Celebrity True or False: Kurtwood Smith on Robocop, Dead Poets Society & More | The Rich Eisen Show

[@Shanktuary]

Fun fact. My dad was kurtwoods stunt man in robocop. My dad went through the three glass windows for kurtwood. The final window explosion broke the glass to late and cut dads head as he went through it. Ive heard my dad tell me about those stunts my whole life.

[@NacheMan]

That's awesome!

[@MartinT5600]

Phenomenal fact!. Thank you for that.

[@elskeletor3566]

That is a Really Cool Thing to Have as a Father Story

[@Major42]

Your dad is cool and has been involved in masterpiece.

[@sic6664]

Doesn't the window break a bit too early?

[@Tractorman-xj4gt]

"Can you fly, Bobby ??" - Kurtwood was excellent !!

[@stevejacobs2764]

You! You burnt the fucking money!

[@filearsip920]

Hahaha

[@farerse]

@@stevejacobs2764 i had to blow the door what do you want?

[@waynedoyle5584]

" I LIKE IT "

[@my_MillenniumFalcon]

Red Forman + Clarence Boddicker = Kurtwood’s two most iconic characters ever! 👏

[@shanedillon9117]

"Well, give the man a hand!" My favorite Clarence Boddicker quote.

[@masterofallgoons]

This guy has looked 52 years old for 40 years

[@CodeBleu724]

I'm 52...and I hope to look like this when I'm 90.

[@liamdell4202]

​@@CodeBleu724you know he is 80 and not 90 though right?

[@TrueSake]

you have a wild imagination if you believe he looks anywhere near 52

[@kamuelalee]

In other words, timeless LOL

[@rogerwalker3969]

Facts

[@lukerocheleau9173]

The way he iced Murphy in robocop was one of the most savage cinema moments

[@hckycpa20]

Ok...fun's over.

[@ryanstoopes188]

Have you seen the directors cut of that scene? My god just so brutal

[@lukerocheleau9173]

@@ryanstoopes188I have not but I’ll go find it. I remember what hit me hardest as a kid was how they laughed at his pain. Definitely not viewing material for a 5 year old!

[@boyfester]

Peter Weller's character's screams of pain and agony during that entire scene were so traumatic for me even as a 16 year old kid. I had already seen Stallone's Rambo and Schwarzenegger's Commando in movies by that time and they'd be injured without showing any true pain. But, this movie was brutally honest in the screams from Peter Weller's character, especially when his hand is blown off.

[@joeborromeo8693]

Clarence Bodicker is in my top ten of villains easily

[@DarkKnight-gw4gw]

“State of the art..bang, bang…”

[@ChilliCheezdog]

Kurtwood was brilliant in Robocop.

[@clifftanton8385]

Legendary

[@EverGreen1888]

A genuine badass

[@ricarleite]

The best performance out of that movie by far

[@brandall101]

He was so important to that movie, esp. considering how cartoonish the actors in his crew were. I'd go so far to say if a lesser actor, nor Ronnie Cox, were cast the movie wouldn't be the classic it is.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@brandall101 I still remember seeing Robocop at the cinema. I remember which cinema it was and I remember my interaction with an usher prior to entering the screening room. It is a unique movie. It has heart and it has action. It has stood the test of time.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

My Pop and I were movie buffs. He said, "Wanna go see "Robocop"?" "Sure," sez I, thinking what a *stupid* name *that* is. Three hours later, I come out of the cinema all "WOOOO! ROBOCOP!!" Seen it about a thousand times since, and Mr. Smith is still as lethal as the first time. RIP Pop.

[@robertgarcia7024]

My dad rented the movie back then for me and my brother to watch, judging by the name and the robot on the cover he figured it was a kid's movie. My brother and I watched it by ourselves and were shocked, still traumatized by some of those scenes to this day.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

@@robertgarcia7024 You don't mention how old you and your brother were, but I'm guessing grade school? Yeah, there was a lot of blood and icky stuff in there, (One of the reasons I watch the reactions is for Emil and the toxic waste.) Hopefully the scare has worn off and you now enjoy it with the rest of us!

