Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole - Drinking Stories

[@robertkomarek1387]

There is a big difference between being alive, and living life. These blokes lived life.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Oh, how they did!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Kraaxpelax Do you prefer living a mediocre life and live long or a full life and.. still live long? They didn't actually die young, but they had enough experiences to fill ten life-times.

[@caroljevrem4637]

Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας

[@barneydtr]

I hope that you remember that the next time you get accosted by a drunk. There is nothing life affirming by being an alcoholic - quite the reverse. If they had not been famous then you would think them to be degenerate scum.

[@carguy67b]

That's right, like Bob Mitchum, knew he was dying, but he lived life as he wanted all the way to the end, with a tequila in hand

[@jellybeanfilms769]

You could really tell that Peter otoole and Richard Harris were genuinely great friends, and when it comes to actors they really don't make em like that anymore

[@micro_my_blood]

Victoria Gadd , what timeless legacy!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Victoria Gadd Burton & O'Toole as well, think they would pop up in each other's movies. O'Toole was eviscerated by London critics, for Hamlet (?), Burton recalls calling him to commiserate in his diaries, he had to do all the talking, unusual for O'Toole.

[@richardgithens1960]

Truly. They were a different breed. Real treasures of which we will never see again.

[@ziggersz4899]

Harris was the Greatest in all arenas.

[@harrymcmullen2227]

Trust me, they do! These remarkable fellas had a rep theatre industry to work in, so they’d be doing 10-12 plays a year and constantly working and getting reviews and drinking and enjoying themselves. And becoming famous and going on talk shows to tell stories! Nowadays all the parts for actors are on telly and film and you have to eat well and drink smoothies and behave. If you’re a lucky sod like me and you get to do the odd play, you’ll meet amazing actors full of their own stories like these!

[@Riskmangler]

Throw in Richard Burton and Oliver Reed and you've got the Four Horsemen of Inebriety.

[@Reprodestruxion]

Riskmangler albert Finney and Christopher Plummer

[@marycull3607]

René Moncayo Richard Burton and Peter Finch with Oliver Reed.

[@tacobell6826]

Riskmangler They were actually a fairly regular quartet. Separately, Harris and Burton were drinking buddies.

[@marycull3607]

Vg

[@kullaalban]

That always gets me. The great Richard Burton...I hate it went Peter O' Toole and Richards Harris get mixed into it. They've always loved a drink...but O'Toole and Harris were always great souls.

[@ruth701]

"I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you." Richard Harris knew what he was and was totally comfortable in his own skin.......... I'd have loved to have been in a bar with these two, oh the shenanigans !!! Bloody amazing talent too.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Ruti Ahronee That’s a great one...man, they had all those great times! Wonderful!

[@laurathornton1456]

Oh God! I hope there are pubs in Heaven if only for the likes of Harris and O'Toole !

[@classicartfoundation639]

Laura Thornton they're probably on salad and playing chamber music, poor sods....

[@blackmore4]

Harris and O' Toole would downright refuse "Heaven". Aside from the manager being a genocidal, slavery endorsing, baby killing maniac, they'd never tolerate the dull company.

[@dpaxeco]

x'D indeed!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Laura Thornton If there are none, then it's the other place. And it's hot, so you'd need a drink even more.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

They are probably barred from all of them by now

[@deanmorrow4083]

RIP Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole. I wished they had made an audio book of their drinking stories. At least, we have these video gems. Thanks for uploading this fantastic video.

[@Yeldarb4]

Two great gentleman. Men who lived and loved who drank and dramatized. RIP to these absolute legends.

[@notgadot]

*dramatiSed

[@Yeldarb4]

verb past tense: dramatized; past participle: dramatized@@notgadot

[@notgadot]

@@Yeldarb4 *dramatiSed .with S not z.

[@zg1000dru1]

Legends...bloody legends. Men who, right or wrong, lived it to the fullest in their minds

[@HardRockMiner]

Most of us will go thru life and never have a friend like these 2 found in each other.

[@HonoredGeneral]

Harris, O'Toole, Burton, and don't forget Oliver Reed! ALL of them Hellraisers!

