Richard Burton

Richard Burton (1925 - 1984)
==Film Deaths==
*The Robe (1953) [Marcellus Gallo]: Executed (off-screen), along with Jean Simmons, by a firing squad of archers; the movie ends with them walking out to be executed. (Their deaths were confirmed in the 1954 sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators.)
*Alexander the Great (1956) [Alexander]: Dies of typhoid.
*Bitter Victory (1957) [Capt. Leith]: Resting up during a march across the desert, he is stung by a scorpion and becomes grievously ill. Whilst he's fighting and seemingly winning his fight against the poison, his unit is covered in a ghibli sandstorm. When he is later found dead in the sand, Christopher Lee is of the opinion that "the ghibli did for him"
*Cleopatra (1963) [Marc Antony]: Commits suicide by throwing himself on his sword; he dies in Elizabeth Taylor's arms shortly afterwards.
*Becket (1964) [Thomas Becket]: Stabbed to death with swords by four noblemen, who had interpreted Peter O'Toole's angry outburst as an order for Richard's death.
*Hamlet (1964) [Hamlet]: Slashed with a poisoned sword during a swordfight with John Cullum, he dies shortly after managing to kill Alfred Drake in turn.
*The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) [Alec Leamas]: Shot to death by guards, along with Claire Bloom, as they're trying to climb the Berlin Wall.
*Doctor Faustus (1967) [Doctor Faustus]: Dies after the time alotted in his Satanic contract expires, and he is taken to Hell.
*The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) [Leon Trotsky]: Hit in the head with a pickaxe by Alain Delon.
*Bluebeard (1972) [Baron von Sepper]: Shot by Mathieu Carrière in the train station as several soldiers looks on.
*The Klansman (The Burning Cross; KKK) (1974) [Breck Stancill]: Killed in a shootout by Cameron Mitchell and his fellow Klansmen.
*Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) [Father Lamont]: In the recut version of the movie, he is crushed to death when the house collapses as he tries to exorcise Linda Blair. (He survived in the original theatrical release.)
*Wild Geese II (1985) [Colonel Allen Faulkner]: While Richard doesn't appear in the film (as it was made after his real life death), it is mentioned that his character from the first film died between films.
==Television Deaths==
*Wagner (1983; mini-series) [Richard Wagner]: Dies of a heart attack at the beginning of the mini-series; the rest of the series proceeds in flashback.
==Gallery==
Richardburton.jpg|Richard Burton (below, with Elizabeth Taylor) in Cleopatra
==Notable Connections==
*Ex-Mr. Sybil Williams (stage actress)
*Ex-Mr. Elizabeth Taylor (divorced, remarried, divorced again)
*Father of Kate Burton
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