Richard Burton

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Recent Role:
Photographer on Planet Earth
Gender:
Male
Born:
11-25-1925
Died:
8-5-1984 (Brain Hemorrhage)
Birthplace:
Pontrhydyfen, South Wales
Birth Name:
Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. was born in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales on the 10th of November to Richard and Edith Jenkins in 1925. He was the 12th of 13 children. In 1943, his schoolmaster, Philip Burton, adopted Richard as his legal ward, and thus the name Richard Burton was formed. He made his film debut in "The Last Days of Dolwyn," 1947. His real fame came when he portrayed King Arthur in "Camelot," 1960 & Marc Antony in "Cleopatra," 1963, where he began his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor (married 1964-1974, 1975-1976). Even though he was a gifted actor, he was still looked at as the… More other half of Elizabeth Taylor. The press and audiences became fixated on their steamy and scandalous relationship. Richard was nominated for many Oscar awards, but never won. He completed "Ellis Island," a miniseries in which he appeared with his daughter, Kate Burton, in 1984. Just days before he was to film the sequel to "Wild Geese," he died of a brain hemorrhage in Geneva, Switzerland at age 58. His ashes reside at Protestant Churchyard in Celigny, Switzerland.

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