Ex-Gangster Dave Courtney Tells His Life Story | Extraordinary Lives |

Dave Courtney has many titles - he has been a doorman in London's finest nightclubs, he became known as "celebrity gangster" after carrying out security for the Krays at their funeral and has been involved in some criminal activity. Dave shared with us his incredible life story and where he is now.
This is an episode of Extraordinary Lives, where we speak to people with a unique life story to tell. From a North Korea escapee to an undercover cop, a Cold War spy to a shipwreck survivor.
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[@FoxxyBoiJohno]

Rest in Peace Dave 🙏🏼

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

Dave was a genuinely lovely geezer. He was all heart. I met him a couple of times in the 90s and he was exactly like he appeared on TV, very affable, always with a funny anecdote. Rest in peace Dave.

[@alfiecorbett1703]

Hes like that one uncle who just makes up shite stories we all cant help but love

[@spincity850]

This guys blood pressure must be like 18,000/2 million.

[@patrickturner3999]

A far better comedian than villain.

[@andygall9397]

So, I'm an ex-cop & I wish I'd known a few more criminals like Dave. A really funny, sometimes dangerous bloke in his day, but what a character. A great interview and a really interesting listen.

[@Vespa123]

hes a pro bullshitter 😂

[@charliegreen5781]

You are part of the problem.

[@mrb9350]

Did he used to give you info

[@scrotiemcboogerballs4967]

This sounds like where Tom Hardy got his inspiration for his accent in Peaky Blinders from.

[@kc4699]

loved this! thank you, Dave - you are a legit character

[@markwelbourne8078]

Very informative. Watched the whole thing. Seems like a smart fellow really.

[@sufianansari4923]

not surprised he passed one recently - he's been looking knackered poor fella

[@JIMWSMITH]

Really enjoyed this. R.i.p dave

[@deebee1353]

What a great interview.The last bit of advice is golden

[@tabletlingua9385]

I’ve just been diagnosed with ADHD in my mid 40s. I have never committed a crime and was certainly never described as a naughty child. Not all people with ADHD are criminals. Yes we have impulse issues but we know the difference between wrong and right

[@chippytea.]

Everyone got adhd now. As theres a hell of a lot of money in the repeat prescriptions.. dont fall for it.😂

[@glennk2973]

He never once suggested that all those with adhd were criminals. He said they often snap and make choices they wouldn't If the didn't have adhd...

[@joshuakerr207]

Rip dave Courtney fly high

[@teagunn]

Rest in Peace big man ❤

[@scottgardner7919]

Dave when you work at queens nightclub in Colnbrook what was that like with the traveler boys?

[@ah-hl6fr]

Rip dave a true character 👍

[@dangl650]

Shot at point blank by himself i’m just hearing ...! That’s so sad. RIP

[@redskyatnight123]

Did he commit suicide

[@dangl650]

@@redskyatnight123 That’s what’s in the news sadly but there are some conflicting reports saying he was shot. He was famously fond of amphetamines which obviously isn’t conducive to stable mental health.

[@redskyatnight123]

@@dangl650 yeah I just looked on line bless him although people talk shit , I've listened to so many pods and interviews and dave has a good heart. He's a good guy

[@redskyatnight123]

@@dangl650 I used to take speed everyday and I can definitely say its not conducive to good mental health

[@mrb9350]

​@@redskyatnight123But improves your aim with a pistol

[@samgeller1967]

Fascinating

[@chippytea.]

Loved his charlie 😂. Opted out when he choose brave man..takes balls that

[@mrkipling2201]

I find him funny, interesting and actually right on most subjects. Seems like a good bloke to me. I don't know him but that's how he seems. I might be wrong, it's only my opinion.

[@dh2032]

all the merits of good politician, poeple of voted for him 🙂

[@crossdressfet-ish]

Even though hes done bad things you cant help but admire his non judgemental approach to literally anything someone else does because no doubt hes practically ticked off every bad thing on his own list

[@justonsullivan3807]

Gotta luv Dave, these interviews are Golden. All the best to Dave and his loved ones. 👍🇺🇲🗽🇬🇧👍

[@kevinsimpson2196]

Never met dave but will miss him he was someone I watched grown up he has haters and seems a lot more lovers he was a character people gravitated to he will be missed rip X dave legend courtney X

[@ChrisWilson-te3tp]

I met Dave last year at an event, really down to earth smashing fella ❤

[@Reed-bj2dt]

Dave was clearly an intelligent man and I found him very engaging and witty. He should have had his own TV show.

[@fantabulization]

Would I be out of line to suggest this: cast him as the Penguin in next Batman movie?

[@mimmkey]

My thoughts exactly. It's the reason I'm watching the video in the first place. I saw a little clip, and I said to myself, "Self... This is going to be great!!"

[@ony583]

I was thinking Barron Greenback, but the Penguin is a good suggestion.

