Richard Burton, CBE (November 10 1925 - August 5 1984) was a seven-time Academy Award-nominated, double BAFTA- and double Golden Globe-winning Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.

Richard "Dick" Burton (11 October, 1907 - 31 December, 1989) was an English professional golfer.

He is mainly remembered for winning The Open Championship (British Open) in 1939, when it was played on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. He played for Great Britain in the Ryder Cup in 1935, 1937, and 1949, and won two of his five matches.

Burton, a former four-loom weaver at Cobden Mill, was born at Darwen, Lancashire. He is remembered for holding the Open title for the longest time - from 1939 till after World War II. In the spring of 1946, he wrote to the Royal and Ancient: "Dear Sirs, Please find enclosed my fee of five guineas for this year's Open. I will bring the trophy back when I come."

Richard Burton was based at Sale Golf Club, on the Manchester Cheshire border, and is still celebrated at the club. Every year the club holds the Richard Burton Trophy on the weekend of the Open Championship, and have a display including the putter he used to win the Open.

When he played 4 ball with other members, rather than pair up with a member, he would play against all 3, and give full handicaps. He still won more often than not.

Also, he reputedly hit the 120 yard 17th hole hole with every club in his bag, including the putter.

Burton died peacefully on 31 December 1989 at 11:25 pm. He was buried on 8 January 1990 in his home-town of Lancashire.

Richard Burton is a Baltimore, Maryland, city council employee and runs the "Believe" campaign. He was a rapper before becoming involved in Martin O'Malley's first Mayoral campaign after meeting him in 1998.

When O'Malley became mayor, Burton was involved in his Believe campaign and became the campaign's director in 2002. The Believe campaign aims to reduce drug trafficking, drug violence and drug use in Baltimore. blank">http://www.baltimorecity.gov/believe/index.html -->>

Burton has also appeared as a recurring character, Shaun "Shamrock" McGinty, on the Baltimore set drama series _The Wire.

Richard Burton was editor of telegraph.co.uk, the website of the British newspapers the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph, until August 2006 when made redundant.

He is currently a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster and managing editor of the Jewish Chronicle. He was also a Fleet Street journalist for 20 years, working for Today, the Sunday Mirror, and The Daily Telegraph.

Probably more frequently remembered for his turbulent personal life and multiple marriages, however Richard Burton was truly one of the great UK actors of the post WW2 period. The young Richard Jenkins was the son of a Welsh coal miner, and he received a scholarship to Oxford University to study acting and made his first stage appearance in the early 1940s. His first film appearances were in non-descript movies such as _Last Days Of Dolwyn, The (1949)_, Waterfront (1950) and _Green Grow the Rushes (1950)_. Then he started to get noticed by producers and audiences with his lead in My Cousin Rachel (1952) _Robe, The (1953) and _Alexander The Great (1956)_, added to this he was also spending considerable time in stage productions, both in the UK and USA, often to splendid reviews. The late 1950s was an exciting & inventive time in UK cinema, often referred to as the "British New Wave", and Burton was right in the thick of things, and showcased a sensational performance in _Look Back In Anger (1959)_. He also appeared with a cavalcade of international stars in the WW2 magnum opus Longest Day, The (1962), and then onto arguably his most "notorious" role as that of "Marc Antony" opposite Elizabeth Taylor (I) in the hugely expensive Cleopatra (1963). This was, of course, the film that kick started their fiery and passionate romance (plus two marriages), and the two of them appeared in several productions over the next few years including _V.I.P.'s, The (1963)_, Sandpiper, The (1965), the dynamic _Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)_ and Taming of the Shrew, The (1967). However, Burton was often better when he was off on his own giving higher caliber performances, such as those in Becket (1964), the brilliant thriller _Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The (1965)_ and alongside Clint Eastwood in the actioner Where Eagles Dare (1968). His audience appeal began to decline somewhat during the early 1970s as fans turned to younger, more virile male stars, however Burton was superb in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), he put on a reasonable show in Raid on Rommel (1971), was over the top in Bluebeard (1972), and wildly miscast in the ludicrous Assassination of Trotsky, The (1972). By 1975, quality male lead roles were definitely going to other stars, and Burton found himself appearing in some movies of dubious quality, just to pay the bills, including Klansman, The (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and Medusa Touch, The (1978). However in 1978, he appeared with fellow UK acting icons Richard Harris (I) and Roger Moore (I) in Wild Geese, The (1978) about mercenaries in South Africa, and whilst the film had a modest initial run, over the past twenty five years it has picked up quite a cult following! His two last great performances were as the sinister "O'Brien" in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), and in the TV mini series _"Ellis Island" (1984)_. He passed away on August 5th, 1984 in Celigny, Switzerland from a cerebral hemorrhage. Burton was an avid fan of Shakespeare, poetry and reading. Having once said "home is where the books are".