[@robertgarcia7024]

@@cainealexander-mccord2805 I was 11 and my brother was 9. It scared us, but also loved it, it was the coolest thing we have ever watched and it still holds up to this day.

[@RebelDukeTX]

Clarence Boddicker was one of the best villains of the '80s, if not on the top list of ever. Because of that, it was difficult for a lot of people to see Kurtwood Smith in anything, without thinking of him as that character. Amazing all of the work and experience he had, way before the public ever knew who he really was. I've loved him in everything he's done.

[@DMalltheway]

He was offered the villain part in Total Recall but he declined

[@TojuRacing-440]

YES he is!

[@InvalidUsername480]

His character in Robocop scared me so much as a kid that I never watched a single episode of That 70s Show because of him.

[@CinHotlanta]

The dad in Dead Poets Society was actually way scarier for this then-high school junior 😆 That mind-effed me because he looked so much like my own dad, who's personality is so much like real-life Kurtwood and in no way like the DPS character, it was like being stuck in a nightmare seeing "my" dad act like that.

[@Hypno-Swag]

Clarence and Red are night and day, but I get it.

[@glennruess3324]

agreed, he was really scary & believable in that role - fantastic!

[@Madbandit77]

Wilmer Vanderrama (Fez) was such a fan of Robocop, he saw it more than once. When he got casted for That 70s Show, he was in awe when he met Kurtwood.

[@willywonka4690]

Damn

[@arthurp68]

"Just give me my fucking phone call"!!!!

[@WillNelson73]

He had so many great/quotable lines in that film.

[@DeltaEcho303]

"C'mon, Sal! The Tigers are playing TONIGHT! I never miss a game."

[@tylertilwick6852]

Switch Tigers for the Packers and this could EASILY be a line Red Forman would say lmao😂

[@charlese1077]

I'll buy that for a dollar

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

Guns Guns Guns

[@Tolemac7]

One of my favorite movie lines! He delivered it PERFECTLY!

[@jekw23]

One of the best villains ever. Great death scene too “sayonara Robocop!” Is not a line many people could make sound awesome but he nailed it. Love Kurtwood.

[@julesschoony812]

Absolutely love him in That 70’s Show.

[@glentor3]

One of my favorite Red scenes is when Kitty takes him out to dinner, and then (to Red’s chagrine) invite Bob and Midge. Who, on the advice of their new age marriage counselor, both show up with dates. Red’s thinly disguised horror and disgust are just priceless.

[@kenhawkins1033]

​@glentor3 My favorite was Red eating brownies and selling the Vista Cruiser. Great episode.

[@RobertBrown-o9j]

My wife and I were lucky enough to meet Kurtwood at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival one year. He was just sitting there enjoying his Crawfish Monica and listening to the music. Looking back on it, I hate that we even bothered him, but he couldn't have been more gracious and kind...such a contrast to his characters in Robocop and Dead Poet's Society (acting!).

[@axe2grind244]

Never forget this man works for Dick Jones.

[@sic6664]

He's the number two guy at OCP!

[@marcoschukerberga1418]

hahhaahahhaa dude you made my day

[@dramares]

"Can you fly Bobby?" - KURT's TOMBSTONE

[@djwhitesox]

Robocop was freaking awesome.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Verhoeven always knew what he was doing. Especially with "Total Recall". 💪😎✌️

[@stephencarterjr7580]

Kurtwood is still one of my favs. What a gem as an actor. Still the funniest dad is all sitcom history for me. Played the part exactly like my old man. A+

[@podcastseriea7947]

"Bitches, leave." Best line in cinematic history.

[@OFCbigduke613]

Goddamn right

[@crazyralph6386]

“Bishes…..leave!!!!” 😂

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Yep! best line in the movie.

[@poolhall9632]

He's in all my favorites. He's literally the 1950s version of my father in dead poets Society.

[@jarenbigelow8606]

This guy is the best. I was out of my mind when I saw him as the dad on TSS.

