Im from Germany and on my way back to Europe from USA, I stopped over in England and decided to visit Swansea, Wales. I strolled around and came to a theater. Somebody waved me in come in or stay out, so come in ! Then the door was closed and I was (the only) witness/spectator of a rehearsal, a cast sitting and reading their parts. I was so surprised, never seen such faces, never heard such voices, never heard this kind of play, felt like in another world. And they ignored me, just played naturally. Now that I see Mr. Burton, he seems so much this Welsh face, character, actor that I saw on that day more than 20 years ago
Amazing, gracious, heartfelt comment. And Dylan Thomas called Swansea "The Graveyard of Man's ambition's". "“An ugly, lovely town ... crawling, sprawling ... by the side of a long and splendid curving shore. This sea-town was my world.” I Love Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Pont-Rhyd-Y-Fen. I am idolatrous of my fellow Cymro / Cymraes. Wales is my World. Cymru am Byth.
@@jonathandavies5532 now that you say Dylan Thomas, I think i saw a book with his name on it on that afternoon. Must admit I am not well read except for a few topics
Seriously, one of the greatest actors of all time. That voice! I've got him reading Dylan Thomas. The real neat thing: I've got a little Welsh in me, and I fly a Wales flag in front of patio sliding-glass doors to prevent birdies from crashing into them. "For one brief, shining moment ..." Should have won Oscar for "Spy..."
People have said I have a similar voice being Welsh but when I hear myself I cringe. I could never be 'proud' of a larynx, a massive protrusion perhaps but not a larynx.
@@melisagalvalizi6982 Of course he was great in 'Virginia Woolf', but that year he lost to Paul Scofield, another truly great actor who deserved his Oscar. When he lost for 'Anne' the award went to John Wayne, who some say received it out of sympathy because he had been ill.
Boy does me mother think highly of Richard Burton. I'll have to show her this clip when she has us over for dinner. Thanks for presenting it. A pint raised to the Welsh in an Irish hand.
I just found Richard Burton today. I happened to walk in on the TV playing a scene from Cleopatra. I was like, "Who is that?? What a voice!" Now I get to deep-dive all of his films. Excited.😁
I saw Burton play Arthur in ‘Camelot’ at the Pantages in one of only two or three performances of his in the play in LA, and it remains the theatre-going experience of my life. I’ve seen Anthony Hopkins on stage, and Carlton Heston and Yul Brynner and Anthony Quinn, and George C. Scott, but seeing Burton remains the standard by why which I judge all others . . .
I saw him as well in that 'Camelot' revival in New York when I was 14. Will never forget his anguished eyes during the 'Guenevere' number towards the end. Also the theatre-going experience of my life!
@@KOOLBadgeraha! Can't take criticism. Those pple have trouble advancing and improving. I don't think you guys understand that misspelling and poor grammar undermines your credibility. It's like wearing torn and dirty clothes. Sorry, like it or not it's the reality.
Richard Burton has long been a mighty muse, for me since 'The Medusa Touch' in my early childhood, touched me then and now how I relate when I didn't want to see sixty, well he and I were maybe on the same course in this magic roundabout, as everything is relative.
According to Melvyn Bragg's biography of Burton, he was nervous about returning to his hometown after having made it big. He didn't want to show up in a limousine, make a spectacle of himself with Elizabeth Taylor in furs and diamonds, and act like a famous Hollywood star, buying drinks for everyone. Taylor wisely insisted he do EXACTLY that, that he return to his people as a successful local boy who was now rich, famous, and married to the most glamorous actress in the world. According to Burton, she was absolutely right. That was what they were hoping to see.
@@WalesintheMovies You've read it? Good for you! What Bragg makes clear is how Burton, who read constantly, thought he had the makings of a good writer. He never wrote a book, but the biography makes it clear Burton was gifted and could tell a story. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
@@TheStockwell I actually find the diaries unreadable. Maybe there's a technique to it. But it seemed messy to me. But yes Bragg's references to literature come through well. But I love anything about Pontrhydyfen, Bragg gets the contrast and therefore the humour
@@WalesintheMovies According to Burton, she had no interest in being in a big, expensive, bloated epic. In order to get 20th Century Fox to leave her alone - and find someone else for the role - she asked for the ridiculous sum of $1,000,000.00. She knew they'd give up - no-one had ever been paid that much to do one film. They did, of course. For all the talk of it being a troubled film that almost bankrupted the studio and ended the epic "swords and sandals" trend, it's really a good, well-written, and enjoyable film. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
I really dislike interviewers who ask questions and then do not give their subjects time to answer. Almost as much as I dislike interviewers who come into an interview with cliches and stereotypes at the ready to beat their subjects with. Burton was a fascinating man for many reasons and a man of intelligence and talent. Let him talk. You would have learned more.
