- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Birth Place: Pontrhydyfen, Wales, United Kingdom
- Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Marital Status: Widowed (Sally Hay)
- Full Name: Richard Walter Jenkins
- Nationality: Welsh
- Date of Birth: November 10, 1925
- Ethnicity: Welsh
- Occupation: Actor
- Education: Exeter College, Port Talbot Grammar School
- Children: 4 (Katherine, Jessica, Maria, Elizabeth)
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.