AKA Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.

Born: 10-Nov-1925
Birthplace: Pontrhydyfen, Wales
Died: 5-Aug-1984
Location of death: Celigny, Geneva, Switzerland
Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Remains: Buried, Protestant Churchyard, Celigny, Switzerland

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: Wales
Executive summary: Nineteen Eighty Four

Father: Philip H. Burton (adoptive)
Wife: Sybil Christopher ("Sybil Williams", m. 1948, div. 1963, d. 9-Mar-2013, two daughters)
Daughter: Kate Burton (actress, b. 10-Sep-1957)
Daughter: Jessica (b. 1961, autistic)
Wife: Elizabeth Taylor (m. 15-Mar-1964, div. 1974)
Wife: Elizabeth Taylor (m. 10-Oct-1975, div. 1-Aug-1976)
Wife: Susan Hunt (m. 1976, div. 1982)
Wife: Sally Hay (m. 1983)

    University: Oxford University

    Adopted
    Jewish Ancestry Maternal grandfather
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6336 Hollywood Blvd.
    Risk Factors: Insomnia, Epilepsy, Alcoholism, Sciatica

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Doctor Faustus (10-Oct-1967)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Nineteen Eighty-Four (10-Oct-1984) · O'Brien
    Wagner (Dec-1983)
    Lovespell (Dec-1981)
    Circle of Two (1980)
    Breakthrough (1-Mar-1979)
    The Medusa Touch (22-Nov-1978)
    The Wild Geese (11-Nov-1978)
    Absolution (1978)
    Equus (16-Oct-1977) · Martin Dysart
    Exorcist II: The Heretic (17-Jun-1977) · Fr. Lamont
    Brief Encounter (12-Nov-1974)
    The Klansman (25-Oct-1974)
    The Voyage (11-Mar-1974)
    Massacre in Rome (4-Oct-1973)
    The Assassination of Trotsky (13-Oct-1972)
    Bluebeard (18-Aug-1972)
    Hammersmith Is Out (12-May-1972)
    Under Milk Wood (27-Jan-1972)
    Villain (26-May-1971)
    Raid on Rommel (12-Feb-1971) · Foster
    Anne of the Thousand Days (18-Dec-1969) · King Henry VIII
    Staircase (20-Aug-1969)
    Candy (17-Dec-1968)
    Where Eagles Dare (4-Dec-1968) · Smith
    Boom (26-May-1968) · Chris Flanders
    The Comedians (31-Oct-1967) · Brown
    Doctor Faustus (10-Oct-1967)
    The Taming of the Shrew (27-Feb-1967) · Petruchio
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (21-Jun-1966) · George
    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (16-Dec-1965)
    The Sandpiper (23-Jun-1965) · Dr. Edward Hewitt
    Hamlet (23-Sep-1964)
    The Night of the Iguana (6-Aug-1964) · Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon
    Becket (11-Mar-1964)
    Zulu (22-Jan-1964) · Narrator [VOICE]
    The V.I.P.'s (1-Sep-1963) · Paul Andros
    Cleopatra (12-Jun-1963) · Marc Antony
    The Longest Day (Sep-1962) · RAF Pilot
    The Bramble Bush (24-Feb-1960)
    The Tempest (3-Feb-1960)
    Ice Palace (2-Jan-1960)
    Look Back in Anger (15-Sep-1959) · Jimmy Porter
    Sea Wife (16-Oct-1957)
    Bitter Victory (1957)
    Alexander the Great (28-Mar-1956) · Alexander
    The Rains of Ranchipur (14-Dec-1955) · Dr. Safti
    Prince of Players (11-Jan-1955)
    The Robe (16-Sep-1953) · Marcellus Gallio
    The Desert Rats (8-May-1953) · Capt. MacRoberts
    My Cousin Rachel (25-Dec-1952)
    Green Grow the Rushes (6-Nov-1951)
    Waterfront Women (26-Jul-1950)
    The Last Days of Dolwyn (13-Apr-1949)

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