There is the interviewer who wants to allow the guest to shine, and there is the interviewer who presumes he's the equal of the guest, carries on a conversation, and - proves he's not the equal of the guest.
I have just been to Royal Porth Cawl Golf Club. The course and the club house depict the rich contrasting Welshness, and the bellowing horizon, of the Tata Talbot bungalow granite Griffin grey lol
Yeah, nowadays, if you are a woman, even showing the weather, you need to be "showing your stuff". I noticed this horrible change when I got back to US after being overseas for a while. I think it happened around 2011???? Anyone want to chime in? Sickening! You do not need to show your cleavage to give weather report.
It's a shame he wasted his talent on 3rd rate films in the 70s- maybe cheesed off at 7 Oscar nominations 0 wins, took the money for junk, or maybe the booze contributed.
OMG he's an amazingly beautiful man. He said he didn't cultivate the voice, but his adoptive father Philip Burton certainly helped develop his voice. Wow, what a great quote about being unable t bear the beauty of the world. But the guy is a horrid interviewer.
I do agree about the interviewer on this occasion. He just kept interrupting Burton at the wrong time, not allowing him to finish even a short sentence. Michael Parkinson was usually very good at his job. I sense that he was maybe a little nervous about interviewing such an enormous personally that was Richard Burton.
This makes me think of the Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson interview from Monty Python for some reason. "Now Richard, did you practice acting whilst in your shed?"
I am glad Mr. Burton got to make the film 1984. Probably the best dystopian movie ever made. His power of acting along with a great cast made the film a modern British classic. The film although not well received at the box office at the time was way ahead of it's time.
"Burton was withering too about Michael Parkinson's biography of footballer George Best, which he read twice, in 1975 and 1983. First time around he called it "horribly common" and on the second, said it was awful, adding: "I wonder if Parkinson knew he was writing about himself. Wine, women, TV star. Lost his talent as a promising writer as Best lost his genius. And for the same reasons.""
Maybe not a coincidence that Burton and Best both died at 59 (Burton just a few months short of that). The lifestyles were not dissimilar. The fact that I have now made it to 60 often has me looking back at others who made their great marks in life, but did not make it to my age. They squeezed an awful lot of living into a short time.
As someone who recognises people by their voices, that's why I almost never recognised Richard Burton. I once watched a war movie, where he played a German tank commander. I watched the movie for 20 minutes, thinking............I know him............who the hell is it.................20 minutes later IT'S RICHARD BURTON.
Caro Richiard peccato che non so L inglese ma mi.basta vederti e Sentire la rua meravigliosa j Voce Sei un grande attore un grsnde cantante sei un genio . Hai lasciato Elizaberh ma non Lai dimenticata io lo so E ti pentirai ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂
Hey man. I think when you combine heavy smoking with the sort of rampant boozing Richard did, you'll be lucky to hit 70. In another video he talks about his family's strong lungs (coal dust), I think it was the drink which got him.
My father was from Wales, and my maternal grandfather from Ireland. They both agreed that IBurton’s Irish mates Richard Harris & Peter O’Toole inadvertently drank Burton to an early grave.
Having read many biographies on the man. I would say Elizabeth Taylor had more to do with his drinking. Before they met he was a beer drinker. She got him onto spirits as she was already on a bottle a day herself
Sadly, he would have met the same fate had he never met them. True, they were drinking mates for many years. They were eventually able to stop. Burton never did, though he tried.
@@michellehardy5669 don't blame elizabeth for his OWN actions. Also, don't blame O'toole ir Harris.They all got sober and survived. He chose to continue. That's HIS choice.
@@kennethwayne6857 blaming elizabeth is the easiest thing to do because they don't want to admit he drank himself to death.They decided to stop, he didn't. That was HIS choice. Even after his marriage yo elizabeth he kept drinking!!!
Alcohol is an amazing thing. It can be a best friend. I have felt truth and God under it's influence, found a place of peace and understanding, happy as can be all alone with the spirit hugging me. Sometimes I don't feel like being useful, don't want to do something important, don't want to do anything. Me and my thoughts and a bottle, peace.
Parkinson has no empathy for artists, his narcissism is better reflected by pseudo celebrities which is sad. Like many of his ilk, he stayed in the business way beyond his sell-by date and we the public were shortchanged. He is not equipped to dissect the creative man as he has no experience in that milieu. He's mostly out of his depth with people of stature and as we can see in his interview he is limited to snarky remarks. Good to see he has now found his level flogging life insurance ads. Not forgetting a free pen.
