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Chance to own iconic Burton coat

November 14, 2025

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Western Mail

THE name of one of Wales' greatest actors, Richard Burton, is back on everyone's lips at the moment because of the current BBC Wales production 'Mr Burton.

- ROB COLE

The biopic tells the story of how Richard Jenkins became the iconic actor Richard Burton, tracing his life from his humble beginnings in Port Talbot and becoming one of the best known actors in the world thanks to his mentor, Mr Burton.

This week was the 100th anniversary of Burton's birth at Pontrhydyfen on November 10, 1925, and a prop from one of his many films is coming up for auction in Wales.

Rogers Jones Auctions are offering a full-length fur coat used by Burton, playing alongside his then real-life wife Elizabeth Taylor, in the MGM's 1963 film 'The V.I.P.s.' Also starring in the film were Maggie Smith, Orson Welles and Margaret Rutherford, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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