When he was taken out of the Savoy Hotel suite he lived in by an ambulance days before he died, he raised himself off the stretcher and shouted to the Savoy guests and diners...."Don't eat the food ". He played it right to the very end. A wonderful talented funny character.
Love bad boys! Been with mine 40 years! Life is short! You should thank God every morning for waking up! Love people who are wild but good people at the same time! Your comment is great!
RIP Richard Harris (October 1, 1930 - October 25, 2002), aged 72 And RIP Sir Michael Parkinson (March 28, 1935 - August 16, 2023), aged 88 You both will be remembered as legends.
Michael Parkinson was fantastic at interviewing 'wild' men. He understood and respected them, and they him. His upbringing in the mining community and time in the Army played a major part in this. He interviewed some of the most intimidating stars, stood his ground, showed respect and they loved him. Watch other interviewers with the same guests and compare the respect and depth of interviews, fantastic and a great miss. Xx
OMG, I love him. How likable is he in this interview? He is full of life, so friendly and down to earth. So open. Love his stories and how talkative he was. Who could dislike this guy? So very Irish! :-) ...and that giggle..haha!
His performances were like this; full throttle with lots of energy. Best King Arthur EVER! The part t'was written for him. He could put over a song like nobody's business and convince you all of the way. Loved him so!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.............
I love Harris. It’s nice to hear his lovely Irish accent it’s toned down in the movies. I’m Jewish and my wife is an Irish Jew born and raised in the beautiful country I love the Irish accent. ☘️
I wish I'd have had the chance to have a day on the pop with this man. Top, top bloke, reminds me of my extended family with his easy going, friendly manner.
I love the way he speaks in the third person. He refers to himself as 'Harris' when he tells stories and it somehow seems to have the effect of making himself the butt of the joke. It's brilliant because usually the notion of speaking in third person is seen as being pretentious, but he manages to do it in a humbling way.
Why do people think he's using drugs? You'll meet a lot of people in Ireland like this. Nothing to do with being high or drunk, some Irish people just love telling stories. A cultural difference perhaps?
molarmama32 Its just natural selection. As Celtic man I know that all the boring charmless men died in the famine or moved to America, We were in the pub.
Stevie P Hardly a Celtic man since most of the boring charmless men you described would have been Irish speakers. You must be one of those successful Anglo-Saxon Irishmen, like most of the population.
The Irish are not fucking Anglo Saxon, pleeeeeeeeese. Genetics shows we are very different....And furthermore unlike the Germanic peoples.....WE HAVE SOULS.......
agree and thats why i love this guy, i admire him, so many people today are scared to really live and this guy just did it, he didnt care about what others would say and that imo takes courage and this guy had balls and im here today because he died exactly 10 years ago, RIP mate you are missed.
Elvis was a Big fan of Richards. He sang a song that Richard also sang called " My Boy" - A Wonderful Song by Richard and Elvis. Listen if you get a chance .
Richard was always a Great Story Teller, Great Actor, Great Drinker, he was Passionate about everything he was. He`s one of the People i`d Love to drink Beer with and just sit and Listen to him talk. Wow.
My word! Love this guy! Always loved the song Macarthur Park, even though he sang it as MacArthur's Park, it was stunningly beautiful. Reminds me of Gordon Ramsay. Lots of healthy energy!
He's trying way too hard. It's cringe almost but because he's irish people just think " oh that's just his they are " . People will buy into anything when it's a famous actor especially a dead one.
*I just wanted to take out the time to thank you for uploading all these great/classic Parkinson shows Matthew. I don't know (and don't care!) if it's a sign of me, finally morphing into a GOW (Grumpy Old Woman), but my hubby and I would much rather settle down for an entire evening, to watch these sort of clips, than the cr@p on most TV channels these days. I should perhaps add that we watch them on what my hubby considers to be a **_"stupidly large"_** UHD screen in our home cinema - as opposed to trying to huddle round the screen of a Samsung mobile phone! It's even better than going to the pictures, or cinema, or the movies as younger people (quite rightly) call it. Anyway I'd better go and get the popcorn and a couple of Kia-Ora's as he'll be home soon! But seriously, thanks again for taking the time and effort for everyone's entertainment. Cheers x.*
How good was Saturday night television back then? Parkinson at his best interviewing a genius. Match of the day later on. Beeb now just a shadow of what it was. The early 70s possibly the zenith of popular culture.
What she said.. thank you.....I've watched these clips a ridiculous number of times...he's riveting and I never tire of him..God bless his parents. Makes me extra glad to be half Irish.☘🇮🇪❤💋
Richard didn't do drugs. He was highly intelligent & extremely energetic as are most brilliant people in my experience. I knew Richard & Jimmy Webb well.
He did 8 grams of coke a day in his prime and was an alcoholic and he admitted he tried heroin and LSD before he kicked them, I think he did at least a little.
Never noticed that when I was younger, but after seeing coke users on TV he does seem very excitable and is constantly fighting, touching his hair and nose. Before I just took that to mean he was high strung. I have social anxiety and get nervous and fidgety.
What an entertaining interview, this actor, may not be the top of the tree, for many folks, But to me. He has the lot, a fine actor, a fine gust for a talk show, but most of all , an Icon of the silver screen, not bad for a lad with limited educational ability.
Who...in this day and time...can hold my attention as well as Richard Harris in this interview? I can not think of 1 person. Where are they anymore? Shallow Taylor Swift interviews...we are doomed!
I think you just have strange tastes. There's loads of interesting people out there talking really interesting conversations about really interesting things about the world and arts and politics......but if this attention seeking man child does it for you then that's fine lol
Great actor who was very underated and sadly ended up in some very poor films his talent was overlooked because of his lifestyle like so many gifted artists
I understand his discomfort with his hair. I have the exact same. Theres not much you can do with it but keep it short. So I buzz it now. I first noticed him because of it. Ive been a fan since
In one of my classes in high school we learned about Cromwell and instead of an educational company film, we were shown Richard Harris' film. I loved it and thought he was great.
Brilliant movie, I watched this recently when I suddenly discovered Richard via MacArthur Park on You Tube then I went searching for everything he had done. Lovely man would love to have known him.
It's completely impossible to have a great actor without Any eccentricities or crazy dramatic behaviour, whether he was under the influence or not he had more personality and chareceter in his ear lobe than most 'celebrities' today, to Hell with they're mediocare boring shit, the talents are lost in this generation and it's not going to get better sadly, I'm so pleased that Sir Anthony Hopkins is still acting though and ofcourse Hugh Laurie. Rip Richard, full of guts and passion, along with Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Sir Laurence Oliver, Oliver Reed and Marlon Brando.
I first saw him in This Sporting Life with the wonderful Rachel Roberts in about 1963 ... since then I have never seen this terrific actor ever give less than a true performance. (PS: Though it's rather depressing, I think This Sporting Life , for Harris fansis well worth tracking down .. it shows that Harris was destined to be a star from his very first movie... another terrific performance is in The Molly Maguires).
AHHH!! I saw this when i was a kid and i was laughing so hard i had to leave the room ive been waiting years to see it again... well done for this one!
memories of an afternoon with Richard during his last road show of Camelot....no more drinking, still engaging in conversation...very slender with blonde hair...the following evening he was King Arthur....brilliant !!