In the 1984 movie...... Died in 1984 There's a saying "Went for a Burton " double suited meaning....... Should have stuck with Jenkins ........ It's a number game....especially when in Hellywood
@@WalesintheMovies , yes, I'd agree with that. :) Bless him. Gone too soon. Thanks for posting this, by the way. My generation needs to know who RB was.
I always thought that Parkinson was more interested in himself than his guests at times, how could you talk to Burton and not let the man talk about his life and close him down and try to be funny about it, this is not Parkinson at his worst but when he is bad he is terrible,
That's because this clip is heavily, and badly, edited from a much longer interview. Try watching the complete version: th-cam.com/video/AcSuQf4RZWs/w-d-xo.html
RICHARD BURTON HAS REALLY SPENT HIS LIFE , WITH HIS REALLY GENUINE TALENT . BUT, HE SHORTENED IT QUITE A BIT, BY DRINKING TOO MUCH, AND PERHAPS, SPENDING , TOO MUCH, SECRETLY WITH WOMEN, OR CHASING AFTER THEM. MAYBE, IT'S BECAUSE HE ALSO HAS THE GOOD LOOKS, OF A GENUINELY HANDSOME WELSHMAN. BURTON IS TRULY REMARKABLE, IN HIS SEVEN DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES, IN, "WHERE EAGLES DARE", IN," BECKET", IN," THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, IN," THE SANDPIPER", IN"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF",IN ,"THE COMEDIANS", IN, "WAGNER".
however great and epical he was in the way his lived his life as a poor Welsh lad who married the most beautiful woman in the world and bought her diamonds and boozed with the biggest off them, he never really did come over as a great actor to me. Montgomery Clift said to elizabeth: this is not acting, it's reciting, and I think that Clift was right in this. Not for a moment, even in the movies that are considered his best, do I totally believe him. He uses that wonderful voice, and his green eyes and everything he had going for him, wich was a lot, but for me, I never really believed that he became the man he played. He was always Richard Burton.
@@garyjones9910 for sure. And a lot of them, during the studio years, did a great job .But Burton had more to offer then most of the movies he appeared in during most of his life. He only did that to afford his lifestyle. And he knew it, I think.
Richard Burton should have been knighted, won the academy award, etc. It seems the royals hand out knighthoods to just about anyone these days. Where's mine? But I'm sure I'd get an email from Buckingham: "OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"
Parky ... Simply Parky ... How did this pahetic creature survived? Does that say something deeply true about his audience or his employers (those were never the same entities)
Yes that’s true. It wasn’t meant as a criticism exactly. It’s just that his brilliance was undermined by particularly his very serious alcoholism. Almost like a character from Shakespeare, brilliant but ultimately undone. An example of an actor who overcame the same demons is Anthony Hopkins. The obvious fact that nobody on this earth is perfect (most people absolutely nowhere near), doesn’t mean observations cannot be made. RB himself would be the first to say it.
A really horrible interview.....two chairs facing each other like an interrogation. Parki not allowing Burton to finish his sentences. The format is probably the least likely to give the interviewee a sense of calm and relaxation. Imagine these two sitting in armchairs in front of a fire, sipping whisky or tea..or fishing by a lake...or anything god damn thing other than this horrible scenario. It's no wonder Burton was nervous...it's like an interview for a job in front of 15 million people.
father Was a Class mate,Used Tell a story of the Teacher Trying To Find The Culprit For Something with The Warning,That all the Boys Would get Cane and The Girls Detention if the Culprit didn't own up,Which Led To The Culprit Being Chased By The Class all the way Home.
Parky, like a lot of interviewers in the 60s and 70s, were very blunt and rude to actors. If I'm honest, they seem intensely jealous. Parky though also has that "professional Yorkshireman" that comes with a chip on the shoulder of anyone else whom... Is equally proud of where they come from. Doesn't bow down to them just because of them being from Yorkshire. Coming from Lancashire. Coming from "the south", even though that covers over 20 counties and well over four times the size of Yorkshire. Especially coming from London. (?Huge chip on that one.) Coming from the real north, and calling the Yorkshireman a pretend notherner. Or someone just telling them to stop lecturering everyone you meet that you're proud of it. We don't give a shit.
Michael Parkinson - British chat show host from from 1971 to 2007. Former Yorkshire Post journalist, he moved to BBC radio and then started a chat show which became essential viewing. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t833
Ha ha yes he was around in the north, when the early Beatles were making some of their earliest television appearances. He got to know them then as he was a “presenter” on...not sure if it was “people and places” or “scene at 6.30”. The hair and the cloths are standard poor choices in the ‘70s.