[@shahinhasham9645]

And all British and Welsh and Irish the best of Britain they dont make them like this wow to be a fly on the wall .

[@outdoor802]

And Peter Finch!

[@lisaellis9749]

@@shahinhasham9645 Yesssssss!

[@choughed3072]

@@shahinhasham9645 poor Scots lol.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

All of the great actors.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

oh my god I don't remember the last time I laughed so much at stories like these. That was incredible. And the storytelling skills of Harris are just unbelievable. He captures you with a single word and doesn't let you go.

[@robertshanks3674]

The entertainment industry will NEVER see the like of these MEN again....fortunately they left a GREAT body of work...

[@escopiliatese3623]

You’re underestimating me.

[@riboid]

I could watch this all day.

[@andrews527]

Bless the bloke who collected these.

[@MIKIEEYEZ1975]

Who is the bloody bloke?

[@rickbrown1734]

I laughed my ass off at this video. Great people, great actors. They will always be missed.

[@joeoglesby2435]

Rick Brown iii

[@green75ish]

And pissed

[@bobloblaw378]

'I miss the days when alcoholism was considered easy breezy entertainment' - Arthur Spooner

[@ziggersz4899]

Nice reference!!! King of Queens humor. Love it!

[@colmmccabe7223]

2 irish film legends. never to be forgotten.

[@timrowlands4874]

Classic actors ,original ,beautiful ,outstanding

[@yokie52]

Wouldn't want to have been married to one of 'em, but they are delightful.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Yokie Miller MANY others were.

[@mercian7]

Love these Irish Gentlemen.. who added so much to my country..god bless them.. and Richard Harris's son is a great actor as well.

[@ennbee2051]

Does his son drink Evian at film premieres?!🤣

[@dinalombos2606]

I am very happy to watch and hear their funny stories, to watch them as they were and not acting. I miss them both. Thank you for sharing sharing.

[@TahoeVista]

Came into this world plastered, and went out plastered. Excellent.

[@emdsdownunder]

...”Oh I’ll shuffle through my memories”,............absolute gold!!!!! 😂😂👌

[@mookiemu]

Had to have been a hoot hanging with these guys! Rest in peace.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

mookiemu Let's hope not!

[@47Brenda47]

I LOVE these two gentlemen! It always amazes me when people dis' them for their drinking, all the while living their own mean excuses for lives. Harris and O'Toole knew the true art of enjoying every drop of life!!

[@KennethMcPherson1954]

I was in O'Donoghues in Dublin and O'Toole was at the bar listening to the session.

[@rosswelsh3595]

What year was this in??

[@papadoc711]

imagine having a life long friend like this, whoever has one is extremely lucky.

[@stevoschannel4127]

I’d settle for a friend

[@BattleToads]

"It distresses us to return work which is not perfect. So I'm having it on my tombstone." - The GREAT Peter O'Toole

[@laurathornton1456]

I've heard him(and O'Toole) tell the "Good God! Harris is drunk" story several times. I laugh like an idiot every time!

[@dwightcurrie8316]

Absolutely! It's "The Story" combined with the way they tell it. Stuff you cannot make up.

[@WolfGratz]

They tell it wonderfully and the fact that it has been recounted, with variations, about untold actors going back to Edmund Kean and beyond diminishes it not a whit.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Laura Thornton Many of these guys were more interesting, larger than life, than the characters they played.

[@samanthab1923]

Can you imagine Richard Harris' son Jared goes from him as a dad to Rex Harrison as a Step-Dad! 😆

[@ziggersz4899]

@@samanthab1923 Poor Jared and his brothers. Two totally different types, of course Harris being the preferred one. 💋💘💞💚🎵🎶🍀

[@lizmacleod8903]

These men were legends in their lifetimes.

[@VCRAGE]

Being genuine has no material value. These two are priceless. RIP you beautiful souls.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

I'm from Limerick like the great Harris, what a great raconteur!

[@SuperBenny74]

Absolute legends, what a friendship, I could listen to the two of them all day .

