Welsh actor Richard Burton has an estimated net worth of $50 million. His works on several films include Equus (1977), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Becket (1964), The Robe (1953) and My Cousin Rachel (1952) earned him six nominations for an Academy Award. Burton was also a recipient of BAFTA, Tony and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor.
Richard Burton was born as Richard Walter Jenkins on November 20, 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, Wales. He died of cerebral haemorrhage on August 5, 1984 in Céligny, Switzerland. Though Burton was never trained to become an actor, he was once considered as the highest paid actor in Hollywood. He was married to Sally Hay from 1983 until the time of his death in 1984. He has four children named Kate, Jessica, Liza and Maria.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1980 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Wagner |
$1,000,000 |
|
1980 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Circle of Two |
$750,000 |
|
1980 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Lovespell |
$750,000 |
|
1977 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Medusa Touch |
$500,000 |
|
1977 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Absolution |
$125,000 |
|
1976 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Exorcist II: The Heretic |
$1,000,000 |
|
1976 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Equus |
$500,000 |
|
1973 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Brief Encounter |
$600,000 |
|
1970 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Raid on Rommel |
$1,000,000 |
|
1968 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Staircase |
$1,200,000 |
|
1968 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Anne of the Thousand Days |
$1,000,000 |
|
1967 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Boom |
$1,000,000 |
|
1967 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Where Eagles Dare |
$1,000,000 |
|
1967 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Candy |
$50,000 |
|
1966 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Comedians |
$750,000 |
|
1965 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
$750,000,000 |
|
1964 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
$750,000 |
|
1964 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Sandpiper |
$500,000 |
|
1963 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Night of the Iguana |
$500,000 |
|
1962 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Cleopatra |
$250,000 |
|
1962 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The V.I.P. |
$500,000 |
|
1961 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Longest Day |
$30,000 |
|
1959 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Ice Palace |
$125,000 |
|
1959 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, The Bramble Bush |
$125,000 |
|
1958 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Look Back in Anger |
$100,000 |
|
1955 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Alexander the Great |
$100,000 |
|
1951 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, My Cousin Rachel |
$50,000 |