Let’s just…, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold,Paramount Pictures. [194][195] Though it didn't do well commercially, Burton was proud of the effort and wrote to Philip, "I promise you that there isn't a shred of self-pity in my performance. Yup, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Incidentally, also appearing in the production was Richard Burton's first wife, Sybil. The contract enabled Korda to lend Burton to films produced by other companies. [261] A critic from Time magazine said that Burton "put his passion into Hamlet's language rather than the character. When Burton was still married to Elizabeth Taylor, he became familiar with Marlon Brando, who was then in the middle of his heyday as Hollywood’s greatest actor. Audiences couldn’t take their eyes off Burton when he performed the iconic role of Hamlet on the London stage, but one night he had to compete for the limelight with an unexpected rival: Winston Churchill. [348] In response to criticism from the British government, Burton remarked: "I believe that everyone should pay them —except actors. At least one person disliked his performance as Hamlet. [278] Burton went on to star opposite Claire Bloom and Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), a Cold War espionage story about a British Intelligence agent, Alec Leamas (Burton), who is sent to East Germany on a mission to find and expose a mole working within his organisation for an East German Intelligence officer, Hans-Dieter Mundt (Peter van Eyck). "[317][318] Burton enjoyed working with Eastwood and said of the picture that he "did all the talking and [Eastwood] did all the killing". In the mastery of combining just the perfect amount of beautiful, lyrical poetic-prose with humour, pathos and nostalgia, Dylan Thomas had learnt his 'Craft and Art' at an early age. In the 1960s, Burton’s career saw a major upswing, leading him to become one of the Top Ten box office draws in Hollywood for most of the decade. [311] By the end of 1967, the combined box office gross of films Burton and Taylor had acted in had reached $200 million. The studio sued Burton and Taylor for allegedly damaging the film's prospects at the box office with their behaviour, but it proved unsuccessful. The couple's turbulent relationship was rarely out of the news. We guess three’s not a crowd? Please reach out to us to let us know what you’re interested in reading. [165] Henry V was followed by Benthall's adaptation of Othello in February 1956, where he alternated on successive openings between the roles of Othello and Iago with John Neville. [310] He had another quick collaboration with Zeffirelli narrating the documentary, Florence: Days of Destruction, which was about the 1966 flood of the Arno that devastated the city of Florence, Italy; the film raised $20 million for the flood relief efforts. Even though Burton detested his addiction, he was often powerless to stop it. He helped Burton to get into Oxford for a six-month scholarship program and even assisted him during his stage career. [271], Burton helped Taylor make her stage debut in A Poetry Reading, a recitation of poems by the couple as well as anecdotes and quotes from the plays Burton had participated in thus far. [215][216], After performing Camelot for six months, in July 1961, Burton met producer Walter Wanger who asked him to replace Stephen Boyd as Mark Antony in director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's magnum opus Cleopatra. Richard Burton was cast in the role of Dicky Bach Dwl. Burton consulted Olivier on whether he should take the role, which came with a stipend of $4,000 a week. In 1943, Burton played Professor Henry Higgins in a school production of another Shaw play directed by Philip, Pygmalion. Please let us know if a fact we’ve published is inaccurate (or even if you just suspect it’s inaccurate) by reaching out to us at contribute@factinate.com. [39][44] It was also in 1943 that Richard qualified for admission into a University after excelling in the School Certificate Examination. Known for his deep voice and steely gravitas, Richard Burton was one of the most famous film stars of his time. There was the true theatrical instinct. I was committed to him",[41] while Burton later wrote of Philip, "I owe him everything". [317] He asked the film's producer Elliott Kastner and its screenwriter Alistair MacLean to be given less dialogue, later remarking "I just stood around firing my machine gun while Burton handled the dialogue. "[196] While filming Look Back in Anger, Burton did another play for BBC Radio, participating in two versions, one in Welsh and another in English, of Welsh poet Saunders Lewis' Brad, which was about the 20 July plot. [191] Look Back in Anger is now considered one of the defining films of the British New Wave cinema, a movement from the late 1950s to the late 1960s in which working-class characters became the focus of the film and conflict of social classes a central theme. The director George Cukor is said to have recommended the young