Richard Burton

(1925–84)

British actor (d. 58) | The Robe (1953), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)

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

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Burton’s 1963 marriage to Elizabeth Taylor helped him climb to the crest of 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.

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Main title from the 2018 ‘Epics’ episode of Talking Pictures (2013) (1) — Talking Pictures (2013) | Epics (2018) opening credits (1)

Main title from The VIPs (1963) (4). Richard Burton as Paul Andros — The VIPs (1963) opening credits (4)

Hardback book of A Christmas Story by Richard Burton, published 1989. With an introduction by Sally Burton — A Christmas Story hardback (1989)| Richard Burton (1)

Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton in March 1964 and they adopted their daughter Maria that same year. Here, the couple are pictured at the Lancaster Hotel in Paris, where they spent Christmas with their children. Taylor is wearing a $6,000 mink ski jacket from Chombert as she strides past a Christmas tree towards the camera. Burton in the background holds a dog in his arms — Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at the Lancaster Hotel, Paris over Christmas 1964

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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

- Villain (1971)
- The comeuppance of a cowardly, sadistic, homosexual East End gang boss with a mother fixation.
- Tonight at 10pm on London Live
- The Desert Rats (1953)
- An English captain commands an Australian detachment in the siege of Tobruk, and survives an encounter with Rommel.
- Tomorrow at 12.30pm on 5Action HD
- Tomorrow at 1.35pm on 5Action HD
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
- A British master spy is offered a chance to get even with his East German opponent by being apparently sacked, disillusioned and open for recruitment.
- 8^th July at 8pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- 9^th July at 3.25pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD
- Breakthrough (1979)
- The German sergeant hero of Cross of Iron survives the Western Front and involvement in an anti-Hitler conspiracy.
- 9^th July at 2.20am on Talking Pictures TV