Richard Burton

1925–1984 | British actor

Welsh leading actor whose dark, brooding good looks did not bring him immediate film success either in Britain or Hollywood

Mini Biography

Burton’s 1963 marriage to Elizabeth Taylor helped him climb to the crest of what these days passes for stardom, as did their subsequent divorces and reunions. High living and a kind of contempt for his work kept him from the heights of both serious achievement and popular acclaim.

Latest Richard Burton Pictures

Richard Burton and Jean Simmons (as Marcellus Gallio and Diana) in the finale of The Robe (1953) — Richard Burton and Jean Simmons in the finale of The Robe (1953)

Jean Simmons (as Diana) and Richard Burton (as Marcellus Gallio) in a DVD cover of The Robe (1953) (2) — The Robe (1953) DVD cover (2) | Jean Simmons, Richard Burton

Richard Burton (as Richard Wagner) in a Dutch DVD cover of Wagner (1983) (3) — Wagner (1983) Dutch DVD cover (3) | Richard Burton

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Personal Details

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Born

Richard Burton was born in Pontrhydyfen, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot on 10^th November, 1925.
Died

Richard Burton died in Céligny, Switzerland on 5^th August, 1984, aged 58.

Watch Richard Burton on British television

- Bitter Victory (1957)
- Monday at 1.15pm on Film4 HD
- Two officers sent on a document raid in Libya during World War II become poor soldiers because one suspects the other of an affair with his wife.
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
- Wednesday at 10.30am on TCM HD
- Wednesday at 11.30am on TCM Plus 1
- Henry VIII divorces his wife to marry Anne Boleyn, but soon finds evidence of adultery.
- The Desert Rats (1953)
- Friday at 9.35am on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Saturday at 4.15am on Sky Cinema Greats
- An English captain commands an Australian detachment in the siege of Tobruk, and survives an encounter with Rommel.