Richard Burton Biography (1925-1984)

Born November 10, 1925, in Wales; died August 5, 1984 in Switzerland; marriedSybil Williams, 1949 (divorced, 1963); married Elizabeth Taylor, 1964 (divorced, 1974); married Elizabeth Taylor, 1975 (divorced, 1976); married Susan Hunt, 1976 (divorced 1982); married Sally Ann Hay, 1983; children: (first marriage) two daughters.

Nationality
Welsh
Gender
Male
Birth Details
November 10, 1925
Wales
Death Details
August 5, 1984
Switzerland

Famous Works

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--Glan, Druid's Rest, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England,1943.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
  • Angelo, Measure for Measure, 1944.
  • Mr. Hicks, Castle Anna, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1948.
  • Richard, The Lady's Not for Burning, Globe, 1949.
  • Cuthman, The Boy with a Cart, Lyric, Hammersmith, 1950.
  • Tegeus, A Phoenix too Frequent, Brighton, 1950.
  • Musician, Legend of Lovers, Plymouth, 1951.
  • Captain Montserrat, Montserrat, Lyric, Hammersmith, 1952.
  • title role, Hamlet, Edinburgh Festival, 1953.
  • Philip the Bastard, King John.
  • Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night.
  • Caius Martius, Coriolanus.
  • Caliban, The Tempest.
  • title role, Henry V, Old Vic, 1955.
  • Prince Albert, Time Remembered, Morosco, NY, 1957.
  • Arthur, Camelot, Majestic, NY, 1960.
  • title role, Sir John Gielgud's production of Hamlet, Lunt-Fontaine, NY, 1964.
  • title role, Dr. Fastus, Oxford Playhouse, 1966.
  • Martin Dysart, Equus, Plymouth, NY, 1976.
  • Private Lives, NY.
  • FILM DEBUT: My Cousin Rachel, 1952.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
  • The Robe, 1953.
  • Prince of Players, 1955.
  • Alexander the Great, United Artists, 1956.
  • Rains of Ranchipur, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
  • The Bramble Bush, Warner Brothers, 1960.
  • The Longest Day, Paramount, 1960.
  • Cleopatra, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963.
  • Look Back in Anger, Warner Brothers, 1959.
  • Becket, Paramount, 1964.
  • Night of the Iguana, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964.
  • The Sandpiper, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Paramount, 1966.
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Warner Brothers, 1966.
  • The Taming of the Shrew, Columbia/Royal Films, 1967.
  • Doctor Faustus, Columbia, 1968.
  • Boom, Universal, 1968.
  • Candy, Cinerama, 1968.
  • Where Eagles Dare, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969.
  • The Comedians, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969.
  • Staircase, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.
  • Anne of the Thousands Days, 1970.
  • Raid on Rommel, Universal, 1971.
  • Villian, Universal, 1971.
  • Under Milkwood, 1973.
  • Hammersmith Is Out, Cinerama, 1972.
  • Tito.
  • The Assassination of Trotsky, Cinerama, 1972.
  • Bluebeard, Cinerama, 1972.
  • Massacre in Rome, National General, 1973.
  • The Voyage, 1973.
  • The Klansman, Paramount, 1974.
  • Exorcist II: The Heretic, Warner Brothers, 1977.
  • The Medusa Touch, Warner Brothers, 1978.
  • The Wild Geese, Allied Artists, 1978.
  • Absolution.
  • Sergeant Steiner.
  • Tristan and Zseult.
  • Circle of Two, 1980.
  • 1984.
  • Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
  • Wuthering Heights, 1958.
  • Divorce His, Divorce Hers.
  • Brief Encounter.
  • Here's Lucy (episode), 1970.
  • Wagner (television movie), 1982.
  • Ellis Island (miniseries), 1984.
  • Walk with Destiny.

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