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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.