actor, though Lauren Bacall insists that Burton was cast after she and Humphrey Bogart suggested him. Burton died at age 58 from intracerebral hemorrhage on 5 August 1984 at his home in Céligny, Switzerland, where he was later buried. Husbands hiding things from wives, mothers from children, and generation from generation. Olivia de Havilland considered Burton to be “a coarse-grained man with a coarse-grained charm and a talent not completely developed and a coarse-grained behavior which makes him not like anyone else.” We almost don’t want to know how Burton earned that verbal smackdown! [350], In a February 1975 interview with his friend David Lewin he said he "tried" homosexuality. At first, Burton refused to play Coriolanus as he didn't like the character's initial disdain for the poor and the downtrodden. This negotiation sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry and gained Burton a lot of respect and cred amongst his peers. [130] Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper considered Burton's success in his first three films in Hollywood to be "the most exciting success story since Gregory Peck's contracts of ten years back". Williams founded a popular discotheque called “Arthur.” Famous guests included Truman Capote, Roger Daltrey, Princess Margaret, and Andy Warhol. He was the twelfth child of 13 children born to Richard ‘Dic’ Walter and Edith Jenkins. [22] Although Richard also played cricket, tennis, and table tennis, biographer Bragg notes rugby union football to be his greatest interest. ran way over schedule and over budget. She was, in short, too bloody much, and not only that, she was totally ignoring me. [233] Richard Brody of The New Yorker commented positively on the chemistry between Burton and Taylor, describing it as "entrancing in the movie’s drama as it was in life". Burton also re-adopted Taylor and producer Mike Todd's daughter, Elizabeth Frances "Liza" Todd (born 6 August 1957), who had been first adopted by Fisher.[241][345]. [37] Philip gave him a part in a radio documentary/adaptation of his play for BBC Radio, Youth at the Helm (1942). [197], In 1960, Burton appeared in two films for Warner Bros., neither of which were successful: The Bramble Bush which reunited him with his Wuthering Heights director Petrie, and Vincent Sherman's adaptation of Edna Ferber's Ice Palace. Taken from 'Acting in the Sixties' Fascinating interview in which Burton Reads from 'Boy with a cart' by Christopher Fry. Taylor, who at the time was married to actor Michael Wilding and was pregnant with their first child, recalled her first impression of Burton being "rather full of himself. Madame de Pompadour didn't just share King Louis XV's bed, she also shared his power. She was a dark unyielding largesse. Family and friends stand before British actor Richard Burton's coffin during the funeral ceremony, at Celigny's cemetery. "[272][t], After Hamlet came to a close in August 1964, Burton and Taylor continued making films together. (Our heads are also spinning). Apparently, Burton and Taylor’s contracts requested a 10AM start time (when most movies start at the crack of dawn). Based on the highly controversial play of the same name, the film starred Burton and Elizabeth Taylor as a dysfunctional couple who invite a younger couple to their house for drinks. He could not return to the UK because of his self-imposed exile from taxation, and his fortunes in film were dwindling. The production was also badly marred by important crew members falling ill. Burton stepped up to the plate to not only master the lead role (which featured a lot of singing), but also to help manage the troubled production so that it would make it to opening night. [112] Based on Lloyd C. Douglas' 1942 historical novel of the same name, The Robe was well received at the time of its release, but contemporary reviews have been less favourable. Brando and Taylor’s closeness became such that Brando’s ex-wife later claimed that the macho actors once got into a fistfight over who was the better actor. [104][105][106] Based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel is about a man who suspects his rich cousin was murdered by his wife in order to inherit his wealth, but ends up falling in love with her, despite his suspicions. [84][85] The play ran on Broadway until 17 March 1951, and received the New York Drama Critics' Circle award for the Best Foreign Play of 1951. Ifor spent the rest of his life paralyzed from the neck down, dying in 1972. Burton returned the negativity in kind, refusing to attend his father’s funeral when the man died in 1957. [68] After marrying Sybil, Burton moved to his new address at 6 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead NW3, where he lived from 1949 to 1956. [338] His last film performance as O'Brien in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) was critically acclaimed though he was not the first choice for the role. [254], During the production of Becket, Burton went to watch Gielgud perform in the 1963 stage adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 1948 novel, The Ides of March. How much of this was due to his intake of alcohol is impossible to ascertain, according to Bragg, because of Burton's reluctance to be treated for alcoholism. [123] Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader called The Robe "pious claptrap". Burton was born in Torquay, Devon, at 21:30 on 19 March 1821; in his autobiography, he incorrectly claimed to have been born in the family home at Barham House in Elstree in Hertfordshire. garnered critical acclaim, with film critic Stanley Kauffmann of The New York Times calling it "one of the most scathingly honest American films ever made". [260] Howard Taubman of The New York Times called it "a performance of electrical power and sweeping virility", noting that he had never known or seen "a Hamlet of such tempestuous manliness". We all did. The idea was conceived by Burton as a benefit performance for his mentor Philip, whose conservatory, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, had fallen short of funds. While her cause of death is unclear, some speculate that it was caused by her exposure to toxic coal-dust. So at any rate, young Richard Burton made me feel when, as Henry, he stood musing … then, after a slight pause, but gravely and without hesitation, said quietly: “We would have all such offenders so cut off”. [363] The 1988 biography by Melvyn Bragg provides a detailed description of the many health issues that plagued Burton throughout his life. I was up there with John Barrymore and Robert Newton. She was so extraordinarily beautiful that I nearly laughed out loud [...] She was undeniably gorgeous [...] She was lavish. One production which boosted Burton’s personal reputation was the gargantuan musical theater piece Camelot. According to Bragg, some of the critics who watched the performance considered it to be Burton's "most convincing role" till then. [336], Burton had an international box-office hit with The Wild Geese (1978), an adventure tale about mercenaries in Africa. And the voice which would sing like a violin and with a bass that could shake the floor." [300] Although all four actors received Academy Award nominations for their roles in the film, which received a total of thirteen nominations, only Taylor and Dennis went on to win. [304] The play received negative reviews but Burton's and Taylor's performances were reviewed constructively. [27] Biographer Hollis Alpert notes that both Daddy Ni and Ifor considered Richard's education to be "of paramount importance" and planned to send him to the University of Oxford. He would get it and never changed it. I feel nothing but sadness. (Lyric, Hammersmith.) Against all the odds, this young man quit his day job, chased the acting gigs, and ended up securing a lasting film career. Evidently, the Academy weren’t the only ones unmoved by Burton’s acting. [126], Bolstered by The Robe's box office collections, Zanuck offered Burton a seven-year, seven-picture $1 million contract (equivalent to $9,627,820 in 2019), but he politely turned it down as he was planning to head home to portray Hamlet at The Old Vic. He had made a welcome comeback in the 1978 film The Wild Geese and was preparing to film a sequel but was replaced by Edward Fox. [222][232] In a contradictory review, Crowther termed the film "generally brilliant, moving, and satisfying" and thought Burton was "exciting as the arrogant Antony". [198] His marriages to Taylor lasted from 15 March 1964 to 26 June 1974 and from 10 October 1975 to 29 July 1976. — Article", "Screen: Funless Games at George and Martha's:Albee's 'Virginia Woolf' Becomes a Film". As a result, he consulted with his lawyer, Aaron Frosch, who suggested he move to Switzerland where the tax payment was comparatively less. His younger brother Graham Jenkins opined it may have been guilt over this that caused Burton to start drinking very heavily, particularly after Ifor died in 1972. The play, retitled as Legend of Lovers, opened in the Plymouth Theatre, New York City and ran for only a week, but critics were kind to Burton, with Bob Francis of Billboard magazine finding him "excellent as the self-tortured young accordionist". View the profiles of people named Richard Burton. [190] Contemporary reviews of the film have been better and it has a rating of 89% on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The bulk of his estate consisted of real estate, investments in three countries and works of art. Churchill had other plans. Zeffirelli recalled that Taylor, who had no prior experience performing in a Shakespeare play, "gave the more interesting performance because she invented the part from scratch". [106][125], — Burton's first impression of Elizabeth Taylor. [71][73] Biographer Bragg states the reviews for Burton's performance in Waterfront were "not bad", and that Green Grow the Rushes was a box office bomb. Burton was allegedly inebriated while making the movie, and many of his scenes had to be filmed with him sitting or lying down due to his inability