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British actor, Richard Burton

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.

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British actor, Richard Burton
  • 30th March, 2018
Richard Burton
Richard Burton, British actor
Richard Burton and Jean Simmons (as Marcellus Gallio and Diana) in the finale of The Robe (1953)
  • 5th April, 2015
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons
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)
  • 17th March, 2012
Jean Simmons, Richard Burton
The Robe (1953) DVD cover (2) | Jean Simmons, Richard Burton
Richard Burton (as Richard Wagner) in a Dutch DVD cover of Wagner (1983) (3)
  • 29th October, 2010
Richard Burton
Wagner (1983) Dutch DVD cover (3) | Richard Burton

Select Richard Burton Filmography

Waterfront (1950)
Ben Satterthwaite
Philip Ashley
The Robe (1953)
Marcellus Gallio
Capt ‘Tammy’ MacRoberts
Capt Leith
Jimmy Porter
Cleopatra (1963)
Mark Antony
Alec Leamas
Petruchio
Maj Smith
King Henry VIII
Villain (1971)
Vic Dakin
Foster
Lt Col Herbert Kappler
Col Allen Faulkner
Morlar
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Jean Simmons, British actress, wears a lacy top and a pearl necklace as she poses for a 1950s publicity photo
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