Barry Poupard ...also he was a terrific (world renowned) interviewer. Watch him here with Burton who was a world class superstar. He was asking him the hard questions. He was a class apart in his day.
Nauseating? Granted Parkinson was the everyman asking the uninspired questions. Interviews are dull affairs now because many celebrities are not well educated and plow narrow conversational paths. Politically incorrect " pansies"? Grow up Robert. Most of my gay friends of a certain age would not balk at this language.
Such a shame we didn't even get this man on Earth for 60 years. Such a brilliant intellect
And a narcissist
@@melisagalvalizi6982 I don't think so. I think he's quite humble.
What a legend! I have a huge sofr spot for Wales. Love from a Scotsman.
@Anthony Mitchell Doh! Soft spot
We have a lot in common.
Im from Germany and on my way back to Europe from USA, I stopped over in England and decided to visit Swansea, Wales. I strolled around and came to a theater. Somebody waved me in come in or stay out, so come in ! Then the door was closed and I was (the only) witness/spectator of a rehearsal, a cast sitting and reading their parts. I was so surprised, never seen such faces, never heard such voices, never heard this kind of play, felt like in another world. And they ignored me, just played naturally. Now that I see Mr. Burton, he seems so much this Welsh face, character, actor that I saw on that day more than 20 years ago
Wow!
Amazing, gracious, heartfelt comment.
And Dylan Thomas called Swansea "The Graveyard of Man's ambition's". "“An ugly, lovely town ... crawling, sprawling ... by the side of a long and splendid curving shore. This sea-town was my world.”
I Love Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Pont-Rhyd-Y-Fen. I am idolatrous of my fellow Cymro / Cymraes. Wales is my World.
Cymru am Byth.
@@jonathandavies5532 💖💖💖
@@DrCrabfingers I will never forget that afternoon of magic💥
@@jonathandavies5532 now that you say Dylan Thomas, I think i saw a book with his name on it on that afternoon. Must admit I am not well read except for a few topics
Amazing man. Such eloquence. I could listen to his voice forever 🙃🙂🌿🌿🥀
Seriously, one of the greatest actors of all time. That voice! I've got him reading Dylan Thomas. The real neat thing: I've got a little Welsh in me, and I fly a Wales flag in front of patio sliding-glass doors to prevent birdies from crashing into them. "For one brief, shining moment ..." Should have won Oscar for "Spy..."
Certainly should have won for "Anne of the Thousand Days".
People have said I have a similar voice being Welsh but when I hear myself I cringe. I could never be 'proud' of a larynx, a massive protrusion perhaps but not a larynx.
@@kennethwayne6857 for Virginia woolf
@@melisagalvalizi6982 Of course he was great in 'Virginia Woolf', but that year he lost to Paul Scofield, another truly great actor who deserved his Oscar. When he lost for 'Anne' the award went to John Wayne, who some say received it out of sympathy because he had been ill.
@@kennethwayne6857 Oh God, John wayne beat out Richard Burton. What an outrage!
Boy does me mother think highly of Richard Burton. I'll have to show her this clip when she has us over for dinner. Thanks for presenting it. A pint raised to the Welsh in an Irish hand.
diolch Shan. Think Burton could speak a bit of Irish too.
WALES in the MOVIES bhfuil tu' ag duine mo'r
I just found Richard Burton today. I happened to walk in on the TV playing a scene from Cleopatra. I was like, "Who is that?? What a voice!" Now I get to deep-dive all of his films. Excited.😁
Richard Burton is a poet as well as a great actor. And what a hypnotic voice!
Hypnotic diction too.
I saw Burton play Arthur in ‘Camelot’ at the Pantages in one of only two or three performances of his in the play in LA, and it remains the theatre-going experience of my life.
I’ve seen Anthony Hopkins on stage, and Carlton Heston and Yul Brynner and Anthony Quinn, and George C. Scott, but seeing Burton remains the standard by why which I judge all others . . .
I saw Maggie Smith in London thirty years ago in ' Arsinic and Old Lace'😊🥰
I saw him as well in that 'Camelot' revival in New York when I was 14. Will never forget his anguished eyes during the 'Guenevere' number towards the end. Also the theatre-going experience of my life!
@@KOOLBadger arsenic
@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 I dont carr. You read it and understood. Are you a spelling teacher or just have a control problem.
@@KOOLBadgeraha! Can't take criticism. Those pple have trouble advancing and improving. I don't think you guys understand that misspelling and poor grammar undermines your credibility. It's like wearing torn and dirty clothes. Sorry, like it or not it's the reality.
