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  • Richard Burton (born Richard Walter Jenkins) was born in Pontrhydfen on 10th November 1925. Following his education at Port Talbot Eastern Boy's School he went on to Exeter College, Oxford. Although a regular stage actor in the 1940s and 50s, he is best remembered for his film career and marriage to the actress Elizabeth Taylor. Richard Burton died in 1984.
Log book of Port Talbot Eastern Boy's School including entry for Richard Burton, 1937
  • Richard Burton, Hollywood superstar and classical actor, is pictured here in his home town of Pont-rhyd-y-fen. The star of 'Under Milkwood', 'Cleopatra', and 'The Spy who came in from the Cold' is one of several internationally famous actors from the Swansea / Neath area, including Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta Jones.
Richard Burton with his father and brother in the Miners Arms, Pont-rhyd-y-fen