Remembering Richard Burton

[Tom]

For those of us old enough to remember that distinctive voice, born 100 years ago in my home valley, here's a brief 'reel'. Sorry, it's on FB:

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2025 marks 100 years since the birth of the Welsh icon Richard Burton, the son of a Welsh miner who became a Hollywood legend. To mark the centenary...

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[Gary RV_Wizard]

I remember him as King Arthur in Camelot.

 

[Tom]

The 1-paragraph summary of his school days from of the 'People Of Afan' page of my site on the history of the Afan Valley:

Richard Burton was born Richard Jenkins. He left school ‘early’ to work in a grocery store. But one of his teachers, Philip Burton, who had recognized his talents, convinced Richard’s parents to allow him to adopt Richard. Thus the Burton name. Philip Burton encouraged Richard to return to school and, from there, he went on to university at Oxford.

 

[John From Detroit]

I have a CD (Actually a 2 CD set) which contains the scariest sound in the universe (you have to listen to it)

IT's a well known story (War of the Worlds) and the story is told from the viewpoint of a reporter who narrates it as well as of course being the male lead.

Richard Burton.