[@mirandascanlan1130]

Magic. Got watery eyed at the end when they were singing, probably because they reminded me of my dad.

[@Margie75]

God bless them! I would have given anything to spend a day with these legends ✌💖😄

[@yokie52]

Hmm, Marjorie, ..I don't know, as women, we wouldn't be invited, unless it was for "other" purposes..

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Yokie Miller Elizabeth Taylor - to name one - was notorious for being able to keep up, among other things. And she was petite! Of course, O'Toole weighed about 10 lbs.

[@KMN-bg3yu]

At 10pm I stumbled upon these clips of Harris-O'Toole drinking stories, it's now 1am and I can't stop watching them

[@erics9754]

The actors back in the day had so much more class and knew the art of storey telling funny as hell.

[@tonyackers5145]

Never to be repeated........or bettered...

[@jeffsmith2022]

Yes,God bless them both...

[@paulfromdevon4707]

This is utterly joyous. Two wonderful friends and great actors. The O'Toole story about his jacket and tombstone is absolutely priceless 😅

[@adrianrussell580]

Bloody hell now I’m late for work! Could watch these two all day.

[@roberthayes9842]

When Harris was taken by the medics from the Dorchester Hotel to hospital when he was dying shouted in the lobby dont eat the food, genius

[@kevinjamesparr552]

A man who gave us Cromwell as he really was.

[@derek-press]

I can tell you another true story (told to me by my mother) about these bad boys , my mother and father (both Irish)were in a pub in Dublin back in the late 60's and the barman came over and gave my mother ..only my mother...! a drink and said" it was from the gents in the corner" ..yep...Harris and O'tool my dad took it with good humour ..after all he was the one taking the very pretty girl home ;) (to my ma and da

[@cynthiaennis3107]

Really nice story!

[@ziggersz4899]

Sweet

[@janicecarroll7590]

The old adage ....go to bed drunk and wake up drunk. And this man was just great. Met him on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. So down to earthm

[@TheYukonnahanni]

They don't make them like that Anymore !!! Some of the Greatest Actors in the World , On Stage & in Real Life !!

[@expectationofplenty]

Every time I'm pissed. I play this and wonder and reminisce. Whatever. Play on you wonderful bastards.

[@classicartfoundation639]

expectationofplenty I hate booze, the hangovers are never really worth it.

[@angryskull1481]

Art Is Pain u not doing it right. U drink untill u are sober again.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Angry Skull Still waiting...

[@rickkania8398]

These were the best actors in there time, sadly missed.

[@michaelcastro6731]

I had the pleasure of seeing Peter O'Toole in Jeffrey Bernard is unwell in 1989 at the Apollo Theatre. Such talent.

[@alidabaxter5849]

Wonderful play and he was wonderful in it.

[@Kinopanorama1]

Such great actors. All of their parts were memorable.

[@rachcelmorley9711]

he always cheers me up rip Peter xx

[@jabowi2528]

Hilarious as elderly gents, and when they were young... One more gorgeous than the other. And those voices.

[@ziggersz4899]

I agree and I choose Richard. My heart...💚💋🎶

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Richard Harris once found himself on a train late at night. He was alone on this train without any idea how he got on it. At the end of the line. The conductor of the train told him he had to get off as the train was stopping for the night. He found himself in a terraced street in the early hours of the night. He started throwing small stones at the nearest upstairs window of the first house in the street, eventually a woman opened the window and said "what do you want"?, he said he wanted a drink!, ......he was there 4 weeks lol

[@rampageclover9788]

3 days actually

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Rampage Clover That seemed like 4 weeks.

[@ddavi7694]

4 days

[@shawnkristoferu8303]

4 days not weeks. I have heard that story from him. The city was Leeds.

[@jackmehoffe9372]

4 days bru...

[@raggeragnar]

Richard Harris , Peter O’Toole , Albert Finney , Oliver Reed and Richard Burton. That was the ”Hellraiser-5” for decades.

[@Nitebreed]

What an epic life these two had! Love it!!

