Profile of legendary Welsh star of stage and screen (1988)
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@tiamatxvxianash92026 ай бұрын
What really is left to be said about the life of Richard Burton, other than he was for my generation the definition of a man.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
He essentially drank himself to death.
@bethfiori4708Ай бұрын
Burton has such a fascinating face, one that radiates intelligence, and such a gorgeous voice, commanding and resonant, a voice that promises it will deliver beauty and whispers that it can reveal secrets.
@Qwerty-db1js5 күн бұрын
i think he had a fascinating face was mainly due to the beauty of his eyes.
@carolannemckenzie38497 ай бұрын
It's shocking that he never won an Oscar!
@andydixon29807 ай бұрын
Meaningless silly award. Wouldn't have added anymore to his greatness as an actor.
@carolannemckenzie38497 ай бұрын
Very true but I think he would have appreciated it, particularly as he had framed and hung his nominations. This indicates they weren't meaningless to him, in my opinion.
@andydixon29807 ай бұрын
I'm sure if it were down to the film viewing public, Richard Burton, Micheal Caine, Peter O'toole, Richard Harris ALL would have won Oscars at some point in their great works. Instead it's down to some invisible Hollywood fat cat commitee to decide on these things. Completely fixed and worthless, and I would tell Burton so if he were alive and sober enough to listen to me. @@carolannemckenzie3849
@sandranorman54697 ай бұрын
@@carolannemckenzie3849ET said she was happy she won the Oscar but disappointed that Richard didn’t win the Oscar.
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
Just get down off of your high horse E.T. and relax about the Stage comment.
@leannesmith34807 ай бұрын
Wow! Now thats a documentary❤
@jenacarruthers29936 ай бұрын
He should have won at least two Oscars!!
@PraveenKumar-sr6ne3 ай бұрын
What a performance in 'who's afraid of virginia woolfe?'
@wormsnake14 күн бұрын
Richard Burton had a God given talent which is ironic given he was an atheist. I hope he found the peace that seemed to allude him in this lifetime. What a character and actor. He will never be forgotten and I pray that from some spiritually realm he can see the true impact and beauty of his gifts. Rest in peace RB. ❤️🙏.x
@ascensionvaldes14127 ай бұрын
such a charismatic personality❤️❤️❤️
@margaritadubrovina70635 ай бұрын
To me Richard Burton is great unique very intelligent actor. Greatest !!!!! ❤❤❤will remember him!❤
@chirelle.alanalooney86095 ай бұрын
OMG, I LOVE THAT MOVIE, " WHERE EAGLES DARE." RICHARD BURTON AND CLINT EASTWOOD WERE FANTASTIC IN THIS MOVIE. THIS MOVIE KEPT YOU GLUED TO YOUR SEAT THE WHOLE TIME.
@AFaceintheCrowd017 ай бұрын
Top-notch documentary -- I wish they were all this good!
@emilinebelle78117 ай бұрын
With a heart full of love and gratitude.
@bridgetcudak79617 ай бұрын
I love listening to Richard Burton reciting poetry. I think his drinking was the only way he could bond with his father.
@ricardocantoral767227 күн бұрын
Addiction is genetically inherited.
@HavajaFrljuckic4 ай бұрын
Regardless of burton and taylor's marital hype these two were wonderful together and did not get the true recognition they deserved as storytellers. I must say she was not one of my favorite storytellers but as i now watch her films i began to see a genuineness in her portrayal of the characters she become on screen. He of course was just brilliant as a storyteller. Yes he never won an oscar but his body of work lives on far greater than any oscar. I just saw them in the movie The Sandpiper and it really had an effect on me as there was a sadness that their marriage did not last as i believe she truly loved him. He died far too young and is buried in a local old cemetary in Switzerland not far from his home. Elizabeth could not even pay her respects at his gravesite because the local paparazzi would not leave her alone. All diamonds aside i do believe she would have stayed with him even without the diamonds and fame. I miss these legends of storytellers. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@arthursteven56014 ай бұрын
Made me emotional seeing his funeral 😢
@lordemed14 ай бұрын
Richard Burton on being married to Elizabeth Taylor-"Every night was like a one night stand."
