Hollywood movie icon Richard Burton may have been sexually abused by the quietly spoken teacher who took him under his wing ...

But until now, few had ever heard of Philip Burton. Philip was Richard's school teacher who spotted his potential, became his ...

Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world’s gaze in Celigny, near Geneva. That alone hints at the extraordinary path his life took ...

because it's so significant in Richard's story and his life." Warren Orchard/Icon Film Distribution Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey, as Philip Burton and Richard Burton, in Mr Burton Bafta-winning ...

Richard Burton never got around to writing an official set of memoirs before his untimely, alcohol-hastened death in 1984, ...

Richard Burton reflects on drinking and sobriety from a Welsh pub. This clip was taken from the programme Kane on Friday: Richard Burton, which was broadcast in 1977. Burton's love of alcohol was ...

The true story of the teacher who inspired and encouraged the metamorphosis of Welsh schoolboy Richard Jenkins ... acceptable last name of Burton. (In real life, Philip and Richie were too close ...

Before Richard Burton ... him spurning his real-life father figure in a drunken strop – an inverse entwining of art and life that asks us to believe he found special pathos in that role. It also makes ...

a producer on new biopic Mr Burton, which was released in UK cinemas on Friday. The film tells the story of Richard's difficult early life in Port Talbot, south Wales. Philip, played by Toby Jones ...