richard burton net worth

richard burton

Birth Name Richard Walter Jenkins Date of Birth November 10, 1925 Place of Birth Pontrhydyfen, Wales, United Kingdom Height 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) Education Exeter College, Port Talbot Grammar School Profession Actor Net Worth $50,000,000 Source of Wealth Film, Television Nationality Welsh Country United Kingdom Marital Status Widowed (Sally Hay) Children 4 (Katherine, Jessica, Maria, Elizabeth)

Welsh actor Richard Burton has an estimated net worth of $50 million. His work in many films includes 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), for which he received six Academy Award nominations. Burton also received BAFTA, Tony and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor.

Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins on November 20, 1925, in Pontrhydyfen, Wales. He died of a brain hemorrhage on August 5, 1984, in Céligny, Switzerland. Although Burton was never trained to be an actor, he was once considered the highest paid actor in Hollywood. He was married to Sally Hay from 1983 until his death in 1984. They have four children named Kate, Jessica, Liza, and Maria.

Earnings and Financial Data

date	Social class	Description	amount
1980	Salary	salary from the movie wagner	$1,000,000
1980	Salary	salary from the movie circle of two	$750,000
1980	Salary	salary from the movie lovespell	$750,000
1977	Salary	Salary from the movie The Medusa Touch	$500,000
1977	Salary	salary from the movie Absolution	$125,000
1976	Salary	Salary from the movie Exorcist II: The Heretic	$1,000,000
1976	Salary	salary from the movie equus	$500,000
1973	Salary	Salary from the movie Brief Encounter	$600,000
1970	Salary	Salary from the movie Raid on Rommel	$1,000,000
1968	Salary	Salary from the movie ‘Stairs’	$1,200,000
1968	Salary	Salary from the movie ‘Anne of the Thousand Days’	$1,000,000
1967	Salary	salary from the movie boom	$1,000,000
1967	Salary	Salary from the movie ‘Where Eagles Dare’	$1,000,000
1967	Salary	salary from the movie candy	$50,000
1966	Salary	Salary from the movie The Comedians	$750,000
1965	Salary	Salary from the movie ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’	$750,000,000
1964	Salary	Salary from the movie The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	$750,000
1964	Salary	Salary from the movie The Sandpiper	$500,000
1963	Salary	Salary from the movie The Night of the Iguana	$500,000
1962	Salary	salary from the movie cleopatra	$250,000
1962	Salary	Salary from the movie The VIP	$500,000
1961	Salary	Salary from the movie The Longest Day	$30,000
1959	Salary	salary from the movie ice palace	$125,000
1959	Salary	Salary from the movie The Bramble Bush	$125,000
1958	Salary	Salary from the movie Look Back in Anger	$100,000
1955	Salary	salary from the movie alexander the great	$100,000
1951	Salary	Salary from the movie My Cousin Rachel	$50,000