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Richard Burton

1925 - 1984

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Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memorable performance as Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic Kenneth Tynan. Burton's perceived failure to live up to those expectations disappointed some critics and colleagues; his heavy drinking added to his reputation as a great performer who had wasted his talent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Burton is the 20th most popular actor (down from 18th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 48th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Actor.

Richard Burton is most famous for being a Welsh actor and writer. He is most known for his roles in "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

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Among actors, Richard Burton ranks 20 out of 13,578. Before him are Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Richard Harris, Danny DeVito, and James Stewart. After him are Jean-Paul Belmondo, Patrick Swayze, Louis de Funès, Jackie Chan, Mary Pickford, and Amitabh Bachchan.

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Among people born in 1925, Richard Burton ranks 5. Before him are Malcolm X, Margaret Thatcher, Pol Pot, and Barbara Bush. After him are B.B. King, Paul Newman, Yukio Mishima, Mahathir Mohamad, Patrice Lumumba, Robert Edwards, and Gilles Deleuze. Among people deceased in 1984, Richard Burton ranks 4. Before him are Indira Gandhi, Michel Foucault, and Yuri Andropov. After him are Marvin Gaye, Paul Dirac, François Truffaut, Truman Capote, James Mason, Alfred Kastler, Tigran Petrosian, and Mohamed Naguib.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Burton ranks 87 out of 8,785. Before him are William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Empress Matilda (1102), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Tom Jones (1940), and James Clerk Maxwell (1831). After him are Olav V of Norway (1903), Edward the Martyr (962), Virginia Woolf (1882), Francis Drake (1540), Charles Babbage (1791), and Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard Burton ranks 3. Before him are Charlie Chaplin (1889), and Anthony Hopkins (1937). After him are Sean Connery (1930), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), Maggie Smith (1934), Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), and Rowan Atkinson (1955).

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