Легендарный голливудский актер — Ричард Бартон — an uncountable number of nominations for Oscar, but he won no victory, which, incidentally, did not prevent him from entering the history of world cinema. On his account, the Grammy Award and the Golden Globe, as well as the main roles in dozens of films. He was loved by women, which was confirmed by his repeated marriages and novels, and the most famous of them is still being discussed in the pages of glossy magazines.
Young years
Richard Walter Jenkins was born in 1925 in Wales, in the family of a miner, who at that time already had 11 children.
Живя в нищете, он начал актерскую карьеру со school bench. Already from the first roles, his teacher, Philip Barton, considered a real talent in a boy and did everything to bring him to perfection. Richard understood that he owed his acting skills to a teacher who believed in him and put his soul into the student. As a token of appreciation, he took, as a stage name, the name of Burton and made her known throughout the world. In addition, fate gave Richard a meeting with Tenager Ricci. This philanthropist appreciated the natural abilities of the son of a poor "coal miner" and provided him with a large amount, which allowed the guy to get an excellent education at Oxford University.
Carier start
В 1943 году актер Ричард Бартон дебютировал на professional scene. However, he was soon drafted into the army, and until 1947 he served in the US Air Force. Demobilized, the young man entered one of the London theaters. A year later, Richard successfully made his film debut in the film “The Last Days of Dolvin”, in which he played one of the main roles. In parallel with this, he worked a lot on the radio, and a little later he was given a role in the famous Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon. After becoming famous in his homeland, Richard Burton went to conquer Hollywood. There he debuted in the movie “My cousin Rachel,” in which he played the main male role.
Consequences of failures
The complex nature of the creator and his unrecognizedtheir time did their job: the last years of his life, Richard Burton suffered from alcoholism and related diseases. The actor tried to be treated, but a constant state of stress led to constant breakdowns, and, as a result, a death at 58 years. Alcohol during his lifetime left an imprint on his fate: binge was the cause of his break with his beloved woman - Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
About the novel of these great actors at one time wrotethe whole world press. This is undoubtedly one of the most famous couples of all time. Even the story of Jolie and Pete, in comparison with these daredevils, seems boring and primitive. Millions of people around the world relished the details of their relationship: public love confessions, repeated divorces and weddings, quarrels and scandals - all this is only part of their hectic life. But, unfortunately, two such creative and hot-tempered characters cannot live peacefully and happily. Despite their great love, they broke up, but when Richard Burton was mentioned, you immediately remember Elizabeth Taylor, and vice versa.
Teamwork
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, movies withwhose participation was almost always successful, they appeared together in 11 films. The first of these was the famous "Cleopatra". At the time she began work on the painting, Elizabeth was married to Eddie Fisher, and Barton was married to Sybil Williams, from whom she had two daughters. A few months after the shoot, they got married and lived together for more than ten years. The most famous joint picture of the couple was the film “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, For which Elizabeth won the second Oscar, and Barton received another nomination for this award, which he never managed to hold in his hands. Richard himself believed that participation in this film was his mistake, since it was this work that shaped his henpecked image, from which he tried in vain to get rid of.
At the same time, at the end of his life, he once confessed to journalists that his main role in life was the role of Elizabeth Taylor’s spouse.
Other women of Richard Burton
The actor Marlene Dietrich herself called“A man who makes a woman’s heart beat faster” had an uncountable number of fleeting romance with many recognized Hollywood beauties of his time and was married 5 times (twice to Elizabeth Taylor). In addition to Liz and Sybil Williams, already mentioned, Burton’s wives were model Susan Hunt and makeup artist Salie Hay. Richard Barton’s first wife not only endured a romance unfolding in her eyes with Liz Taylor for a whole year, but she also pretended long before that she did not notice her husband’s relationship with English actress Claire Bloom. In a duet with her in 1958, the actor starred in the film "Look around in anger," which critics recognized as one of his best works.
Love is not only to people
Probably failure in his personal life pursued himbecause the only true and unconditional love of Richard was the scene. Indeed, in that difficult time, when he was a little boy from a large family, whom there was no one to bring up, because his parents tried their best to make a living, the only consolation was the game. When there was no one to give him a vital farewell, a volume of Shakespeare fell into his hands, which determined his further fate. And the teacher, who took up his education with the diligence of his father, finally instilled in Burton a love of acting.
Interesting Facts
Barton's name has become legendary. However, many stories about him that seem fiction are confirmed by the facts:
- his marriage to Elizabeth Taylor took place 9 days after the divorce of Liz;
- the only woman who could be proud to have rejected Barton was actress Joan Collins, who starred with him in the film Attributes of Passion;
- a star couple immediately adopted a girl from Germany;
- Richard once gave Elizabeth a ring for $ 1,100,000, for which he “fought” at Onassis himself at an auction;
- Liz survived Burton by 27 years, and he predicted that this would happen immediately after their second divorce;
- the actor was buried along with a volume of poems by Dylan Thomas.
The consciousness of a person and his dreams are formed as early aschildhood. So, Richard Barton, whose films many enjoy watching so far, knew from a young age what he wanted and dreamed about, and worked on making his dream come true until the last days of his life.
Today, the actor is considered a legend, and his workall connoisseurs of cinema are studying. And all thanks to not only talent, but also the stubbornness and complete dedication of Richard Burton, who fanatically devoted his life to cinema and the stage. He, like a real genius, rushed to meet any ordeal that came across on his creative path, and was able to leave an indelible mark on art.