Richard Burton has long been a mighty muse, for me since 'The Medusa Touch' in my early childhood, touched me then and now how I relate when I didn't want to see sixty, well he and I were maybe on the same course in this magic roundabout, as everything is relative.
According to Melvyn Bragg's biography of Burton, he was nervous about returning to his hometown after having made it big. He didn't want to show up in a limousine, make a spectacle of himself with Elizabeth Taylor in furs and diamonds, and act like a famous Hollywood star, buying drinks for everyone. Taylor wisely insisted he do EXACTLY that, that he return to his people as a successful local boy who was now rich, famous, and married to the most glamorous actress in the world. According to Burton, she was absolutely right. That was what they were hoping to see.
Yes, I particularly enjoyed that passage. It's an excellent biography
@@WalesintheMovies You've read it? Good for you! What Bragg makes clear is how Burton, who read constantly, thought he had the makings of a good writer. He never wrote a book, but the biography makes it clear Burton was gifted and could tell a story.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
@@TheStockwell I actually find the diaries unreadable. Maybe there's a technique to it. But it seemed messy to me. But yes Bragg's references to literature come through well. But I love anything about Pontrhydyfen, Bragg gets the contrast and therefore the humour
I'm also now watching Cleopatra, in two sittings. Blimey, she was RIDICULOUSLY sexy wasn't she?!?!
@@WalesintheMovies According to Burton, she had no interest in being in a big, expensive, bloated epic. In order to get 20th Century Fox to leave her alone - and find someone else for the role - she asked for the ridiculous sum of $1,000,000.00. She knew they'd give up - no-one had ever been paid that much to do one film.
They did, of course. For all the talk of it being a troubled film that almost bankrupted the studio and ended the epic "swords and sandals" trend, it's really a good, well-written, and enjoyable film.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
Richard Burton's first wife, Sybil was my grandmother's cousin - my claim to fame LOL
And his birth name was Dickie Jenkins, my claim to fame.
@@allenjenkins7947 He also loved booze. My middle name is booze.
I really dislike interviewers who ask questions and then do not give their subjects time to answer. Almost as much as I dislike interviewers who come into an interview with cliches and stereotypes at the ready to beat their subjects with. Burton was a fascinating man for many reasons and a man of intelligence and talent. Let him talk. You would have learned more.
@Ivor Biggun Cavett is a fantastic interviewer! Burton talking about his struggles with alcoholism to Cavett is remarkable.
@killwill83 your spot on mate 🙌
It seems to me, the interviewer gave him adequate opportunity to respond. Not as good as Dick Cavett, but not bad.
Agree
Parkinsonism and Burton came from similar mining bac grounds
The time when you could still smoke as a guest in talk shows !
I'm named after Richard Burton. My parents met him when he was filming "Under Milk Wood" when my Mum was expecting me.
that's pretty cool!
Wish he were still here.
The world was too much with him, it is a sense, a feeling that arises in many creative people
Parky comes across as an intellectual minnow against this giant of a man.
Parkinson is a cretin
He would've made a wonderful James Bond.
Too short😂 well thats what John cleese would say
178 centimeters is what Google says on top of its search!
I don't know why but I thought he was more like 185!!
Far far too svelte and honourable to be a James Bond
There is the interviewer who wants to allow the guest to shine, and there is the interviewer who presumes he's the equal of the guest, carries on a conversation, and - proves he's not the equal of the guest.
Talent you don’t see anymore, acting,stage,plays, WAR OF THE WORLDS Jeff Wayne ,
So many gifts with a voice that never dies time to listen to magic again time for under milkwood
Love Wales.
This is an actor's actor.
I have just been to Royal Porth Cawl Golf Club. The course and the club house depict the rich contrasting Welshness, and the bellowing horizon, of the Tata Talbot bungalow granite Griffin grey lol
Back when TV hosts could look like your drunk uncle watching a ball game on his couch.
LOL! That is soooo funny!!!!!! Love that!
Yeah, nowadays, if you are a woman, even showing the weather, you need to be "showing your stuff". I noticed this horrible change when I got back to US after being overseas for a while. I think it happened around 2011???? Anyone want to chime in? Sickening! You do not need to show your cleavage to give weather report.
Pretty tepid response to Burton. He's one of the greatest actors of all time.
It's a shame he wasted his talent on 3rd rate films in the 70s- maybe cheesed off at 7 Oscar nominations 0 wins, took the money for junk, or maybe the booze contributed.
OMG he's an amazingly beautiful man.