[@littlebunnybunny]

bit hard been dead 6 months

[@Colonelstickmustard_]

R.I.P legend

[@monstermo8820]

Love Dave, funny and gentleman. RIP fella

[@amillionviews888]

Real gangster are truly funny, like this guy here

[@Peacemaker557]

Absolutely brilliant memories from from Davey never will be mist god bless

[@pjhunton]

RIP Dave, incredibly entertaining bloke, wouldn't cross him, but would listen to his crack all night!

[@graemewillis5868]

there hasnt been a new podcast in months, are they not getting made anymore?

[@capatainnemo]

RIP DAVE COURTNEY.... so sad you had to end it that way

[@jcrossan1351]

Rest in peace

[@lukeboycott7953]

As he gained a chin every year since turning 50?love watching videos of dave he has the best stories

[@laurisavilampi4171]

We need to get this guy to act as cobblepot.

[@SpotlessLeopard]

Some wise philosophies here.

[@dazzlerbob1870]

RIP Dave

[@dannycanning9959]

R.I.P to a great man what a laugh

[@MrHeavensoverrated]

Rip dave... What a star.. Id love to know his last 24 hours... I do hope they do a dave last 24 hours... X.

[@leerobertson7601]

I am only able to keep my side of the street clean and I am feeling glad about this....I am hearing many people who are so judgemental and jealous of Dave and make comments that are at best dangerous

[@seagullsg784]

The thumbnail is putting people off this one. The numbers speak lol

[@robbieguzman9202]

This bloke is a proper penguin from Batman mate 😅

[@arjunanthonycroos2449]

RIP Dave Courtney

[@dappa0000]

RIP Dave Courtney.

[@partofthegame2691]

Dave is a great guy been to his party always a good show

[@ninjabluewings]

My nephew got to know Dave really well in the last year of his life and they was working on a film together that my nephew had written the script for and he truly was what they call "A Diamond Geezer" what you saw was what he was, funny as fuck, naughty and cheeky and most of all a true gentleman with to coin a phrase "A Heart Of Gold" it was really sad that his life ended the way it did but it was his choice and his right to call it a day... R. I. P Dave you truly enrichment so many lives 🙏💜🙏

[@michaeljames87]

Did Rancid write a song about him?

[@stalyjohn9347]

He has banged a shit load of weight on, All the best Dave,

[@marcusclark5330]

Stopped sniffin

[@fiestaturbo1287]

@@marcusclark5330he never sniffed only smoked

[@anthonyharty1732]

@@fiestaturbo1287Never sniffed? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@FaceFcuk]

He was on the anthetamine speed for 30 years straight, he stayed up 3 days in a row then slept for 24 hours then carried on 😂, someone who went his party said dave gave him a drink and then the lad was up for 3 days straight 😂

[@stalyjohn9347]

@@fiestaturbo1287 he was never a crack head, if he never sniffed it, smoked it, He was a lot of things, but smoking crack, no I don’t think so, But you never know what goes on behind closed doors, !!!!

[@nicholasporter1417]

Couldn’t help but like the guy. RIP Dave, ur already greatly missed x

[@leerobertson7601]

He is the last of the old school men and this was how it was back then. I am wondering if you know of any good therapist who could help you to become a lesser fooll

[@karlkuttup]

we know dave will be laughing his head off i remember seeing him pull up at a takeaway and gym ,in the early 2000s ,i just nodded at him and smiled he was in dave mode as dave was

[@thegoodwithin5984]

Has Dave got a neck brace on ?

[@jackalh1z117]

RIP Dvae

[@FirstBlackFemaleTrillionaire]

Wow

[@peakyblinder2847]

Every thing is suger coated. But bk in the day was so much easyer fro crime

[@lillustpotion]

RIP

[@makkavelli3972]

Who was Mista Liverpool and Manchester at that time???

[@THEBONEENGINE]

He was Dave Courtney obe, now dave Courtney rip

[@glennk2973]

What a shame we don't have Dave here now. Dave Courtney as mayor of London 2024 might just stop the lunacy. R.I.P big man, butch of donny loved you so by default...so do I. X

[@buddymacbuddington]

Rip da ve

[@cheesus4688]

Dave went out the most gangster way possible, Rest In Peace OBE ❤️

[@mrb9350]

Are you for real

[@nuttylivett2713]

He was not a gangster he was a wanna b and a informer and grass

[@benhamlin8753]

R.I.P Dave😢 even the strongest people can only take so much. He will be missed ❤ what a man❤what a life❤

[@davidmalone4580]

Rest In peace Dave

[@GeorgeVarley-py5cb]

Well done for being the start of gen z if u r loud enough and talked about them scepticism becomes fact through mass repeating of stories

[@steem8355]

Charlie warleyyyyy haha

[@Arfabiscuit]

he is as funny as fuck

[@danielcoote1638]