@brendano54402 ай бұрын
What does that even mean?? Is it a compliment or an insult?.
@bethfiori4708Ай бұрын
I think he means the sexual excitement between them never abated.
@ricardocantoral767227 күн бұрын
@@brendano5440 Something that was a fleeting pleasure.
@teodoraroosevelt2 ай бұрын
His daughter has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard.
@andrewhopkin82645 ай бұрын
Amazing man we love you rich rip ❤
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
I LOVE THAT MOVIE "WHERE EAGLES DARE."❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@laurabarzaghi17703 ай бұрын
Andavo pazza di Richard Burton : aveva anche una voce .meravigliosa❤❤❤❤❤❤
@trinafirey11757 ай бұрын
I loved Burton in Camelot!
@williaminavanbottle92977 ай бұрын
Coal mining families were generally large. He was 12th of thirteen. I was 13th of thirteen. His Mother died first My father died first. He had a academic mentor. I was self taught. He became famous for his acting. I, treaded the board, and a subject for the camera, but fame, like my father, l had none. Maybe he was right, all is timing, luck, but certainly...Hard work!!!
@paulyeomans8505 ай бұрын
He shunted the razza mataz of Hollywood,that's why no Oscar.One of the greatest in history but he hated acting.He was a simple man in reality.
@davidheath38354 ай бұрын
Burton and Sinatra I would say honestly this, when Burton talks and acts and Sinatra Sings you can't take your eyes of them as your memorised by them both.
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
I makes me sick to my stomach at how she ( E.T. ) expects to always and constantly be Glorified !!! I NEVER see Richard Burton ever doing that !!!!!!!!!
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
Richard Burton made Philip Burton Proud of his Last Name Burton.
@chirelle.alanalooney86095 ай бұрын
Guiness Stout Malt Beer is fantastic and real Smooth and Creamy. It is the Only Beer that I will ever drink if I have to drink beer.❤
@arthursteven56014 ай бұрын
God bless rich
@paulberry60164 ай бұрын
Clint AKA-'Where Doubles Dare'
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
Richard Burton was NOT the one that was born with a Silver Spoon in his mouth. It was E.T. that had that privelege.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
Yes. True. And that happened firstly because of her father's uncle, Howars Young.
@marypartridge51547 ай бұрын
He was exceptionally good looking and he reminded me of my father. They were not interested in material stuff. They liked the knowledge books gave them. Yes like my father he was full of guilt. As he betrayed his working class principles by leaving his wife for a glamourous woman. I dont think he ended up liking Elizabeth Taylor he ended up despising her. He was the love of her life and I dont think she was.
@carolannemckenzie38497 ай бұрын
He was indeed a captivating and highly literate man.
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
What Claire Bloom is doing to Richard Burton, by getting & rubbing her hands all over his face, is something that I can't stand having being done to me. They need to keep their hands off of my face period.
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
I really like Sally, and think that she is the perfect lady for Richard after Sybil. They both have good demeanors and attitudes.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
To Sybil's credit she didn't keep their daughter Kate away from her father.
@gloriaberkan7 ай бұрын
😃😃😃😃😃
@245sillybillyАй бұрын
Does anyone know what the music at the 1h14m mark is?
@dougchance88915 ай бұрын
Play the frigging film Great English speaker despite beibg Welsh.
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
Lauren you shouldn't blame Richard of that Outrageous Buying and Spending, because he's NOT the one that is acustomed to doing that. It happens to be E.T. who has been doing that all of her entire life, and she makes at least if not more, than 1 Million a Picture, or say Film.
@user-vz4px9rq3d7 ай бұрын
Never lost his Welshness not a Welsh accent within a Welsh country mile?
