Richard Burton Archives | Memorable TV

Secombe And Friends (ITV Comedy, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers)

Five comedy specials with plenty of musical interludes from Harry Secombe. dates were:- 1. 21 Feb 1959 | 2. 25 April 1959 | 3. 26 Sep...

Movies3 years ago

Sandpiper, The (MGM 1965, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton)

The fourth Burton-Taylor vehicle (following “Cleopatra”, “The VIPs”, and “Night of the Iguana”) is a steamy love triangle drama formed by an Episcopal minister (Burton), his...

Movies4 years ago

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984, John Hurt, Richard Burton)

This sharp adaptation of Orwell’s novel by director Michael Radford and Jonathan Gelns wisely avoids the temptation to decorate the story with modish science fiction trimmings...

Movies4 years ago

Prince of Players (TCF 1955, Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara)

A biographical piece about famed 19th-century American actor, Edwin Booth (Richard Burton), whose life seems every bit as full of drama as Shakespeare’s plays. A series...

Movies4 years ago

Cleopatra (1963, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton)

Still (in relative terms) the most expensive film ever made and famous for bringing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton together in what was to become one...

TV4 years ago

Wagner (Channel 4 1983, Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave)

A cast of legendary British actors come together to tell the equally legendary story of the great composer in the mini-series Wagner. Made in 1983 and...

Movies4 years ago

Look Back in Anger (1959, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom)

This influential British kitchen-sink’ drama, directed in gritty black and white by Tony Richardson (Tom Jones), follows the apparently doomed marriage of an English couple, Jimmy...

Movies4 years ago

Desert Rats, The (TCF 1953, Richard Burton, James Mason)

In The Desert Rats British commando captain Richard Burton takes charge of a hopelessly outnumbered but stubbornly defiant Australian division in their heroic stand against Field...

Movies4 years ago

Look Back in Anger (Woodfall 1959, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom)

Influential British kitchen-sink” drama Look Back in Anger, directed in gritty black and white by Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) and based on a hugely successful play...

Movies4 years ago

Longest Day, The (Fox 1962, John Wayne, Richard Burton)

Darryl F Zanuck’s masterly recreation of the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944 cost the then enormous sum of $10million to produce, making...

Movies5 years ago

Alexander the Great (UA 1956, Richard Burton, Stanley Baker)

Robert Rossen wrote, produced and directed this lavish historical epic which depicts the Greek military genius Alexander (played by a blonde-wigged Richard Burton) as the scion...

Movies5 years ago

Anne of the Thousand Days (Universal 1969, Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold)

Lavish costume drama Anne of the Thousand Days is full of rich performances and tells of King Henry VIII’s infatuation with 18-year-old Anne Boleyn. For her...

Features6 years ago

Scandalous Hollywood: Elizabeth Taylor vs Debbie Reynolds

The Headline: Elizabeth Taylor Steals Eddie Fisher from Debbie Reynolds Elizabeth Taylor didn’t spend long mourning the death of third husband Mike Todd, and she wasted...

Features6 years ago

Great Hollywood Romances: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

One of Hollywood’s most combustible couples, Liz and Dick couldn’t live apart–or together. As famous for their relentless passion as for their prodigious talents, Elizabeth Taylor...

News6 years ago

le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold for BBC and AMC

The BBC and AMC are teaming up once again for another slice of classic le Carré with an adaptation of The Spy Who Came In From...

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Secombe And Friends (ITV Comedy, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers)

Sandpiper, The (MGM 1965, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984, John Hurt, Richard Burton)

Prince of Players (TCF 1955, Richard Burton, Maggie McNamara)

Cleopatra (1963, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton)

Wagner (Channel 4 1983, Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave)

Look Back in Anger (1959, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom)

Desert Rats, The (TCF 1953, Richard Burton, James Mason)

Look Back in Anger (Woodfall 1959, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom)

Longest Day, The (Fox 1962, John Wayne, Richard Burton)

Alexander the Great (UA 1956, Richard Burton, Stanley Baker)

Anne of the Thousand Days (Universal 1969, Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold)

Scandalous Hollywood: Elizabeth Taylor vs Debbie Reynolds

Great Hollywood Romances: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold for BBC and AMC

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