What is Richard Burton?
{{Infobox person | name = Richard Burton | honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] | image = Richard Burton - The Robe.jpg | imagesize = | caption = in ''The Robe'' (1953) | birth_name = Richard Walter Jenkins | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|11|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Pontrhydyfen]], [[Wales]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|8|5|1925|11|10|df=y}} | death_place = [[Céligny]], [[Switzerland]] | death_cause = [[Cerebral haemorrhage]] | occupation = Actor | nationality = Welsh | citizenship = United Kingdom | years_active = 1944–1984 | spouse = Sybil Williams (1949–1963, divorced)<br />[[Elizabeth Taylor]] (1964–1974, 1975–1976, divorced)<br />Suzy Hunt (1976–1982, divorced)<br />Sally Hay (1983–1984; his death) |children=Kate Burton<br />Jessica Burton<br />Liza Todd Burton<br />Maria Burton |signature = RichardBurton.jpg }} '''Richard Walter Burton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] stage and cinema actor. He appeared in more than 40 movies and received 7 [[Academy Award]] nominations. He was a recipient of BAFTA, [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] and [[Tony Award|Tony Awards]] for Best Actor. In the mid-1960s, Burton went up into the ranks of the top box office stars<ref>{{cite web|title=Quigley's Top Ten Box-Office Champions (1932-Present)|url=http://tbmovielists.wordpress.com/quigleys-top-ten-box-office-champions-by-year/|publisher=Tony Barnes Journal|accessdate=28 December 2013|archive-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090746/http://tbmovielists.wordpress.com/quigleys-top-ten-box-office-champions-by-year/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and by the late 1960s, was the highest-paid actor in the world. Burton received fees of $1 million or more plus a share of the gross receipts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for Richard Burton (I)|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009/bio?ref_=nm_ql_1|publisher=Internet Movie Datbase|accessdate=28 Dec