He said he didn't cultivate the voice, but his adoptive father Philip Burton certainly helped develop his voice.
Wow, what a great quote about being unable t bear the beauty of the world. But the guy is a horrid interviewer.
Phillip Burton Would Have Richard Scream For 6 hours a day until he got that hunky voice.
I do agree about the interviewer on this occasion. He just kept interrupting Burton at the wrong time, not allowing him to finish even a short sentence. Michael Parkinson was usually very good at his job. I sense that he was maybe a little nervous about interviewing such an enormous personally that was Richard Burton.
when chainsmoking was allowed on tv
A brilliant man and actor, the kind of men that we need today ladies and gentlemen 😊
This makes me think of the Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson interview from Monty Python for some reason. "Now Richard, did you practice acting whilst in your shed?"
I am glad Mr. Burton got to make the film 1984. Probably the best dystopian movie ever made. His power of acting along with a great cast made the film a modern British classic. The film although not well received at the box office at the time was way ahead of it's time.
A true hero . . .
He was a genius
Welsh showed up in my DNA, could be Tudor.
"Burton was withering too about Michael Parkinson's biography of footballer George Best, which he read twice, in 1975 and 1983. First time around he called it "horribly common" and on the second, said it was awful, adding:
"I wonder if Parkinson knew he was writing about himself. Wine, women, TV star. Lost his talent as a promising writer as Best lost his genius. And for the same reasons.""
Maybe not a coincidence that Burton and Best both died at 59 (Burton just a few months short of that). The lifestyles were not dissimilar. The fact that I have now made it to 60 often has me looking back at others who made their great marks in life, but did not make it to my age. They squeezed an awful lot of living into a short time.
But nonetheless, Best and Burton were at the top of their games for a long time. Sadly, the mighty do fall.
As someone who recognises people by their voices, that's why I almost never recognised Richard Burton. I once watched a war movie, where he played a German tank commander. I watched the movie for 20 minutes, thinking............I know him............who the hell is it.................20 minutes later IT'S RICHARD BURTON.
His voice only had the ghost of a welsh accent in it, if we're honest. He went full RP, like any fine actor of his time.
The ghost is enough. Like Hopkins, you can sense it's there. Like a hiding menace...
His first language was Cymraig, second was english his choice to sell himself re accent
That sums up me as a Welshman, I am attracted to living on the edge at times.
I ADORE READING & Richard Burton
Caro Richiard peccato che non so
L inglese ma mi.basta vederti e
Sentire la rua meravigliosa j
Voce
Sei un grande attore un grsnde cantante sei un genio .
Hai lasciato Elizaberh ma non
Lai dimenticata io lo so
E ti pentirai ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂
Wonderful man, I always feel pain when I see Burton smoke, I understand it may have led to his premature death.
Hey man. I think when you combine heavy smoking with the sort of rampant boozing Richard did, you'll be lucky to hit 70. In another video he talks about his family's strong lungs (coal dust), I think it was the drink which got him.
@@WalesintheMovies A more charismatic man would be hard to find, in saying that I find all the stars of that generation interesting.
Richard smoked 3 to 5 packs a day
Born with it, not cultivated.
My father was from Wales, and my maternal grandfather from Ireland. They both agreed that IBurton’s Irish mates Richard Harris & Peter O’Toole inadvertently drank Burton to an early grave.
Having read many biographies on the man. I would say Elizabeth Taylor had more to do with his drinking. Before they met he was a beer drinker. She got him onto spirits as she was already on a bottle a day herself
Sadly, he would have met the same fate had he never met them. True, they were drinking mates for many years. They were eventually able to stop. Burton never did, though he tried.
@@michellehardy5669 don't blame elizabeth for his OWN actions. Also, don't blame O'toole ir Harris.They all got sober and survived. He chose to continue. That's HIS choice.
@@kennethwayne6857 blaming elizabeth is the easiest thing to do because they don't want to admit he drank himself to death.They decided to stop, he didn't. That was HIS choice. Even after his marriage yo elizabeth he kept drinking!!!
@@melisagalvalizi6982 I have not blamed Ms. Taylor.
Alcohol is an amazing thing. It can be a best friend. I have felt truth and God under it's influence, found a place of peace and understanding, happy as can be all alone with the spirit hugging me. Sometimes I don't feel like being useful, don't want to do something important, don't want to do anything. Me and my thoughts and a bottle, peace.
what a load of rubbish...
He smokes in the interview 😂😂
Is voice is endearing
+Wales In The Movies:
guys, what font do you use for the ending! It's bugging me, i recognise it from a show, can't put my finger on it! Thanks
Anyone nails liz talor in her prime gold medal ❤
@@Andrew-r4h exactly
If you survive such a background.