@user-vz4px9rq3d7 ай бұрын
Hilda has her accent Richard sounds like hes from Royal parentage
@pipfox78347 ай бұрын
When Richard was starting out: Theatre was the be all to end all in those days, and if you didn't speak *the Queens English* you could forget about becoming a professional. Michael Caine for instance, came up in a different era, much later - and was able to keep some soft traces of his Cockney origins, regardless of his theatrical CV. Which was an impressive CV, btw.
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
Richard Burton and Dean Martin are my two favorite Actors. Oh NO, are we going to have to put up with E.T. sticking her nose into his Interview, and monopolizing it, and taking over?! I've seen her do that too many times before on other peoples Interview and even of Richard Burton's.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
He married her twice. They still talked up until his death. Alcohol abuse killed him too soon. Elizabeth Taylor didn't kill him. His addiction was a big part of why he died.
@emilinebelle78117 ай бұрын
42:06
@mistamycall5 ай бұрын
This dude Richard Burton aged horribly. How the hell does a legal guardian, 21 years his senior, end up looking barely 5 years older than Richard Burton? On top of that, the legal guardian lived longer than Richard Burton???
@pamelacorbett87744 ай бұрын
Amazing Richard lived so long: he drank himself to death and smoked like a chimney.
@dannyh76764 ай бұрын
Drink and 100 cigs a day will do this to you...abit like Errol Flynn and few others ..burned the candle on both ends ..
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
No one in these comments has read his diaries. He had a very fixated relationship with alcohol.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
@@pamelacorbett8774He died 40 years ago this coming August, btw.
@kennethmorrison76896 ай бұрын
He had a strange relationship with his father: rather like his dad was an imp somehow spirted down to earth. I've not explored his relationship with his baby-factory producing mother.
@joserafaelzepeda-garza99713 ай бұрын
ACTOR!!
@ricardocantoral76727 ай бұрын
Poor Richard, he was destroyed by fame.
@emilinebelle78117 ай бұрын
It’s believable because it’s happened to so many.
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
And A HELL OF A TON Of SELFISH STRESS FROM E. T.
@Packyboy5 ай бұрын
apparently he was great friends with the Nazi sympathizers the Windsors. I think Mr. Burton‘s Welshness ran out of him a long time before he died.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
Partially yes. Alcohol abuse was the real culprit.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
@@chirelle.alanalooney8609So he gets no blame for their obvious co-dependent relationship??
@Richard-hv5hh7 ай бұрын
I don't think he was amongst the greats of film acting, but probably was a remarkable stage actor. Other than Virginia Wolf I think his film acting range was not comparable to a huge list of others.
@michaelmagarian10816 ай бұрын
Have you seen Equus? Doesn’t appear so…
@Richard-hv5hh6 ай бұрын
@michaelmagarian1081 Michael, indeed I have. Saw the play as well long before the movie. I don't find his performance memorable. Lot's of English actors could have done as good. I think Burton was an interesting man and had a beautiful voice. Other than Virginia Woolf I don't recall being as awestruck by any of his performances as I would have been by a Day- Lewis, Olivier, Hurt, Scofield, Kingsley and I could continue with a long list. He was probably more interesting on stage than film. I didn't realise until on this thread that he never won an Oscar but it sort of backs up my point.
@michaelmagarian10816 ай бұрын
Not sure the Oscar argument helps you esp as he’d alienated important people in Hollywood early on
@mistamycall5 ай бұрын
Dude was known to turn up drunk as a skunk on filmsets. That's not what get's you Oscars.
@arthursteven56014 ай бұрын
Rubbish comment 😑
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
There goes E.T. Again, Butting into Richard's Interview with Her Own Spiels and Objections, that were only asked to Richard. We would Prefer to Keep E.T. OUT of Richard's Personal Interviews. We Don't get enough of Only Him.❤ She Sticks Her Nose Into Every Interview That comes His Way, With Her Own Personal Comments, Instead Of Letting Him Answer The Questions Himself. We Are Sick Of It !!!!!!!!!
