History Creator / RichardBurton

* LargeHam

No relation with TimBurton.

* TheAlcoholic: Famously one of the drinking foursome with Creator/PeterOToole, Creator/RichardHarris and Oliver Reed.

Not to be confused with TimBurton.

* MoneyDearBoy: The seven-time Oscar nominee, and most acclaimed Shakespearean actor of his era, also starred in the following movies: ''The Sand Pipers'', ''Boom!'', ''Staircase'', ''Hammersmith is Out'', ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Bluebeard'', ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''. Presumably money had something to do with his choice of films. On the other hand, Burton had a tendency to [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take even bad films seriously]], which decidedly invoked {{Narm}}y results.
-->'''Burton''': If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.
* ShakespearianActors: Quite an accomplished one, though almost exclusively on stage. He only made two Shakespeare films: ''Film/{{Hamlet}}'' (1964), essentially a recording of his Broadway performance in that role, and ''Film/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' (1967) opposite Elizabeth Taylor.

* TheAlcoholic
* {{Bookworm}}: As evidenced by the page quote, Burton was an utterly voracious reader; as well as having a whole library at home, he carried volumes of literature with him wherever he went and was able to recite huge chunks of Shakespeare purely from memory. This came in handy when playing historical characters: even for something like ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', he spent over a year researching his character's life and background.
* TheCasanova: Especially during his younger days.

* MoneyDearBoy: The seven-time Oscar nominee, and most acclaimed Shakespearean actor of his era, also starred in the following movies: ''The Sand Pipers'', ''Boom!'', ''Staircase'', ''Hammersmith is Out'', ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Bluebeard'', ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''. Presumably money had something to do with his choice of films. On the other hand, Burton had a tendency to [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take even bad films seriously]], with decidedly {{Narm}}y results.

Richard Walter Jenkins, better known as Richard Burton (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was nominated for seven UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, but never won, making him one of the biggest losers in Oscar history (His old drinking buddy Creator/PeterOToole takes the gold with ''eight'' nominations). On stage, he played Arthur in the original production of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''.

In addition to his movie roles, he's also known for providing the voice for The Journalist in Jeff Wayne's musical version of [[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds The War of the Worlds]]

->''"I'm a reader, you know. I was corrupted by Faust. And Creator/WilliamShakespeare. And Creator/MarcelProust. And Creator/ErnestHemingway. But mostly I was corrupted by Creator/DylanThomas. Most people see me as a rake, womaniser, [[TheAlcoholic boozer]] and purchaser of large baubles. I'm all those things depending on the prism and the light. But mostly I'm a reader. Give me Creator/AgathaChristie for an hour and I'm happy as a clam. The house in Celigny some day will cave in under its own weight from the books. I hope I'm there when it does. One hundred and six years old. Investigating the newest thriller from Creator/JohnLeCarre or a new play from Creator/TennesseeWilliams."''

->I'm a reader, you know. I was corrupted by Faust. And Creator/WilliamShakespeare. And Creator/MarcelProust. And Creator/ErnestHemingway. But mostly I was corrupted by Creator/DylanThomas. Most people see me as a rake, womaniser, [[TheAlcoholic boozer]] and purchaser of large baubles. I'm all those things depending on the prism and the light. But mostly I'm a reader. Give me Creator/AgathaChristie for an hour and I'm happy as a clam. The house in Celigny some day will cave in under its own weight from the books. I hope I'm there when it does. One hundred and six years old. Investigating the newest thriller from Creator/JohnLeCarre or a new play from Creator/TennesseeWilliams.

Richard Walter Jenkins, better known as Richard Burton (November 10, 1925 -- August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was nominated for seven UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, but never won, making him one of the biggest losers in Oscar history (His old drinking buddy Creator/PeterOToole takes the gold with ''eight'' nominations). On stage, he played Arthur in the original production of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''.

* MoneyDearBoy: The seven-time Oscar nominee, and most acclaimed Shakespearean actor of his era, also starred in the following movies: ''The Sand Pipers'', ''Boom!'', ''Staircase'', ''Hammersmith is Out'', ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Bluebeard'', ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''. Presumably money had something to do with his choice of films. On the other hand, Burton had a tendency to [[TakeThatBadFilmSeriously take even bad films seriously]], with decidedly {{Narm}}y results.

* MoneyDearBoy: The seven-time Oscar nominee, and most acclaimed Shakespearean actor of his era, also starred in the following movies: ''The Sand Pipers'', ''Boom!'', ''Staircase'', ''Hammersmith is Out'', ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Bluebeard'', ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''. Presumably money had something to do with his choice of films. He also had a tendency to [[TookThatBadFilmSeriously take bad films seriously]], with decidedly {{Narm}}y results.

* MoneyDearBoy: The seven-time Oscar nominee, and most acclaimed Shakespearean actor of his era, also starred in the following movies: ''The Sand Pipers'', ''Boom!'', ''Staircase'', ''Hammersmith is Out'', ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Bluebeard'', ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic''. Presumably money had something to do with his choice of films.

* {{Bookworm}}: As evidenced by the page quote, Burton was an utterly voracious reader; as well as having a whole library at home, he carried volumes of literature with him wherever he went and was able to recite huge chunks of Shakespeare purely from memory.

Richard Walter Jenkins, better known as Richard Burton (November 10, 1925 -- August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was nominated for seven {{Academy Awards}}, but never won, making him one of the biggest losers in Oscar history (His old drinking buddy Creator/PeterOToole takes the gold with ''eight'' nominations). On stage, he played Arthur in the original production of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''.

->I'm a reader, you know. I was corrupted by Faust. And Creator/WilliamShakespeare. And Creator/MarcelProust. And Creator/ErnestHemingway. But mostly I was corrupted by Creator/DylanThomas. Most people see me as a rake, womaniser, [[TheAlcoholic boozer]] and purchaser of large baubles. I'm all those things depending on the prism and the light. But mostly I'm a reader. Give me Creator/AgathaChristie for an hour and I'm happy as a clam. The house in Celigny some day will cave in under its own weight from the books. I hope I'm there when it does. One hundred and six years old. Investigating the newest thriller from John le Carré or a new play from Creator/TennesseeWilliams.

* {{Bookworm}}: Burton was an utterly voracious reader and, as well as having a whole library at home, carried volumes of literature with him and was able to recite huge chunks of Shakespeare purely from memory.

Richard Walter Jenkins, better known as Richard Burton (November 10, 1925 -- August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was nominated for seven {{Academy Awards}}, but never won, making him one of the biggest losers in Oscar history. On stage, he played Arthur in the original production of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''.

Richard Walter Jenkins, better known as Richard Burton (1925-1984) was a Welsh actor. He was nominated for seven {{Academy Awards}}, but never won, making him one of the biggest losers in Oscar history. On stage, he played Arthur in the original production of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''.

His film roles included:

* Father Philip Lamont in ''[[Film/TheExorcist Exorcist II: The Heretic]]'' (1977)

* MoneyDearBoy: The seven-time Oscar nominee, and most acclaimed Shakespearean actor of his era, also starred in the following movies: ''The Sand Pipers'', ''Boom!'', ''Staircase'', ''Hammersmith is Out'', ''The Assassination of Trotsky'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Bluebeard'', ''[[Film/TheExorcist Exorcist II: The Heretic]]''. Presumably money had something to do with his choice of films.