well written, from an Irishman.

Well said , from s English women!!!!🤗🇬🇧

Yep

Too right

Andrew, I definitely agree. Ronald Coleman would by my close second.

A GARGANTUAN GENIUS

He was a wooden film actor who shouted too much.

Some of us are still somehow capable. Keep it up.

coz yer deaf@@JamesRichards-mj9kw

@@garethwilkinson3456 Clearly... you have not got a clue what you have typed, behave yourself.

A lot of charisma

His rendition of on milk wood, war of the worlds, just magic

@@steveef2275I have the CD’s of the War of the Worlds’ his voice & storytelling takes me to another place….

​@@bondjames7007 I have the LPs. I think I ought to listen in again. Take care

Interesting time; the smoking was ubiquitous and affected Burton's voice, surely. The unedited honesty, the deep and dark wood to which he refers, and philosophical yearning in this man brings me to tears. He tolerates this incredibly personal inquiry with grace and insight, and makes it poetic. His speech, thoughts and emotional clarity astound and delight. What a treasure is Richard Burton!

Well said my thought to !.

I cannot disagree with you 100%. Mitcham was my grans man, Burton was my mams. I weirdly found them on my own x

Mitchum was a Holocaust denier.

After "Equus" Burton was only offered small films.

A great actor diminished by alcohol? I will regard.

Brilliantly said.

My mother (long in heaven now) was a couple of years behind Richard Burton in school. He was coached by a teacher who was according to her, very strict and not well liked. His name was Philip Burton and on condition that young Richard take his name, he coached him in acting techniques. He would take him up the mountain behind the town of Port Talbot where the school was and make Richard deliver lines to teach him to project his voice without shouting. Her story!

Your point is? Repeating well known facts? Burton was the 12th of 13 children , NOT the youngest of 9. 😵‍💫 @Isabel Cummingham Repeating well known facts?? 🙄

yes but talk to Taylor, colleagues and directors, all those friends from 18 he jettisoned, and they will describe Satan. Drive or no, talent or no, this interview reveals a very paranoid, weak man. Too many people place showbiz over substance.

He never went to a drama school.

@@gloriag1888 w

Yes, I have never seen him so jovial and outgoing and eagerly to want to get up and perform in front of any Audience like this before, and I am going to atribute it to the fact that "HE ALONE IS THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION." And NOT Elizabeth Taylor that takes the Spotlight Away From Him, and makes him feel insecure, to the point that he becomes quiet and withdrawn. Does anyone else out there feel and see what I am describing about Sir Richard Burton.

Legend Full Stop 👍👍

Cliche

Yes. I agree with you.

Such a great man.

Just so

or a lovely man who just lived his life. As most men do. Every man is as magnificent as Richard. All men are inspiring. All men are a gift.

The most beautiful voice I have ever heard in my life. Gracias señor Burton te quiero mucho.

@@Sharon-kr1ui No they don't and no they are

@@Sharon-kr1ui not really... that's why we're all watching this interview. We are attracted to such a uniquely charismatic individual as Burton precisely because he isn't like everyone else

magnetic. What a voice xx

Absolutely. "No-one could have believed, in the last years of the nineteeth century"

I’ve got the album

I bought the cd of War of The Worlds for that very reason.

First album I ever purchased! Scared the shit out of me!

@@jodystephens752 Ive got a vinyl copy with original sleeve.

young.

elizabeth taylor stuck in a trailer flirtin with burton

Died in 1984? Fitting

Well, they would get cancelled

@@Io-Io-Io Interesting point

His stories of his father are hilarious & fascinating,I could watch them endlessly,what an extraordinary talent. Definitely one of a kind✊

Nowadays they have to refer to them as celebrities because very few of them have personalities

@@mrmoran0077 Well...We all have personalities. You mean 'Charisma'

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Corcaigh Rebel Incredible to think he was only 48 in this interview, looks a lot older, gone by 58.

@@corcaighrebel I thought he was around 60 at least

He was considered several times for James Bond. Ian Fleming originally wanted him. He could have played 007 in his sleep.

He was too short at 5’9 they were looking for actors over 6 foot to play Bond that’s why 6’2 Connery got the nod !

@@blakemasterson8590 Burton was asked for Thunderball in 1959. But funding fell through. Then 1962 Burton cast as Mark Anthony in blockbuster Cleopatra where he met Elizabeth Taylor. Big showbiz romance back then. So Connery cast in Dr. No. Then Burton considered for On Her Majesty's...but offered not enough money. Shame. Also considered for Never Say Never Again but Connery wanted back in.

Perfectly!!

Vodka martini....the bottle please.

Well said Neil. I absolutely agree 👍🏻

Englishman here. Listening to Burton's narration of War of The Worlds still gives me chills. He had the most amazing voice.

🎃

Too soon? Well yes. You would too if you waged war on your own health with alcohol and cigarettes as your weapons.

Shane Williams! Is that you?

You don't 'hear' that voice, you feel it inside. Well, the women ...

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

cmon, Norton interviewing that S Club guy was amazing.

