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Richard Burton

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Actor

The Resume

    (November 10, 1925-August 5, 1984)
    Birth name was Richard Jenkins
    Appeared in films 'My Cousin Rachel (1952),' 'The Robe (1953),' 'Look Back In Anger (1958),' 'The Longest Day (1962),' 'Cleopatra (1963),' 'Hamlet (1964),' 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965),' 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966),' 'The Taming Of The Shrew (1967),' 'Where Eagles Dare (1969),' 'Raid On Rommel (1971),' 'Equus (1977),' 'The Wild Geese (1978)' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was an alcoholic.
    He quit Oxford University after six months.
    He married and divorced Elizabeth Taylor twice.
    He always played dour, monotonous characters.
    He played Winston Churchill in 'The Gathering Storm' despite loathing Churchill.
    He admitted that he did most of his films purely for the money.
    He was nominated for seven Oscars but never won one.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was raised by his married sister after his mother died when he was two.
    He assumed the stage name Burton in honour of the school teacher who taught him acting.
    He put his career on hold to join the RAF in World War II.
    Despite Hollywood success, he continued to appear on stage in London's West End and Broadway.

Credit: Fantom


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 71 Votes: 53.52% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 107 Votes: 58.88% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 178 Votes: 42.70% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 200 Votes: 53.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 76 Votes: 48.68% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 70 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 62 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 70 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 36.17% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 41.46% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 116 Votes: 57.76% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 175 Votes: 46.29% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 280 Votes: 43.21% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 354 Votes: 51.13% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 612 Votes: 51.47% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1795 Votes: 47.91% Annoying