[@RED-mg5sp]

They look so bloody happy to go back through those memories

[@asupertramp948]

Excellent! Harris, The Irish inside of him just bleeds through! haha The two are like a Lennon and Mccartney. Every show it's "tell us a story about Harris/O'Toole" Brilliant!

[@1339LARS]

Love them both !!!

[@57Banjoman]

He looked so fragile here-but that VOICE!

[@pvtrichter8816]

that BOOMING resonant voice and such a lovely lilt!!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

57Banjoman Which one?

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

In contrast, today some people think James Franco and Seth Rogen are "two wild and crazy guys." Anyway... Those actors of old partied hard and still turned in great work. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond and sometimes John Ford had some legendary benders.

[@windstorm1000]

yes, we are in the wrong era now aren't we! stuck with the likes of today' s 'stars'

[@markmarsh27]

Harris and O'Toole would have HOSPITALIZED Franco and Rogen in a couple of hours!

[@markmarsh27]

***** true enough ... but a genuine Historic Shenanigan just the same. ... Harris was a drunken mess. ... but a lot of artistic geniuses are aren't they?

[@markmarsh27]

***** you're a pathetic, politically correct moron. ... I didn't AT ANY POINT say that it was "cool." .... ButHarris, and O'Toole and Burton andl other famous Rabble Rousers that time were truly gigantic characters in Art AND in Life.. ... Your petty moral assessment is shallow judgmental GARBAGE. ... (If you're ACTUALLY that fucking uptight, maybe you should go to church and pray for the soul of Richard Harris). Keith Richards still drinks a Fifth of Jack Daniels before he goes on stage to blow the crowd away ..... and SO F**KING WHAT? .... you whining tea totalling bitch.

[@goprodog4304]

Because they were made of hardened steel back then. Imagine metrosex Beckham or any of those guys in this company, lol.

[@junjoelborja1748]

oh look Dumbledore and lawrence of Arabia singing in the afterlife

[@terminator324343]

I’d rather say King Arthur and King Henry II

[@jackmehoffe9372]

That's nice

[@mythicalmountancentralasia6183]

You can go through life without living it, these guys lived large and hard and were admired by all. Not sure I would or could do some of the things that these guys did, bury it would have been a blast to be a fly on the wall.

[@deanrane1961]

This is so Great! Miss these guys.

[@Maicoczpenton]

Keith Moon and Oliver Reed..... those would be some stories now.

[@maxmoon2254]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@DerekLyons]

The finest of Irishman, loved them so much! I met Richard Harris RIP.

[@seanotoole8515]

Two lives well lived. I am sure they'l still having a laugh somewhere.......

[@Vesnicie]

No doubt haunting the bar down by Finchy's!

[@stevenedwards4470]

I could stand a few more hours of that

[@nancy-jodillman1672]

One the most amusing videos I have watched in ages...Thanks for this. Some very engaging stories from some of the greatest actors of all time.

[@BohemianBritain]

Brilliant. In a small way we try to carry on their spirits. In every sense of the word..!

[@michaelmurphy75]

ohhh dear god the stories that bottle could tell

[@vardellsfolly5200]

.. and, damn, these are some of the coolest dudes.. ever. Imagine being their friend. You will never, EVER get bored with them..

[@headeryankee]

Freakin great Harris story about O'Toole being drunk! LMAO!

[@vivalapsych]

Great stuff!! Thank you.

[@beekay5914]

O'Toole was a god among actors.

[@Bix12]

Peter Finch (although an Australian) was often the third component of what surely must have been the most riotous adventures in the annals of drunken debauchment

[@bazzatheblue]

William L. I thought he was romanian

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Baz theblue He ended up being remains. Not of the day.

[@Thornus_______]

If Robert Shaw joined in it would be the four horsemen of the Apocalypse

[@byronbuxton8214]

Love em both!

[@cshiels14]

Richard Harris makes me proud to be a man of Limerick City's north side , even now . One of Limerick's favourite sons

[@bid84]

cølin Don’t be too proud of yourself, limerick is the anus of Ireland.

[@ziggersz4899]

Way to go, Limerick!! 🇮🇪💞🍀

[@Escorpius17]

I watch this whenever I miss these two actors.