Or wild geese

@@jasonkendall2824 Good call!

He's transgendered..

@@jquest43 You're transfixed with chewing on crayons and playing with your fidget spinner. Weirdo 😂

@@tictactoe4431 it's true,he was originally Raquel Welch You can suck on his Moobs back then That would have made your day wouldn't it?

@@jquest43 Get off the crack pipe and get your sorry ass to rehab, loser.

@@tictactoe4431 You're on a video regarding a man of genius talents who also had major addiction issues and needed rehab. Why go that same route in insulting some random troll here in the comment section? Then using it as a way to dehumanize them? The person is just an idiot of his own accord.

Such a magnetic man.

His voice is gorgeous , his acting is just magnetic , but for me it’s the intensity in his eyes..

Get 'War of the Worlds'.

cookies19691 me too

It would be OK for the first hour and then it would become very tedious and boring.. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💤💤💤💤💤🚬🚬➕💉

@@TheKonga88 never boring. Like crystal.

@@ronf1352 h7 ijjii

Have you seen Night of the Iguana? Not a classic but a favorite of mine, directed by John Huston.

Not just his voice, but his eyes...

@@DdraigGoch84 Oh fucking hell, Welsh chippy bastard ahoy!

@@thewomble1509 It is fascinating that Burton's first language was actually Welsh, which he always spoke with his family. One of the great English voices, he actually had to learn English as a second language. And yes - you are right in assuming that I do have Welsh heritage!

and he was a true Welshman with no special feelings for England as political entity besides the language. I remember when another Welsh macho man, Tom Jones, was asked if his Weshmen forgave him for leaving UK for US. and he said that his compatriots never forgave him for moving from Wales to England, never cared about leaving UK.

@@roc7880 He was also a passionate socialist and once he met Tito in Yugoslavia he then changed his beliefs to full communist. When I read that, it had confused me how he had received so many awards from the British government and Royal family. I guess he kept that quiet to them lol.

@@Liverpool5095 and he lived in the communist paradise of Switzerland

no, an amazing actor, as a man he was satan.

one thing I can tell you is that ALL people like him get drink problems. They are too intelligent and too talented.

Never tortured..alcoholism is a given.

@James Henderson No one gives a shxt.

James Henderson Well of course you are. Not that anyone cares what you think.

Vcc

Amen

Orson Welles was far superior.

Get. A. Fucking. Grip.

You're praising a man who openly on TV boasted that he receives cheques every month for hundreds of thousands of Pounds. These people only feel happy if they believe that other people are jealous of them. R. Burton had the ego the size of the New York twin towers put together.

Richard Burton was actually known to have been a very generous person believe it or not even before he went off to the Royal Air Force . At the store where he worked he often was known to give away food and cigarettes to people in his town in Wales to neighbors who were really struggling . His own family and relatives talked about how generous he was and even when they were making Night of the Iguana he and Elizabeth Taylor wanted to put money away for college education fund for a little Mexican boy but the parents wanted the money and he knew they would squander it away... yes he lived like a king after he started making money and he was no angel that's for sure but the guy was known to be generous and extravagant towards others... by the way is this Lauren Bacall.. speaking from the grave... still have nothing nice to say about Richard Burton , even in death..? hahaha

@Crazy Canuck ... I learned it from Richard Burton, LOL

@Crazy Canuck Jealous of R.B. ? Man he has an Honorary/fake degree. I have a real university Degree with Honours so how can I be jealous of RB's intellect of that pompous specimen ? Do you hen mean jealous of him because of his wife ? Man her legs were fat and horrible; her body was disproportionate, top and bottom. My girl is 21 and puts Liz Taylor off her pedestal. Yours is the usual response of a moron.... if one does not like somebody famous.... we're jealous lmfao. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, alright ?

I was just thinking along those lines listening to Richard talk about attempting to drink himself to death when he felt he could not handle the enormity of the world around him. I would imagine most celebs these days would shutdown the line of questioning or walk out!

Nervous at the start but he settles down quite quickly

He was agitated and nervous because he was waiting for the pubs to open.

@@juliamcintyre5012 Parky said that didn't he, why do you feel the need to repeat it?

Nah, he was a 4 pack-a-day smoker, he’d have been smoking regardless of being interviewed

You can buy the audio books;)

I totally agree, dad would let me stay up after Match of the day. Watching Parky was a real treat for me, my love affair started with all those Holywood greats.

Happy days

Me too

i do not know if they all fear that so much... there are some who actually believe in themselves i think he was depressed but that does not nec. come from that fear some people are sad for any number of reasons, and often the most intelligent ones

& Vulnerability coupled with genius & passion are critical per great acting, My late Dad was an LA stage actor during the '40s & He'd periodically impromptu recite Shakespeare's sonnets at home during a commercial break or dinner 'was kinda wild & intriguing in the same breath

​I am @@michaelchapman49556 act

He was never a "Sir." CBE is never addressed as Sir.

