Richard Burton
(1925-1984), ActorSitter in 11 portraits
The Welsh-born Burton made a name for himself as a classical actor in the West End and Stratford in the early 1950s before being lured to Hollywood. He is best remembered for the brooding realism he brought to his performances in the film of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger (1959) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) in which he played opposite his wife Elizabeth Taylor. Also appeared in The Spy Who came in from the Cold (1965) and Equus (1977).
by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1953
NPG P293
by Daniel Farson
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x135680
Michael Benthall; Richard Burton as Hamlet; Claire Bloom as Ophelia
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1953
NPG x30028
Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
by Michael Peto
modern bromide print from original negative, October 1963
NPG x137670
'Liz Taylor cuts Burton's hair'
by William Lovelace, for Daily Express
bromide press print, March 1964
NPG x139881
Richard Burton in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
by Bob Willoughby
bromide print, 1965
NPG x18492
Noël Coward; Dame Elizabeth Taylor; Richard Burton and an unknown woman
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1968
NPG x28637
Richard Burton; Dame Elizabeth Taylor
by Terry O'Neill
bromide fibre print, 1971
NPG x126133
Avis Scott as Nora McCabe Richard Burton as Ben Satterthwaite in 'Waterfront'
by Ian Jeayes
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 12 April 1950
NPG x193392
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