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
Yes, It would be Wonderful If She ( E.T.) Just Kept Her Trap Shut For A Change !!!!!!!
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
Sounds like you are simply jealous of their relationship which essentially lasted until he died since they still talked. Alcohol killed him indirectly, btw. She's dead. Be happy about it since it's clear you hate her.
@yvonneplant94344 ай бұрын
@@chirelle.alanalooney8609She dead, dammit. She's been dead for nearly 13 years. Oh for the ET haters there is new book about them, Erotic Vagrancy. 😂
@chirelle.alanalooney86094 ай бұрын
@@yvonneplant9434 Boy you are one sick TROLL !
@jonquilpearl5043Ай бұрын
@@yvonneplant9434 Exactly, thank you ❤
@jupitermoongauge40555 ай бұрын
He often dined with Kissinger and yet he never poisoned him ? My estimation of him has gone down
@watchmakersp99357 ай бұрын
Richard Burton died in 1984 so why 1988?
@ronkemperful7 ай бұрын
I think memorials tend to be released after one’s death, perhaps.
@numinousbookofreview7 ай бұрын
This was a documentary made by Tony Palmer after Burton's death, released to coincide with Melvyn Bragg's extensive biography of Burton published in 1988. It aired on Channel 4 in the UK and was accompanied by a short season of Burton's films - Nineteen Eighty-Four, Equus, the Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and Under Milk Wood. What bugs me is that, in all these years, nobody has been able to identify for me that bit of orchestral music between 2.00:3.50
@funfillums89797 ай бұрын
I used the Shazam App for this and found it quite easily, here goes: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK9_ktOF2q-vhoE.html
@mistamycall5 ай бұрын
What a stupid question. Are you drunk?
@patienceboafo19985 ай бұрын
This whole oskar business is biased and discriminatory
@Whatsnormal63711 күн бұрын
Hemophelia. 🤺💐
@chirelle.alanalooney86095 ай бұрын
I know that Richard prefers Blondes, because the three other women that he had married were Blondes. E.T. was the only Brunette.
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
E.T. playing that Phony Outrage, looks so Over Acted and Not real in that play.
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
Sadly, E. T. Selfishly Puts Untold Amounts Of Stress on Richard, Without Even Giving It A First Or Second Thought !!!!! It Always Has to be About Her And Her Wants !!!!!!!!
@jonquilpearl5043Ай бұрын
Huh?? Lol so funny. You act like this guy was a fucking saint! Did you not hear in the beginning how he was wanted to use ET for fortune and fame?? The guy had plenty of flaws himself
@geoffreygoldberg73264 ай бұрын
DISGUSTING to say the least. HE WAS INCREDIBLE🎉, conspiracy
@chirelle.alanalooney86097 ай бұрын
Why the hell does Claire Bloom keep putting her hands all over Richards face? I can't stand anyone putting their hands all over my face. Keep your hands to yourself, and off my face.
@Smartychase4 ай бұрын
Even by the person you are head over heals crazy about ?
@chirelle.alanalooney86096 ай бұрын
E.T. should just Stop her Phony Slapping Richard Burton on that chair & Bed. It Doesn't come across as even being real.
@pamelacorbett87744 ай бұрын
She couldn’t act for toffee: her portrayal of Cleopatra was distressingly shallow.
@ricardocantoral767227 күн бұрын
@@pamelacorbett8774 In her defense, it was a shallow film.
@wormsnake14 күн бұрын
Richard Burton had a God given talent which is ironic given he was an atheist. I hope he found the peace that seemed to allude him in this lifetime. What a character and actor. He will never be forgotten and I pray from some spiritually realm he can see the true impact of his gifts. Rest in peace RB. ❤️🙏.x