to stand upright. [99], Burton successfully made the transition to Hollywood on the recommendation of film director George Cukor[j] when he was given the lead role in the Gothic romance film, My Cousin Rachel (1952) opposite Olivia de Havilland. Alpert mentions the contract's span as ten-year and ten-pictures, but also states the amount to be $1 million. Born in 1925, he was originally called Richard Jenkins – changing his surname to Burton when he was taken in as a ward by his schoolteacher, Philip Burton. [43] Philip called Richard "my son to all intents and purposes. The film flopped at the box office and has since been described as "the first flop in CinemaScope". While rowdy parties aren’t too unusual in Hollywood history, Burton truly struggled with alcoholism throughout his life. [248] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times appreciated Burton's on-screen chemistry with O'Toole and thought his portrayal of Becket served as "a reminder of how fine an actor Burton was". Olivier too agreed it was the greatest Coriolanus he had ever seen till then. "[363], After nearly drinking himself to death during the shooting of The Klansman (1974), Burton dried out at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. [199][200] According to Osborne's biographer Luc Gilleman, the film garnered little attention. Circa 1970, Burton's fellow Celt (and cinema superstar) Sean Connery , who had received excellent reviews for his portrayal of the doomed king in a 1960 Canadian television version of "Macbeth", hoped to launch a big-screen version of the Scottish play. Burton’s father was Richard Jenkins Sr., a coal miner in the Welsh village of Pntrhydyfen. According to Alpert, at their first meeting on the set while posing for their publicity photographs, Burton said, "Has anyone ever told you that you're a very pretty girl?" Burton had accepted Cohen's offer under the condition that Gielgud would direct it, which he convened to him. According to Lerner, "he kept the boat from rocking, and Camelot might never have reached New York if it hadn't been for him". "[92] Burton celebrated his success by buying his first car, a Standard Flying Fourteen, and enjoyed a drink with Bogart at a pub called The Dirty Duck. Joan Collins, who played the nun, was his co-star. Biographer Bragg observed that Look Back in Anger "had defined a generation, provided a watershed in Britain's view of itself and brought [Osborne] into the public prints as a controversial, dangerous figure". While Kate Burton has become a respected actress in her own right, Burton and his first wife Sybil Williams actually had another daughter named Jessica, but she was born with autism and developed such severe schizophrenia that she was placed in an institution before her seventh birthday. The film set a trend for Biblical epics such as Ben-Hur (1959). [4][242] The supercouple, dubbed "Liz and Dick" by the press, continued starring together in films in the mid-1960s, earning a combined $88 million over the next decade and spending $65 million. The two men even competed over the same roles in their film careers. [94], Burton went on to perform in Henry V as the titular character, and played Ferdinand in The Tempest as a part of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre season as well. [286] Burton also made a brief appearance the same year in Clive Donner's comedy What's New Pussycat? He was paid £15 a week for the part, which was five more than what Beaumont was paying him. '"[316] Eastwood thought the script "terrible" and was "all exposition and complications". [312] According to biographers John Cottrell and Fergus Cashin, when Burton and Taylor contemplated taking a three-month break from acting, Hollywood "almost had a nervous breakdown" as nearly half the U.S. cinema industry's income for films in theatrical distribution came from pictures starring one or both of them. Melvyn Bragg, in the notes of his Richard Burton: A Life, says that Burton told Laurence Olivier around 1970 of his (unfulfilled) plans to make his own film of Macbeth with Elizabeth Taylor, knowing that this would hurt Olivier because he had failed to gain funding for his own cherished film version more than a decade earlier. Burton acceded to Frosch's suggestion and moved with Sybil in January 1957 to Céligny, Switzerland where he purchased a villa. This incident marked the beginning of his association with Philip. Thanks for your help! He was a recipient of BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Tony Awards for Best Actor. [208] Broadway theatre reviewer Walter Kerr noted Richard's syllables, "sing, the account of his wrestling the stone from the sword becomes a bravura passage of house-hushing brilliance" and complemented his duets with Andrews, finding Burton's rendition to possess "a sly and fretful and mocking accent to take care of the humor [sic] without destroying the man". Theatre critic Brooks Atkinson appreciated the performances and praised the play's "hard glitter of wit and skepticism", while describing Fry