And I became sort of briefly obsessed with Richard Burton for a week or two after that," he said. Three weeks later he got ...

Philip Burton lent his young protégé his name and helped him on his way to international stardom.

A big fan of his work, Steven Spielberg once outlined his favourite Richard Burton roles, include one that inspired one of his own films.

Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world’s gaze in Celigny, near Geneva. That alone hints at the extraordinary path his life took ...

Many know that the actor Richard Burton began life as a miner’s son called Richard Jenkins. Not so many are aware of the reason he changed his name. This film directed by Marc Evans explains how it ...

Before Richard Burton became the most famous actor Wales has ever produced, he was Richard Jenkins, a nondescript miner’s boy ...

Years before becoming a hell-raising Hollywood icon, Richard Burton was hard-up miner's son Richie Jenkins — Marc Evans' sentimentalized but enjoyable biopic shows what's in a name change.

“Without Philip Burton there would never have been a Richard Burton ,” Richard’s some-time wife Elizabeth Taylor observed. “That great rolling voice that cracked like wild Atlantic waves would never ...

And now, as the star of a new biopic of the Welsh film star Richard Burton, Lawtey slurs, stumbles and punches his way through a booze addiction. “I’m not a big drinker, really,” the 28-year ...

Richard Burton was a global icon - famed for his powerful, baritone voice and passionate yet tumultuous relationship with fellow megastar Elizabeth Taylor. But until now, few had ever heard of ...

The actor playing a young Richard Burton in a new biographical film has described how much of a privilege it was to take on such an "iconic" role. Harry Lawtey said he was aware of the pressure of ...

Harry Lawtey plays Richard Burton in a new biographical film The actor playing a young Richard Burton in a new biographical film has described how much of a privilege it was to take on such an ...