“A brimming pool running disturbingly deep…His voice is urgent and keen… He turned interested speculation into awe as soon as he started to speak.”

—  Richard Burton

Kenneth Tynan of British theatre, in “Life: Richard Burton”

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Welsh actor 1925–1984

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