Looks like the penguin from batman

[@briandoggett8651]

so true what he says i worked the doors 2 0 years its so different now so political the bouncer days are long gone

[@davebayliss3142]

The most feared man in Britain 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrb9350]

After sadiq Khan

[@JohnSmith-mi8we]

R.i.p Dave Courtney, R.i.p Lenny mclean Two legendary men whom are sadly missed!! When men were men and boys were boys 🕊💙🙏🕊💙🙏

[@roxysimmons]

‘A little attack of autism or adhd’ 😂 I love that. [Mum of a kid with autism]

[@frederickkay4308]

Google TOMMY MACK SUPERGRASS Enough said 😂

[@scottmason9307]

Rip Dave...

[@121Denz]

Omg well if it ain't the biggest fraud ever😂😂😂 i saw his face and had to click for the entertainment

[@dannycanning9959]

London doorman……he’s names Dave

[@JackieCopus-zv3ny]

He is always laughing

[@user-gm2lj2nx2w]

R.I.P BERMONDSEY BOY ❤😢

[@mrb9350]

Wasn't from Bermondsey we don't have pricks like him here

[@AcerbusCastus]

Geezer's advice to gangsters keep out of prison: follow the rules of criminal world including Keep your connections tight and pay off the police.

[@Calvinclimb51]

The 1991 documentary Bermondsey Boy shows Dave Courtney with a wife (not Jennifer Pinto) a young daughter and what looks like a son. Newspaper reports say he met Jennifer Pinto in his fitness club in the 1980s. This documentary came out in 1991 which would make him around 32. No disrespect, he is (edit was) a character and seems likeable particularly after stalking his Instagram but something is not adding up. Rather than an informant, was he actually an undercover policeman who got into the role and the lifestyle? I still don't understand how someone can pull a trigger on themself with arthritis so bad that he can't even roll a cigarette. I think also we underestimate the use of deepfakes in media. We have to question everything that is presented to us...filters for aging , voice apps that work in real time that seem very life-like.

[@littlebunnybunny]

how did he die

[@alftwilson2996]

The definition of GEEEZEEERRRR

[@Stevefoster80]

The guy was a grass, killed himself now tho

[@brijones]

now he is with the bandit brother twins who like young boys yes both twins

[@mooge6467]

Everybody calls Dave out for being full of shit, but his storys are the same on every podcast he does, he was born in a different time, sad loss today.

[@Parseenfroo]

Braahn bread nah.

[@joelhall5124]

Oh dear, this character again....

[@Peacemaker557]

There is no one Dave

[@LukeM1986]

I dont mind watching his interviews, quite an amusing bloke. Obviously hes been a shady character and had an involvement in some dodgy things but don't buy into a lot of the stuff he says. Not a true gangster, he's a self proclaimed gangster.

[@patkearney9320]

Yes funny enough in Maidstone I remember him waiting to see Reggie Kray BOM would get about 30 minutes talking to R,K yet Dave was always last and get a few minutes. Reggie called him the pissboy because he’d tell Dave to do something and Dave would piss of and do it. I always thought how horrible kray treated him.

[@thelewischessman3726]

RIP, but it seems the heavy guilt of being a registered police informant especially in his line of work was to much.

[@zonkarudo4481]

Bro is king pin

[@caesarseizure1625]

💀

[@KittySkeed]

Uh I can barely understand him :(

[@paulwilliams2663]

🔔 end

[@johnsmith8906]

Dave Courtney spins a good yarn, but take everything he says with Utah Flats sized pinches of salt.

[@RAGNAAAA]

100% propa gangsterz don't come on lad bible and boast 😂😂

[@westy3783]

For sure he embellishes… but based on his acquaintances, and who worked underneath him in the chain and their lives, I wouldn’t underestimate him.

[@stephenrothwell8142]

Well said matey.

[@CJAFCN5]

People have the opinion he stayed pretty squeaky cos he’s a grass.. fine. But the stories are most definitely true ahaha

[@CJAFCN5]

@@RAGNAAAAhe’s retired & probably close to the grave the fuck does he have to worry about grow up ahah

[@bingowings2486]

Rip mate 22/10/23

[@user-dh8ss2ux3f]

Did u know him

[@carljones8022]

Course DAVE was a feared man.... They were feared he would grass them up!

[@Mr_Reset]

Guy carrying a knuckle duster still. Easy one for a copper to nick him after the interview

[@dava-c5345]

Rip dave - I find it really hard believing he did it to himself - one of the last people I would have though suicide …… Found with pillow over head & glove on ……. Mmmmmmmm …… underworld holds many secrets , this could end up been one of them ….

[@jota55581]

Criminals are old women too they say they hate plod but when a plod says some one is a grass they believe them ... criminales are mostly muppets

[@MattWilliams482]

Think I’ll skip this one