He was the most popular legendary actor of Hollywood. A natural actor, his name to fame on
the personal front was, being married to actress Elizabeth Taylor, not once, but twice! In
all, however, he married four times. Not bad for an actor who had an insatiable thirst for
the glamour world, limelight, fame and fortune. His good looks were well complimented by his
naturally gifted abilities to perform. He had the knack to make people listen to him and
laugh with him. While charm and humor were his strong points, he had a weakness for
gorgeous ladies and wine.His career
can be distinctly be divided in to two eras; pre Cleopatra and post Cleopatra. He
displayed histrionics on as well as off the screen. It was always felt that his complete
potential was never utilized, however, he had enough of opportunity to display the same
through movies like The Robe (1953), Alexander The Great (1956), and even in his last
movie Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Throughout Burton’s life, he
was seldom far from news, always hitting the headlines. He was the most-talked about star
of his era, but his talents and magnetism seem to have been wasted away pursuing women -
married or unmarried.
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