Richard Burton Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More

Richard Burton

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Richard Walter Jenkins Jr

BIRTHDAY

November 10, 1925

BORN ON DAY

Tuesday

BIRTHPLACE

Pontrhydyfen, Wales, United Kingdom

DIED AT AGE

58 Years 8 Months 25 Days

DEATHDATE

August 5, 1984

DEATHPLACE

Celigny, Switzerland

CAUSE OF DEATH

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

NATIONALITY

British

PROFESSION

Movies (Actor)

ZODIAC

SCORPIO

FEATURES

Green eyes

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

5'9''(feet & inches)

1.7526 meters

175.26 cm

WEIGHT

75 kg

165 lbs

Richard Burton Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Edith Maude Jenkins

FATHER

Richard Walter Jenkins

BROTHER(S) NAME

Graham Jenkins

David Jenkins

Verdun Jenkins

Ifor Jenkins

Tom Jenkins

SISTER(S) NAME

Hilda Jenkins Owens

Cecilia Jenkins

Richard Burton Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Sybil Christopher (1949-1963)

Child(ren) of Richard Burton and Sybil Christopher

Kate (10 August, 1957) (Daughter)

Jessica ( 1959) (Daughter)

SPOUSE

Elizabeth Taylor (1964-. 1976)

SPOUSE

Suzy Miller (1976-1982)

SPOUSE

Sally Burton (1983-1984)

Fame & Address

DEBUT

The Last Days of Dolwyn (Film 1949)

FAMOUS FROM/AS

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Film 1966)

Official Website

www.richardburton.com

Education, Net Worth & More

RELIGION

Atheist

SCHOOLING FROM

Eastern Primary School

COLLEGE

University of Oxford

NET WORTH

$4.58 Million

More Information

Career of Richard Burton

He worked at the theater in his starting career. He made his film debut with the film "The Last Days of Dolwyn." He appeared in the main character in "Montserrat." He appeared in "My Cousin Rachel" which earned him the Golden Globe Award. He played the character of Thomas Becket in the film "Becket." His film Where Eagles Dare" was a blockbuster and earned him a salary of one million dollars.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Richard Burton

Did Richard Burton takes alcohol? Yes. He used to drink with Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole.
Was Richard Burton in the habit of Smoking? Yes. He started smoking at the age of eight and when he was of middle age he smoked five packs of cigarettes a day.
The actor adopted his stage name Richard Burton on the name of his teacher Philip Burton. He was so close to him that Burton wanted to adopt him as a son but was not possible as Richard was too young at the time. Richard respected him as adopted father and added his surname to honor him.
Richard was honored with the CBE in the year 1970 on his 45th birthday.
He was seriously ill at the time of filming "1984" and had to wear a neck brace during rehearsals. He died after a small-time the filming was completed.
Burton was an educator of actress Catherine Oxenberg and taught her William Shakespeare at the time the actress was 13 or 14 years old.
The actor met a young man on a flight to California from Mexico who did part-time acting works and was in a marketing job. He encouraged the person to take acting as a full-time profession. The person was Kevin Costner.
He was only two years old when his mother died and was raised by his older sister, Cis.
The actor unwillingly declined the lead role in the film "Under the Volcano" to star in the touring production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives."
Burton had a great interest in solving crossword puzzles and loved to do that in his spare time.
He was considered for the role of Napoleon Bonaparte in "Waterloo" but Rod Steiger won the role.
Burton declined the part of Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons." The role was eventually played by Paul Scofield.
The actor had a great interest in rugby and continued to play the game in his early career. He only leaves the game when was busy in acting assignment.
He was also kind-hearted. He once noted that an extra in a crowd scene of film "Wagner" was constantly filled with tears. He inquired the reason and came to know that the lady was newly-widowed and penniless and had taken the job to get money to pay her mortgage. The actor paid all of her mortgages without even speaking with the lady.
The actor was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013 about 30 years after his death.