Welsh Wonder: A RichardBurton Quiz

Question 1 of 10:

Burton 's first Oscar nomination came with his first US movie, a 1952 adaptation of which Daphne Du Maurier novel?

Jamaica Inn

Rebecca

My Cousin Rachel

Frenchman's Creek

Burton wowed audiences in 1959 as the frustrated Jimmy Porter in which seminal British film?

The Caretaker

Look Back in Anger

A Taste of Honey

The Entertainer

Who did Burton portray in the 1964 adaptation of the great Tennessee Williams play, ‘Night of the Iguana’?

A defrocked priest

A suicidal politician

A negligent doctor

An alcoholic cop

Which of these historical figures did Burton NOT portray on film?

Alexander the Great

Thomas a Becket

William Shakespeare

Leon Trotsky

Michael Caine may have been the on-screen star, but Burton provided the voice-over narration for which 60s film?

Zulu

Alfie

The Italian Job

Get Carter

Which famous literary spy did Burton play in the gritty 1965 thriller, ‘The Spy Who Came in From the Cold’?

George Smiley

Harry Palmer

Guy Philby

Alec Leamas

Which of the following Burton movies did NOT co-star real-life wife Elizabeth Taylor ?

Doctor Faustus

The Comedians

Candy

The Taming of the Shrew

In 1977 Burton made the unwise decision to star in the poorly-received sequel to which notorious horror film?

The Omen

The Exorcist

The Amityville Horror

Rosemary's Baby

Burton growled and bellowed to superb effect in a vast 80s mini-series on the life of which titanic composer?

Handel

Beethoven

Brahms

Wagner

Just before his death, Burton gave one of his best ever performances as the villain in an adaptation of which novel?

Nineteen Eighty-Four

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Brave New World

Heart of Darkness