Richard Burton

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Shakespearean actor film actor human stage actor

Richard Burton was a renowned Welsh actor celebrated for his powerful Shakespearean performances and intense screen presence in classic films of the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf Shakespearean actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
activePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play ⓘ
birthName Richard Jenkins ⓘ
surface form: Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
child Jessica Burton ⓘ
Kate Burton ⓘ
Liza Todd ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-11-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-08-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Port Talbot Secondary School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Welsh ⓘ
familyName Jenkins ⓘ
fieldOfWork Shakespearean theatre ⓘ
film ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
givenName Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
marriageCountWithElizabethTaylor 2 ⓘ
mentor Philip Burton ⓘ
militaryService Royal Air Force ⓘ
name Richard Burton self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
notableFor intense screen presence ⓘ
powerful voice ⓘ
notableWork Becket ⓘ
Cleopatra VII ⓘ
surface form: Cleopatra

Hamlet ⓘ
Night of the Iguana ⓘ
surface form: The Night of the Iguana

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ⓘ
surface form: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
numberOfAcademyAwardNominations 7 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pontrhydyfen NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Céligny ⓘ
pseudonym Richard Burton ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ
Sally Hay Burton ⓘ
Susan Hunt ⓘ
Sybil Williams ⓘ
stageDebut 1943 ⓘ

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The Longest Day → castMember → Richard Burton ⓘ
Port Talbot → hasNotablePerson → Richard Burton ⓘ
Nook Farm → hasNotableResident → Richard Burton ⓘ
The Robe (film score) → linkedToPerson → Richard Burton ⓘ
Richard Burton → name → Richard Burton self-link ⓘ
Richard Burton → pseudonym → Richard Burton ⓘ
Elizabeth Taylor → spouse → Richard Burton ⓘ
Claire Bloom → workedWith → Richard Burton ⓘ