production of The Tempest for The Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1960. The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him although Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long-running irregularly scheduled anthology program on American Television. Later appearances included the TV movie Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973) opposite then-wife Elizabeth Taylor (a prophetic title, since their first marriage would be dissolved less than a year later), a remake of the classic film Brief Encounter (1974) that was considered vastly inferior to the 1946 original, and a critically applauded performance as Winston Churchill in The Gathering Storm (1974). Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Brief Encounter is a 1945 British Film about the Mores of British suburban life centring on a housewife for whom real love (as opposed Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 A critically panned film he made about the life of Richard Wagner (noted only for having the only onscreen teaming of Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson in the same scene) was shown as a television miniseries in 1983 after failing to achieve a theatrical release, but Burton enjoyed a personal triumph in the American television miniseries Ellis Island in 1984, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for his final television performance. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Sir Ralph David Richardson ( 19 December 1902 &ndash 10 October 1983) was an English Actor, one of a group of theatrical Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor

Television played an important part in the fate of his Broadway appearance in Camelot. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music When the show's run was threatened by disappointing reviews, Burton and costar Julie Andrews appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show to perform the number What Do The Simple Folk Do?. Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on October 1 1935) is an award-winning English Actress The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, The television appearance renewed public interest in the production and extended its Broadway run. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located

Late in his career, he played himself in an episode of the Television Show The Fall Guy, repeating a stunt he made in 1970 when he and then-wife Elizabeth Taylor appeared as themselves on an episode of Here's Lucy as part of his unsuccessful campaign to win the Oscar for his nominated performance in Anne of the Thousand Days. The Fall Guy is an American Television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from 1981 to 1986. Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball 's third network television sitcom Background and production The play Anne of the Thousand Days, the film's basis was first enacted on Broadway in the Shubert Theatre on 8 December

In 1997, archive footage of Burton was used in the first episode of the television series Conan. ^[52]

Personal life

Burton was married five times, first to Sybil Williams from 1949 to 1963, and had two children with Williams, actress Kate Burton and Jessica Burton. Katherine Burton (born September 10 1957) is a Daytime Emmy Award -winning British actress. He was married twice, consecutively, to Elizabeth Taylor (15 March 1964 – 26 June 1974 and 10 October 1975 – 29 July 1976). Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Their second marriage occurred sixteen months after their divorce, in the Chobe National Park, Kasane, Botswana. Chobe National Park, in northwest Botswana, has one of the largest game concentration in Africa continent Kasane is a town in Botswana, close to Africa's 'Four Corners' where four countries meet Botswana Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana is a Landlocked nation in Southern Africa. The relationship between them portrayed in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was popularly likened to Burton and Taylor's real-life marriage. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edward Albee. ^[53]

On the Parkinson show in 1974, Burton acknowledged homosexual experiences as a young actor on the London stage in the 1950s. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. He also suggested that perhaps all actors were latent homosexuals, and "we cover it up with drink". In 2000 a biography of Elizabeth Taylor suggested that Burton may have had an affair with Laurence Olivier. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Burton was also notorious for his unrestrained pursuit of women while filming. Joan Collins wrote that when she rejected his on-set advances he embarked on a series of liaisons with other women including an elderly black maid who, according to Collins was 'almost toothless'. Collins playfully told Burton that she believed he would sleep with a snake if he had the chance, to which Burton is alleged to have replied 'only if it was wearing a skirt, darling. '

He was an insomniac and a notoriously heavy drinker. However, ongoing back pain and a dependence upon pain medications have been suggested as the true cause of his misery. He was also a heavy smoker from the time he was just eight years old, sustaining at least three packs of cigarettes a day.

His father, also a heavy drinker, refused to acknowledge the son's talents, achievements and acclaim. ^[4] In turn, Richard declined to attend his funeral, in 1957. ^[6] Like Richard, his father died from a cerebral haemorrhage, but at 81.