Indeed.
The fact that parkinson referred to gays, gently as possible, as wronguns is hilarious.
Burton did not seem to be enjoying this interview or to like Parkinson.
Surprised how dumb Parkinson's questioning sounds today. Maybe it did then too.
Gwalia.
Parkinson has no empathy for artists, his narcissism is better reflected by pseudo celebrities which is sad. Like many of his ilk, he stayed in the business way beyond his sell-by date and we the public were shortchanged. He is not equipped to dissect the creative man as he has no experience in that milieu. He's mostly out of his depth with people of stature and as we can see in his interview he is limited to snarky remarks. Good to see he has now found his level flogging life insurance ads. Not forgetting a free pen.
Richard Parrington
thats a fuckin great comment. Love it.
you moron
I have always said that about him. Useless is not a strong enough word.
Absolutely true. Check out the interviews with Helen Mirren and Kenneth Williams. On both occassions Parkinson had his arse handed to him.
and I know where he can put that free pen,
In the 1984 movie......
Died in 1984
There's a saying "Went for a Burton " double suited meaning.......
Should have stuck with Jenkins ........
It's a number game....especially when in Hellywood
Parkinson is such a creep... still is. Selling old dears dodgy insurance as if he 'needs' the money.
True. So disappointing.
No more of a creep than Lineker promoting calorie laden crisps to the already over sized in the U.K.
You are sure right.... both creeps
Amazing man
Just beautiful.
Couldn’t stand Parkinson, despicable man
Great guy.
Parkinson looks a lot then like Noel Gallagher does now.
@rxp56 Actually looks like both
What year was this interview? About 1982?
Burton looks too healthy for it to be '8s. I'd say mid-late 70s
@@WalesintheMovies , yes, I'd agree with that. :) Bless him. Gone too soon. Thanks for posting this, by the way. My generation needs to know who RB was.
What did me mean? He was so overwhelmed with the world he didn't want to live?
which year was this recorded?
I always thought that Parkinson was more interested in himself than his guests at times, how could you talk to Burton and not let the man talk about his life and close him down and try to be funny about it, this is not Parkinson at his worst but when he is bad he is terrible,
Apparently this interview was recorded in the morning using BBC staff as the audience?
Which year was this interview please
Very rushed. No continuity to the questions. No time to answer them either. This is a guest who can think and go deeper - but got no time to do so.
That's because this clip is heavily, and badly, edited from a much longer interview. Try watching the complete version: th-cam.com/video/AcSuQf4RZWs/w-d-xo.html
RICHARD BURTON HAS REALLY SPENT HIS LIFE , WITH HIS REALLY GENUINE TALENT .
BUT, HE SHORTENED IT QUITE A BIT, BY DRINKING TOO MUCH, AND PERHAPS, SPENDING , TOO MUCH, SECRETLY WITH WOMEN, OR CHASING AFTER THEM.
MAYBE, IT'S BECAUSE HE ALSO HAS THE GOOD LOOKS, OF A GENUINELY HANDSOME WELSHMAN.
BURTON IS TRULY REMARKABLE, IN HIS SEVEN DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES, IN, "WHERE EAGLES DARE", IN," BECKET", IN," THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, IN," THE SANDPIPER", IN"WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF",IN ,"THE COMEDIANS", IN, "WAGNER".
Rich smoked 3 to5 packs of smokes a day.That did not help
He was not pansy or sissy lolGreat actor apologizes that he felt shy
So why did he admit to having sex with men?
Parkinson on the way from the wedding afters
That voice..
It's a mystery to me how Parkinson avoided a daily drubbing, seeing what a tw*t he could (can?) be.
however great and epical he was in the way his lived his life as a poor Welsh lad who married the most beautiful woman in the world and bought her diamonds and boozed with the biggest off them, he never really did come over as a great actor to me. Montgomery Clift said to elizabeth: this is not acting, it's reciting, and I think that Clift was right in this. Not for a moment, even in the movies that are considered his best, do I totally believe him. He uses that wonderful voice, and his green eyes and everything he had going for him, wich was a lot, but for me, I never really believed that he became the man he played. He was always Richard Burton.
But alot of the best actors play versions of themselves.
@@garyjones9910 for sure. And a lot of them, during the studio years, did a great job .But Burton had more to offer then most of the movies he appeared in during most of his life. He only did that to afford his lifestyle. And he knew it, I think.
A Welshman can never wholly disappear. Too great for that.
