But until now, few had ever heard of Philip Burton. Philip was Richard's school teacher who spotted his potential, became his legal guardian, lent him his name and helped propel him to international ...

Kate Burton, the 67-year-old daughter of Richard and his first wife, Sybil Williams, who was also an actor, usually makes a point of not watching films about her dad, but Mr Burton is different.

Set in Port Talbot in 1942, the film unveils the life of a young Richard Jenkins, later known as Richard Burton, portraying ...

His transformation, as this "affecting" but flawed biopic has it, was down to the man who gave him his surname: an ...

What awards has Richard Burton won? Richard Burton won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Camelot and the Theatre World Award for Performance in The ...

And I became sort of briefly obsessed with Richard Burton for a week or two after that," he said. Three weeks later he got ...

A new film dramatizes the life of hard-drinking, bed-hopping Hollywood Lothario Richard Burton – and how a lonely homosexual schoolmaster mentored him. He even paid his father, dubbed Daddy Ni ...

Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world’s gaze in Celigny, near Geneva. That alone hints at the extraordinary path his life took ...

Richard Burton was a global icon - famed for his powerful ... because he actually was a remarkable man." Richard's daughter, Kate, said it was "very emotional" being on set and watching the ...

Richard and Philip Burton, seen here with Richard's then wife ... Richard's daughter, Kate, said it was "very emotional" being on set and watching the "extraordinary" performances of the actors ...