as precocious with "a touch of genius". [132] He shared his anxiety with de Havilland whilst coming to terms with her. [88] While Belch was considered "disappointing" due to Burton not putting on the proper make-up for the part, his reviews for Caliban and Philip of Cognac were positive. [39], In autumn of 1943, Philip planned to adopt Richard, but was not able to do so as he was 20 days too young to be 21 years older than his ward, a legal requirement. Gielgud appreciated Burton's performance and Beaumont, who knew about Burton's work in The Druid's Rest, suggested that he "look him up" after completing his service in the RAF if he still wanted to pursue acting as a profession. [320][321] Noted British film critic Tom Milne of Time Out magazine believed that Burton "plays throughout on a monotonous note of bluff ferocity". It’s hard to exaggerate the impact of Burton’s scandalous love life in 1960s Hollywood. In 1974, Burton spent six weeks in a clinic to recuperate from a period during which he had drunk three bottles of vodka a day. [333], In 1976, Burton received a Grammy Award in the category of Best Recording for Children for his narration of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Is this the theater kid’s rap battle? Burton was famous for his relationship with the iconic American actress Elizabeth Taylor, whom he wed not once but twice. He chose to sing Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Orpheus with his Lute" (1866), which biographer Alpert thought "a difficult composition". [17] According to biographer Michael Munn, Edith "was fastidiously clean", but that her exposure to the dust from the coal mines resulted in her death. It was on the sets of this film that Burton was introduced by Williams to Sybil Williams, whom he married on 5 February 1949 at a register office in Kensington. [180] He did enjoy one major critical success in the 1970s with the film version of his stage hit Equus,[330] winning the Golden Globe Award as well as garnering an Academy Award nomination. Of Burton, the director felt he was, to an extent, "affected by his knowledge of the classics". The actor died on the 5th of August from cerebral hemorrhage at Geneva's hospital at the age of 58. After cutting his teeth on the stage during the late 1940s and early 1950s, Burton made the transition to Hollywood films with the gothic romance My Cousin Rachel. [315] According to his daughter Kate Burton, “He did that one for us kids, because we kept asking him, 'Can you do a fun movie that we can go see? Richard Burton, CBE (* 10. But even this wasn’t enough. The role won him favourable reviews and caught the attention of the dramatist, Emlyn Williams, who offered Burton a small role of the lead character's elder brother, Glan, in his play The Druid's Rest. [7], Burton was nominated for an Academy Award seven times, but never won an Oscar. I seem to remember that he never stopped talking, and I had given him the cold fish eye. Whatever you might say of Burton, you can’t deny that he had a big heart when it counted. There's something about the family structure that encourages secrets. "[133], Notwithstanding, Burton began his thirty-nine-week tenure at The Old Vic by rehearsing for Hamlet in July 1953, with Philip providing expert coaching on how to make Hamlet's character match Burton's dynamic acting style. Burton and Taylor supported Mankiewicz, with the former saying the director "might have made the first really good epic film". To nobody’s surprise, Darryl F. Zanuck of 20th Century Fox approached Burton with a seven-year, seven-picture deal for the seven figure sum of $1 million (presumably because Zanuck was mad about symmetry). [9] Burton remained closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor. [322] Conversely, Vincent Canby of The New York Times appreciated Burton's portrayal of the English monarch, noting that he "is in excellent form and voice—funny, loutish and sometimes wise". Apparently, the Prime Minister of England sat in the very front row. [329] Some of the films he made during this period include: Bluebeard (1972), Hammersmith Is Out (1972), Battle of Sutjeska (film) (1973), The Klansman (1974), and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). While Burton never let the critics get him down for long, he did have a back-up plan of sorts. Mankiewicz said of the editing of Burton's scenes, "He gave a brilliant performance, much of which will never be seen. Gielgud stated that he did not properly remember how Burton was selected as he was "in a hurry" to complete the casting process. The former opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in February 1950, while the latter premiered at the Dolphin Theatre, Brighton the following month. Despite all his accomplishments on stage and screen, Burton undoubtedly made many box office duds, often purely for the money rather than any artistic merit. [1][2] Getauft wurde er am 2. [69], Pleased with the feedback Burton received for his performance in The Last Days of Dolwyn, the film's co-producer