[@tommoclement]

He has the most beautiful voice.

[@NigelNaughton]

Fucking brilliant!!! Love those 2 Irish blokes.

[@MarkRobertCuthbert]

look on Wiki. about Peter O' Toole. it says he wasn't 100% sure of his birth place or D.O.B. (date of birth).

[@22grena]

Shut up fool. He was Irish

[@doverandover61]

I ´ll have that on my gravestone ;-)

[@KitCalder]

That first story is the both the funniest and most Irish thing I've ever heard... "Madame, if you think I'm drunk just wait 'til O'Toole makes his entrance!"

[@ziggersz4899]

I laughed just hearing him say Madam.....Harris is a dreamboat.🇮🇪💞🎶💖🍀💚🎵💘💋

[@wolfbrothermax]

Like Brothers,God Bless Em...

[@1956lakota]

Great stuff

[@jesoby]

With a beautiful voice you can talk any old crap and folk will listen.

[@flossygallaway6565]

These are men long since forgotten real men we will do what we want .

[@neil73]

Oh all the money that e'er I spent I spent it in good company And all the harm that e'er I've done Alas, it was to none but me and all the harm that e'er I've done Alas, it was to none but me And all I've done for want of wit To memory now I can't recall So fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had Are sorry for my going away And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had Would wish me one more day to stay But since it falls unto my lot That I should rise and you should not I'll gently rise and I'll softly call Good night and joy be with you all

[@JohnJohnson-zw1kd]

neil73 A great Irish song sung at wakes.

[@cynthiaennis3107]

neil73 Awesome! Thank you! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@AndiniMako]

These two were precious together. And we don't get storytelling interviews like this anymore! Such legends.

[@napejack]

Fantastic, I watch and drink wine, after that go to sleep, like a baby!

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

Treasures...Thanks for the upload!

[@kerrydavies4394]

Two crazy, amazing legends!

[@tarnsand]

It's great they both can remember most likely 100's of stories. Imagine a book of such stories from Harris O'Toole Burton Robert Shaw to name but a few.

[@sal1960caldo]

I happened upon this video as a result of listening to Richard Burton speak of his own stories about drinking. He was also a good story teller, but these two guys are amazing! I'm literally in awe of their storytelling abilities. They all come from a time before all the electronic gadgets and social media apps. All the actors who appear on talk shows today could put you to sleep or make you want to change the channel.

[@Mermaid2261]

Those were the real hell raisers of Hollywood.

[@catlikepizzagaming8280]

Thanks for that That was the best video on KZbin for a long long time

[@trexation]

Now that's my Dumbledore!

[@Thebuilderofthings1]

Listening to stories like this actually puts these men in something of a classy position. They aren't running about gunning everyone down like nowadays. You can actually appreciate their drunken, brawling days by listening to their storied lives. You won't get that today. They may have been ruffians of the day, but not back stabbing, life stealing trash. And they accept their own faults and weaknesses. They still possessed charm, wit, intelligence and an overwhelming appetite for overindulgence.

[@laurathornton1456]

When I die I hope I am allowed to sit in the back of the celestial pub when Harris, O'Toole, Burton etc are in full story mode in Heaven!

[@petrawilson2256]

Legends! Never see the likes again, sadly. Only one I can think of today is Russell Crowe!

[@ExShinsengumi]

hugh jackman

[@johngeisler1475]

Petra Wilson I

[@deme9873]

Thank you for this loving tribute to two very charismatic, very much loved, and very drunken actors with very phallic-sounding names.

[@ziggersz4899]

Yeah, the phallic names. Always found that interesting and fitting. 💖

[@deme9873]

@@ziggersz4899 It would have been even more fitting if Richard went by the surname of "Johnson" or "Peters."

[@Jonas-np9io]

I watched this about 4 years ago and came back now. This is a depression medicine. And yet… it is like a sword to the heart knowing I will never get to live a life anyway close to theirs. Pure pain.

[@354sd]

2 real good men

[@shirleyclarke3392]

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