Gallery

Photo credit: Richard 's parents in the 1900s © Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University.

Photo credit: Richard as a baby in 1926 © Sian Owen, Richard Burton's niece

Richard Burton in Pygmalion school production (circa 1940s) © Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University.

Richard in his house Rugby team at school (circa 1940s) © Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University

Richard at secondary school (circa 1940s) © by permission of West Glamorgan Archive Service.

Richard Burton © Richard Burton Archives at Swansea University.

Photo credit: Richard as a young boy with his family at Penhydd Street © Sian Owen, Richard Burton’s niece.

Richard Burton at the Miners Arms with his dad (1953) © Raymond Kleboe / Stringer / Getty Images.

Richard Burton in Alexander the Great (1956) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton starring alongside Peter O’Toole in Becket (1964) © Moviestore Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

Becket (1964) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton on set of Under Milk Wood (1971) © Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo. Richard Burton on set with Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O’Toole in Under Milk Wood (1972) © Credit: Album / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton in Camelot, Majestic Theatre, New York (1960-63) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

Cleopatra (1963) © Shawshots / Alamy Stock Photo

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963) © Media Punch / Alamy Stock Photo.

The Desert Rats (1953) © World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo.

Doctor Faustus (1967) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Look Back in Anger (1958) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton with Edith Evans on the film set of Look Back in Anger (1959) © Pictorial Press / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton in Look Back in Anger (1959) © Pictorial Press / Alamy Stock Photo.

My Cousin Rachel (1952) © 20thCentFox/ Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Prince of Players (1955) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton in Doctor Faustus (1967) © Album / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton in Doctor Faustus (1967) © Album / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton cycling (1974) © Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton in TheDesert Rats (1953) © JT Vintage / Alamy Stock Photo

On a studio set of Where Eagles Dare (1968) © Classic Cinema Archive / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton (1957) © Cinematic Collection / Alamy Stock Photo

Richard Burton (circa 1960s) © Pictorial Press / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton (1982) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Photo credit: Richard Burton with Maggie McNamara in The Prince of Players (1955)© Archive PL / Alamy Stock Photo.

Sea Wife (1957) © 20thCentFox / Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Staircase (1969) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

The Taming of the Shrew (1967) © All Star Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton with Julie Andrews in The Browadway of Lerner and Loewe, 1962 THE BROADWAY OF LERNER AND LOEWE © Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo

The Night of the Iguana (1964) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

The Robe (1953) @ Collection Christophel / Alamy Stock Photo

Richard Burton in The Robe (1953) © JT Vintage / Alamy Stock Photo

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965) © Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Under Milkwood (1972) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Where Eagles Dare (1968) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Who’s Afraid of Viginia Woolf? (1966) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

The Wild Geese (1979) © Allied Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Richard Burton with his daughter Kate (circa 1962) © Courtesy Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo.

Photo credit: Richard’s memorial at Bethel Chapel in 1984 © local resident.