Alexander Korda offered him a contract at a stipend of £100 a week (equivalent to £3,559 in 2019), which he signed. [217] During filming, Burton met and fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor, who was then married to Eddie Fisher. Kaufman observed Burton to be "utterly convincing as a man with a great lake of nausea in him, on which he sails with regret and compulsive amusement", and Taylor "does the best work of her career, sustained and urgent". [136] The play and Burton's Hamlet were, on the whole, well received, with critics describing his interpretation of the character as "moody, virile and baleful" and that he had "dash, attack and verve". Despite the success of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the experience of playing such a fractured and dysfunctional couple so thoroughly took a serious toll on Burton’s marriage to Elizabeth Taylor. [198] Burton called the latter a "piece of shit". During his heyday, Burton was known for his wild lifestyle, often going on long alcoholic binges with his friends and colleagues Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, and Peter O’Toole. Burton was to reprise the role of Colonel Faulkner, while Laurence Olivier was cast as Rudolf Hess. [115][116] Burton and Sybil became good friends with Mason and his wife Pamela Mason, and stayed at their residence until Burton returned home to the UK in June 1953 in order to play Prince Hamlet as a part of The Old Vic 1953–54 season. During his heyday, Burton was known for his wild lifestyle, often going on long alcoholic binges with his friends and colleagues Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, and Peter O’Toole. [246][247] Writing for The Christian Science Monitor, Peter Rainer labelled Burton as "extraordinary". My Cousin Rachel was a box office success and a critical hit. Sir Richard Burton also translated another famous work of eastern erotic literature. November 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, Wales; † 5. Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. was born on November 10, 1925 in Glamorgan, Wales. The play only ran for six weeks but Burton once again won praises from critics. [14] According to biographer Melvyn Bragg, Richard is quoted saying that Daddy Ni was a "twelve-pints-a-day man" who sometimes went off on drinking and gambling sprees for weeks, and that "he looked very much like me". The Benthall-directed production opened in December 1955 to glowing reviews and was a much-needed triumph for Burton. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton may have had one of Hollywood's most iconic romances, but as it turns out, Princess Margaret played a minor part … Explore releases from Richard Burton at Discogs. As early as March 1970, he had been warned that his liver was enlarged, and he was diagnosed with cirrhosis and kidney disease in April 1981. [289] Burton wanted Taylor for the character of Martha "to stop everyone else from playing it". [244], In 1964, Burton portrayed Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury who was martyred by Henry II of England, in the film adaptation of Jean Anouilh's historical play Becket. All that changed when, in their first scene together, Burton was shaky and forgot his lines, and she soothed and helped him; it was at this instance, according to Taylor, that she fell for him. On the poet's death on 9 November 1953, he wrote an essay about him and took the time to do a 1954 BBC Radio play on one of his final works, Under Milk Wood, where he voiced the First Voice in an all-Welsh cast. Since he was friends with both and didn’t want to take sides, Bozzacchi choose not to work with either Taylor or Burton. [202][328] He recognised his financial need to work, and understood in the New Hollywood era of cinema, neither he nor Taylor would be paid as well as at the height of their stardom. "[346] In August 1976, a month after his second divorce from Taylor, Burton married model Suzy Miller, the former wife of Formula 1 Champion James Hunt;[347] the marriage ended in divorce in 1982. He also co-produced the film with Taylor and Coghill; it was critically panned and was a box office failure. [323] Anne of the Thousand Days received ten nominations at the 42nd Academy Awards, including one for Burton's performance as Henry VIII of England, which many thought to be largely the result of an expensive advertising campaign by Universal Studios. [359], Burton courted further controversy in 1976 when he wrote an unsolicited article for The Observer about his friend and fellow Welsh thespian Stanley Baker, who had recently died from pneumonia at the age of 48; the article upset Baker's widow with its depiction of her late husband as an uncultured womaniser.[360]. If only their son’s love life was so tender…. Rossen planned to cast Burton in Alexander the Great (1956) as the eponymous character. After the first performance in Toronto, Gielgud decreed that the actors must wear capes as he felt it "lacked colour".
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