Richard Burton

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Contributor Richard Burton
Other Names Richard Walter Jenkins Jr
Gender Male
Nationality Welsh / English
Date of Birth 10 November 1925
Date of Death 5 August 1984
Functions Actor
Notes Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, Glamorgan, Wales and died 1984 in Celigny, Switzerland. Married twice to Elizabeth Taylor. Films include The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Also voiced the Narrator/Journalist in 1978 album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds.
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Events
  • The Sandpiper, South Australia, , SA, 23 June 1965
  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964
  • Cleopatra, Mayfair Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 5 December 1963
  • The Longest Day, South Australia, , SA, 4 October 1962
  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953
  • The Lady's Not for Burning, Royale Theater, New York, United States of America, 8 November 1950

Actor

  • The Sandpiper, South Australia, , SA, 23 June 1965
  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964
  • Cleopatra, Mayfair Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 5 December 1963
  • The Longest Day, South Australia, , SA, 4 October 1962
  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953
  • The Lady's Not for Burning, Royale Theater, New York, United States of America, 8 November 1950

Claire Bloom - Actor

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953
  • The Lady's Not for Burning, Royale Theater, New York, United States of America, 8 November 1950

John Gielgud - Actor, Director

Elizabeth Taylor - Actor

Ken Annakin - Director

Jean Anouilh - Playwright

  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964

James Bailey - Set Designer

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953

Pamela Brown - Actor

  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964

Fay Compton - Actor

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953

Sean Connery - Actor

Trader Faulkner - Actor

Henry Fonda - Actor

Christopher Fry - Playwright

Peter Glenville - Director

  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964

Laurence Hardy - Actor

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953

Rex Harrison - Actor

  • Cleopatra, Mayfair Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 5 December 1963

Michael Hordern - Actor

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953

Joseph L Mankiewicz - Director

  • Cleopatra, Mayfair Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 5 December 1963

Andrew Marton - Director

Vincente Minnelli - Director

Peter O'Toole - Actor

  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964

Kenneth Rowell - Costume Designer

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953

Cornelius Ryan - Writer

Eva Marie Saint - Actor

William Shakespeare - Playwright

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953

Walter Wanger - Producer

  • Cleopatra, Mayfair Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 5 December 1963

John Wayne - Actor

Bernhard Wicki - Director

Donald Wolfit - Actor

  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964

Darryl Zanuck - Producer

Twentieth Century Fox

Filmways

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Paramount Pictures

  • Becket, Prince Edward Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 16 September 1964

The Old Vic Company

  • Hamlet, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England, 14 September 1953
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