Richard Burton

Shakespeare’s Movie Magic

He is 450 years young, his words bought to big-screen life by stars like Emma Thompson, Dame Maggie Smith, and Sir Ian McKellen. We select our favorite big-screen Shakespeare moments.

Marina Watts

Review

The Liz and Dick Show

Not even a mediocre film can erase the allure of the great romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Daphne Merkin on Lindsay Lohan’s star turn as ‘Liz.’

Daphne Merkin

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Liz and Dick

Richard Burton’s Diaries Reveal His Mad Love for Liz Taylor

The great celebrity romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is intimately captured in his diaries.

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Checkered Life

Richard Burton, Man of Parts

<p>Despite a multitude of leading roles on stage and screen, Richard Burton never ceased to doubt himself as an actor, and the profession as a whole. He often expressed these concerns to his counterpart Elizabeth Taylor, saying once in a letter, ‘I have never quite got over the fact that I thought, and I’m afraid I still do think, that “acting” for a man—a really proper man—is sissified and faintly ridiculous.’ Irreverent, impulsive, and with an addiction to alcohol and women, Burton was also a loving husband, a patient father, and a loyal friend. From his early days on stage with Claire Bloom to the heights of Hollywood royalty, here’s a look back at one of Hollywood’s most beloved—and troubled—leading men.<br> </p>

Abby Haglage

8 Crazy Scenes

8 Crazy Scenes from ‘Liz & Dick’

Jace Lacob picks eight salacious bits from the script for Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor biopic.

Jace Lacob

Margot Robbie Stuns in Liz Taylor’s $8M Taj Mahal Necklace

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Richard Burton’s Yacht Involved in Dangerous Pirate Mixup

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The Man Who Invented the Paparazzi

Shakespeare’s Movie Magic

The Liz and Dick Show

Richard Burton’s Diaries Reveal His Mad Love for Liz Taylor

Richard Burton, Man of Parts

8 Crazy Scenes from ‘Liz & Dick’