Richard Burton

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Birthday: 10.11.1925 year
Age: 58 years
Place of birth: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
Date of death: 05.08.1984 year
Place of death: Celigny, Switzerland
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Height: 178 cm
Original name: Richard Walter Jenkins
Screen and vital Union with Taylor began on the set of “supercolossal” “Cleopatra” (Cleopatra, 1963) and continued with breaks and reunions up to 1976, was constantly the center of attention of the press due to the extravagance of American movie stars and cool like a friend shot of Welsh.
Richard Burton, an English actor of theatre and cinema. Real name was Richard Walter Jenkins. Born in Pontrhydyfen (wells). The twelfth of thirteen children of a miner, Richard early showed his ability in school plays and in 1943 made her debut on the professional stage. Then served in the air force, was a one-semester course in Oxford, arranged for military personnel and demobilized in 1947, received a contract in London. In 1948 he made his film debut in the film adaptation of the play by Welsh playwright Amlin Williams The Last Days Of Dolwyn. The young Burton was attracted to his masculine good looks, explosive temper and a deep, soft, incredibly powerful voice. He read a lot on the radio, and from 1951 began performing in lead roles Shakespeare Memorial theatre. The beginning of a Hollywood career in the film My Cousin Rachel, 1952 brought him the nomination for the award “Oscar”. (For a cinematic life was seven, but none of them ended with the awarding of the prize itself). Top acting achievements he has reached, as a rule, in ensemble with other outstanding performers: Peter O Toole in Becket, 1964 P. Of Glenville, with Elizabeth Taylor in the film adaptation of the play E. Albee Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, 1966. Screen and vital Union with Taylor began on the set of “supercolossal” Cleopatra, 1963 and lasted with breaks and reunions up to 1976, was constantly the center of attention of the press due to the extravagance of American movie stars and cool like a friend shot of Welsh. Of the duet Burton — Taylor is most known for The Taming Of The Shrew, 1967, The Comedians, 1967, Boom!, 1968. Later films being fairly solidly played, not added anything to the fame of the actor, leaving behind him the reputation of talent, a lot promised, but not all have complied. His last character was a mysterious and brutal O’brien in the film adaptation of Orwell’s dystopian “1984”, dedicated to the year that is indicated in the title.