Burton was banned permanently from BBC productions in 1974 for questioning the sanity of Winston Churchill and others in power during World War II – Burton reported hating them "virulently" for the alleged promise to wipe out all Japanese people on the planet. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Ironically, Burton had got along well with Churchill when he met him at a play in London, and kept a bust of him on his mantelpiece. Burton courted further controversy in 1976 when he wrote a controversial article about his late friend and fellow Welsh thespian Sir Stanley Baker, who had recently died from pneumonia at the age of 48. Sir William Stanley Baker ( February 28 1928 - June 28 1976) known as Stanley Baker, was a Welsh Actor and

Death

Burton's fourth marriage was to Suzy Hunt, former wife of motor racing driver James Hunt, (maiden name Suzy Millar, whose father was a judge in Kenya) and his fifth was to Sally Hay, a make-up artist who later became a successful novelist. James Simon Wallis Hunt ( 29 August 1947 &ndash 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver from England who won the While married to Sally, he died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Switzerland, where he is buried. A cerebral hemorrhage (or intracerebral hemorrhage, ICH) is a subtype of Intracranial hemorrhage that occurs within the Brain tissue itself Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation He was 58 years old. Burton was buried in a red suit, a tribute to his Welsh roots. ^[54]

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Nominations

• 1952 Best Supporting Actor, My Cousin Rachel
• 1953 Best Actor, The Robe
• 1964 Best Actor, Becket
• 1965 Best Actor, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
• 1966 Best Actor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 1969 Best Actor, Anne of the Thousand Days
• 1977 Best Actor, Equus

BAFTA Awards

• 1967 Best Actor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 1967 Best Actor, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Nominations

• 1960 Best Actor, Look Back in Anger
• 1968 Best Actor, The Taming of the Shrew

Emmy Awards

Nominations

• 1985 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special, Ellis Island

Golden Globe Awards

• 1953 Most Promising Newcomer - Male, My Cousin Rachel
• 1978 Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Equus

Nominations

• 1960 Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Look Back in Anger )
• 1965 Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Becket
• 1967 Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 1968 Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy, The Taming of the Shrew
• 1970 Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama, Anne of the Thousand Days

Tony Awards

• 1961 Best Actor - Musical, Camelot
• 1976 Special Award

Nominations

• 1959 Best Actor - Play, Time Remembered
• 1964 Best Actor - Play, Hamlet

Filmography

Main article: Richard Burton filmography

Stage productions

Measure for Measure (1944) Druid's Rest (1944) Castle Anna (1948) The Lady's Not For Burning (1949) The Lady's Not For Burning (1950) A Phoenix Too Frequent (1950) The Boy With A Cart (1950) Legend of Lovers (1951) The Tempest (1951) Henry V (1951)

Henry IV (1951) Montserrat (1952) The Tempest (1953) King John (1953) Hamlet (1953) Coriolanus (1953) Hamlet (1953) Twelfth Night (1953) Henry V (1955) Othello (1956)

Time Remembered (1957) Camelot (1960) Hamlet (1964) A Poetry Reading (1964) Doctor Faustus (1966) Equus (1970) Camelot (1980) Private Lives (1983) War of the Worlds (1978)

References

Further reading

• Shipman, D. The Great Movie Stars: The International Years, Angus & Robertson 1982. ISBN 0-207-14803-1

External links

• Official Richard Burton Website
• Richard Burton at Find A Grave
• Richard Burton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Richard Burton at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Burton at the TCM Movie Database
• Richard Burton's yacht Kalizma
• A 1979 interview with Burton about his career and roles.

Preceded by Eddie Fisher

Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor

Succeeded by John Warner

Awards
Preceded by Dirk Bogarde for Darling	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1966	Succeeded by Paul Scofield for A Man for All Seasons

Persondata
NAME	Burton, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jenkins, Richard Walter Jr. Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Edmund John "Eddie" Fisher (born August 10, 1928) is an American Singer and Entertainer. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress John William Warner (born February 18 1927 is an American Politician, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and has served as the Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde ( 28 March, 1921  &ndash 8 May, 1999) better known by his Stage name Darling is a 1965 British film which tells the story of an amoral model who sleeps her way to success The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role has been presented to its winners since 1952 and actors of all nationalities are The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1965 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by John le Carré. David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE ( 21 January 1922 &ndash 19 March 2008) was an English award-winning actor of stage A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More.
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Welsh actor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
DATE OF DEATH	August 5, 1984
PLACE OF DEATH	Céligny, Switzerland

Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small Village in Neath Port Talbot County borough in Wales. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Céligny is a municipality in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation

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