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Also Known As	Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr. • Richard Walter Jenkins
Born	November 10, 1925 • Wales
Died	August 5, 1984 (aged 58) • Geneva • Switzerland
Awards And Honors	Grammy Award (1975) • Golden Globe Award (1978): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (1953): New Star of the Year - Actor • Grammy Award (1976): Best Recording for Children • Tony Award (1961): Best Actor in a Musical
Notable Family Members	spouse Elizabeth Taylor
Married To	Elizabeth Taylor (1964–1974; 1975–1976) • Sally Burton (married 1983) • Susan Hunt (1976–1983) • Sybil Williams (1949–1963)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Hammersmith Is Out" (1972) • "The Longest Day" (1962) • "Now Barabbas" (1949) • "The Woman with No Name" (1950) • "Waterfront" (1950) • "Michèle and René" (1951) • "Prince of Players" (1955) • "My Cousin Rachel" (1952) • "Klansman" (1974) • "Bitter Victory" (1957) • "Doctor Faustus" (1967) • "Candy" (1968) • "Ice Palace" (1960) • "Alexander the Great" (1956) • "Lovespell" (1981) • "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) • "Staircase" (1969) • "The Medusa Touch" (1978) • "The Assassination of Trotsky" (1972) • "The Night of the Iguana" (1964) • "Green Grow the Rushes" (1951) • "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1960) • "Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil" (1979) • "The Comedians" (1967) • "The Bramble Bush" (1960) • "Zulu" (1964) • "The Wild Geese" (1978) • "Becket" (1964) • "Villain" (1971) • "Here's Lucy" (1970) • "Under Milk Wood" (1971) • "Look Back in Anger" (1959) • "Cleopatra" (1963) • "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1950) • "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1958) • "Sutjeska" (1973) • "Sen noci svatojánské" (1959) • "Equus" (1977) • "The V.I.P.s" (1963) • "Boom" (1968) • "Absolution" (1978) • "Great Performances" (1983) • "Raid on Rommel" (1971) • "1984" (1984) • "Celanese Theatre" (1952) • "The James Mason Show" (1956) • "Laughter in the Dark" (1969) • "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967) • "The Desert Rats" (1953) • "Exorcist II: The Heretic" (1977) • "The Rains of Ranchipur" (1955) • "Buick-Electra Playhouse" (1960) • "Jackpot" (1975) • "Wagner" (1981–1984) • "Circle of Two" (1981) • "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965) • "Rappresaglia" (1973) • "Il viaggio" (1974) • "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969) • "Where Eagles Dare" (1968) • "The Fall Guy" (1982) • "Hamlet" (1964) • "The Robe" (1953) • "Bluebeard" (1972) • "Ellis Island" (1984) • "The Last Days of Dolwyn" (1949) • "The Sandpiper" (1965) • "Sea Wife" (1957)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Doctor Faustus" (1967)