He did that for me once ..........bored shitless I was.

alison law Burton was a lot of things but never a ‘Sir’ - not with a CBE. You need a knighthood for that. Cheers 🥂

So could i. I actually did once but lost out on an oscar to Marlon Brando who got a Native Indian lady pick up his award to highlight their plight. I still to this day feel i should have won, 'Telephone book' was a great film, maybe ahead of it's time ; )

If l was a Politician ! In the English ! Or Australian ! Parliament !! I'd be saying !! HERE !! HERE !!!

Charismatic

They were the "Charles and Diana" of their time.

@@ruthcollins5140 Charles didn't love Diana. Burton and Taylor were a great love affair.

IF HE WAS CHIVALROUS, HE WOULD NOT HAVE CHEATED ON EVERY ONE OF HIS WIVES AND PARTNERS, OR FUCKED WIVES OF OTHER MEN INCLUDING WIVES OF HIS FRIENDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS. HE WAS GARBAGE.

@@kathleencreamer6648 neither did Diana love Charles!

Exactly

John Gielgud was Burtons favorite

Agree

Agree

I smoke but don’t drink

So true! A bygone era sadly never to return.

kullaalban 'bear'

DRINK IS GOOD

He smoked a lot during this Interview.

Watching my favorite drinking actors, as I try to quit the beast

Are you a bunny with poor batteries?

Congratulations! So hard to do! I had no choice: my stomach was going to hell at 40. After surgery I was so scared I just quit. It was either quit or die. I’m 77 now. My stomach still gives me issues but I’m still here!

They smoked a lot in wales, ever since their mining industry was fked by Thatcher.

Yes i am glad i quit smoking.

That B&H joke is a reflection of how the real men who were not afraid to say and do exactly as they pleased with enormous amounts of charisma and knowing they were perhaps shortening their lives safe in the knowledge that leaving this planet of fools they would be in fact missing nothing! Hence their roller-coaster life of extreme talent, booze, drugs, dangerous women,! Their sensitive emotions proved to them from the onset that the world is in fact a C#@T of a place!!

Or lack there of

Burton was certainly *NOT* the biggest star in the acting world at the time. He wasn't even close.

I can also see why he married Elizabeth Taylor. Absolutely beautiful lady. STUNNER...... She could of done alot better than him.

@DebbieClark absolutely

@@Twinklez63 Thanks mate.....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Must be a woman thing. Never seen the appeal. Always looked ancient even in his 20s

@@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon Definitely a woman thing. I would take Burton, Pacino, DeNiro, Connery and Geer over any of the so-called movie studs now.

He passed away Very Young...I think...

Definitely not! Read Edward Slingerland, alcohol is an essential component of what makes us communal creative animals. Plus I’m also a similar rural Welsh upbringing and definitely the better for it

Right

hes been forgotten already and no one under 35 has heard of him. This Jenkins fellow was a fraud.

drugs will do that.

Indeed.... all the more remarkable was that the 'jewel' to whom he refers was a fat old drunk who wore the most appalling wigs. Wigs of such low quality that she could have become a Frabkie Howers impersonator.

Yes. Remarked difference. Alcohol.

The Cavett interview is really excellent.

Excellent comment and very insightful. Have you got a Psychoanalytic background?

@@thewomble1509 Let´s just say I read a lot (y)

I think it is so sad to hear both Mr. Burton (and Tony Hancock), though very different men, though both were perfectionists, who were desperately unhappy, despite their great talent, and you knew that depression would defeat them.

Agree

In ten years he would be gone. 1984. Amazing to think that he has been gone over 35 years now. he should have lasted another ten or twenty years. It was the booze and the general disregard for his health. Richard carried a lot of guilt and anger and fighting off the despair and depression that plagued him most of his adult life.

Agree

The one with Dick Cavett is also wonderful; the way he describes his mining background, the coal seam, and his father. Wonderful, such gentle humour and passion in it.

He had a wonderful melodious voice and magnetic on screen.

Exactly what struck me. Natural charisma. Totally unaffected. A man.

I’d go further, he was extremely intelligent and well read. Loved nothing better than to read several books on the go at the same time. Was offered a Professorship at Oxford, spoke several languages.

They spoke very well back then. It's like an art form lost.

@@bonniehirtz786 But could he para-glide into a skyscraper and go all ninja on a band of terrorists and finish with a two-word zinger? I say he could not.

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

You are making my face leak! 😿

Very well said and very well put !!

Good description of him. His voice was fantastic. His ability to perform while totally smashed was another miracle he could manifest. No one else like him.

Dynamo

You are so correct sir.

Great comment , even more relevant now .

and no talking about politics, very refreshing

I think the only host that can do good interviews now is Norton, he makes the people feel relaxed. McAvoy is always a treat on that show, because he just can be his scottish self and turns into his natural accent pretty fast and hard. There are still some great actors who can give very good interviews. Stewart, Jackman, Fassbender, McAvoy, Theron. Hm... actually mainly people that are not from the states.

These fine actors just left, which is a pity. As stated, other are not and those far away

Absolutely

I loved how he effortlessly slipped into another character when citing the poem. His pose and arm movements changed instantly.