Parkinson milked this for lots of year's. And still on the tv giving away pens. Everyone he interviewed had more charisma than him, including emu
Even ' Bic ' pens have more charisma than Parkinson. Chippy Yorkshireman.
Richard Burton should have been knighted, won the academy award, etc. It seems the royals hand out knighthoods to just about anyone these days. Where's mine? But I'm sure I'd get an email from Buckingham: "OFF WITH HIS HEAD!"
He drank himself to death
We just don’t do interviews like this anymore. It was a more civilised aged.
Shocking interviewer, constantly interrupting Burton.....
back when people were articulate and civilized....
Parkinsonism mentions "wrong 'uns" quite a lot.....hmm.
It's a rush to death to continually smoke and drink...
It's a rush to death to smoke and drink....for reasons we may not fully realize. Choices
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Parky ... Simply Parky ... How did this pahetic creature survived? Does that say something deeply true about his audience or his employers (those were never the same entities)
Unfortunately he had quite a number of serious character flaws
As does everyone
Pip. And you don't ?
Yes that’s true. It wasn’t meant as a criticism exactly. It’s just that his brilliance was undermined by particularly his very serious alcoholism. Almost like a character from Shakespeare, brilliant but ultimately undone. An example of an actor who overcame the same demons is Anthony Hopkins. The obvious fact that nobody on this earth is perfect (most people absolutely nowhere near), doesn’t mean observations cannot be made. RB himself would be the first to say it.
James McAovy is our Burton.
WHO IS THE INTERVIEWER?
Seriously?
Darude - Sandstorm. ;)
But, of course, he was an actor, wasn't he?
A really horrible interview.....two chairs facing each other like an interrogation. Parki not allowing Burton to finish his sentences. The format is probably the least likely to give the interviewee a sense of calm and relaxation. Imagine these two sitting in armchairs in front of a fire, sipping whisky or tea..or fishing by a lake...or anything god damn thing other than this horrible scenario. It's no wonder Burton was nervous...it's like an interview for a job in front of 15 million people.
father Was a Class mate,Used Tell a story of the Teacher Trying To Find The Culprit For Something with The Warning,That all the Boys Would get Cane and The Girls Detention if the Culprit didn't own up,Which Led To The Culprit Being Chased By The Class all the way Home.
Parky, like a lot of interviewers in the 60s and 70s, were very blunt and rude to actors. If I'm honest, they seem intensely jealous.
Parky though also has that "professional Yorkshireman" that comes with a chip on the shoulder of anyone else whom...
Is equally proud of where they come from.
Doesn't bow down to them just because of them being from Yorkshire.
Coming from Lancashire.
Coming from "the south", even though that covers over 20 counties and well over four times the size of Yorkshire.
Especially coming from London. (?Huge chip on that one.)
Coming from the real north, and calling the Yorkshireman a pretend notherner.
Or someone just telling them to stop lecturering everyone you meet that you're proud of it. We don't give a shit.
Duggie Bader You seem to give quite a lot of a shit actually.
Gosh MIchael Parkinson is such a great interviewer
there was nothing on booze here
Birds of a feather flock together Alcoholics
if only he wasnt a chain smoker he would still be with us
whoa. whose the guy with the Beatle haircut ...
Michael Parkinson - British chat show host from from 1971 to 2007. Former Yorkshire Post journalist, he moved to BBC radio and then started a chat show which became essential viewing. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t833
... and an all round creep!
Ha ha yes he was around in the north, when the early Beatles were making some of their earliest television appearances. He got to know them then as he was a “presenter” on...not sure if it was “people and places” or “scene at 6.30”.
The hair and the cloths are standard poor choices in the ‘70s.
Barry Poupard ...also he was a terrific (world renowned) interviewer. Watch him here with Burton who was a world class superstar. He was asking him the hard questions. He was a class apart in his day.
Please , he is and was a total Ipswich wanna be Alan Partridge a narcissist .
Your not allowed to say i am proud to be of the English race anymore .
Who the fuck is stopping you from being proud? 😂 sounds like pathetic victim mentality
Parky and Richard. All lads together. Polite cough, No er, 'pansies' around here.
Rather nauseating and thankfully things have moved on.
Nauseating? Granted Parkinson was the everyman asking the uninspired questions. Interviews are dull affairs now because many celebrities are not well educated and plow narrow conversational paths. Politically incorrect " pansies"? Grow up Robert. Most of my gay friends of a certain age would not balk at this language.
Those times were honest. It is today that is nauseating, you can tell by the way many people express a wish to be living back in those days.
Michael Parkinson pales when you compare him to Dick Cavett