[@clifftanton8385]

Very interesting brilliant man

[@ViroVV]

I typically hate celebrity inverviews, but hell, Rich seems to get such interesting guests that you wouldnt expect from a sports focused show.

[@DABA2024]

Did he ask Kurt about trying to get a violent serial rapist from prison, or is Rich a joke too?

[@riffbw]

This man is incredibly talented. He such a nice guy and so caring and down to earth, but he plays such hard men in his roles. One of my all time favorite TV dads and one of the scariest men I've ever seen in a movie (Robocop and Dead Poets Society). An outstanding career. And he's had a hand in voice acting in some great work there too. PS. We really missed out on a Kurtwood Smith and Michael Ironside action duo with them cast as brothers (even if they are the villains).

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Well put! 🙂 Completely agreed. I think there's another Michael who should've joined them. Can you guess who it is? One hint was his incredible role opposite Lee. Another was his role as "Mr. Sanji". 💪😎✌️ Yet a third was his role as the henchman to Rickman in medieval style film...

[@theJohnGaltLine]

Dead Poets Society is still in my top top 10 favorites.

[@kurtboyer299]

He's so good as the Dad in that movie that you forget he's in everything else, like Bryan Cranston.

[@sayitwithhellhounds]

"I love my dead gay son!!"

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Powerful role in DPS. A rough one, but hey, someone with legitimate acting chops had to do it.

[@jrgvsqz]

I watched it again recently and Robocop looks so ridiculous. He's like 5 foot 5 inches tall. 😂

[@maureenthomas9758]

Heathers?​@@sayitwithhellhounds

[@brom00]

Kurkwood Smith and Michael Ironside need to be in a film together.

[@Madbandit77]

I used to mix them up. They would be great in a Western.

[@brom00]

@@Madbandit77 I know, it didn't help that they were in different Paul Verhoven movies.

[@paulhugo1623]

Remake of ‘second hand lions’

[@FJC464]

I thought it just me. Lol

[@sic6664]

Michael was actually considered for the role of Robocop but he was considered too tall. He would have looked huge in the costume.

[@samcorcoran470]

Best Dad ever. I always wanted to be raised by Clarence Boddicker.

[@johnkennethwiseman5460]

Not Mr Perry though

[@davemustaki134]

what about Red Foreman?

[@jeshkam]

Him and Jack Arnold.

[@Tony_Ruiz95]

Saw this dude at the Glendale Galleria in the Apple Store. We were both shopping for a computer lol

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Hah! Awesome. "Kurtwood gets a new laptop" sounds like a great skit. 😁

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

One of my favorite Smith roles, is in the criminally underrated Flashpoint (1984) opposite Kris Kristofferson and Treat Williams. Incidentally, it also stars his future RoboCop co-star Miguel Ferrer. Smith's little 'supply and demand' speech in the lakeside scene with KK is so good, his shady intel character is every bit as evil as Boddicker in RoboCop just a different kind of guy.

[@jondstewart]

And 12 years later Kris Kristofferson would take on another role about a skeleton found in the south Texas desert in a border town, only this time he was the skeleton.

[@gawainethefirst]

I love it. The man smiles when his wife is mentioned.

[@tedflaig7546]

This segment gets the best stars to interview

[@timscimeca978]

Love Love Love this actor. Especially in Robocop. Academy award stuff

[@billybio6840]

I still prefer the original Robocop over the remake

[@BasketballJones48021]

You and everyone…

[@sugarsore]

Nothing can top the original.

[@Goldenwhatever]

What a hot take

[@mch2007uk]

So do the people who remade it. Its terrible.

[@kamuelalee]

Accept no substitutes

[@Trains-With-Shane]

"Emil, In the van." There have been a lot of really well played bad guys in movies over the years. but Kurtwood's work in Robocop is legendary. Because he's a psycho but he's not a screamer, funny in a sick way, calculating, and gives zero fu#*s.

[@DABA2024]

The way he tried to get a violent serial rapist released from prison is scarier than any role he’s ever played.

[@patrickspalding8045]

Clarence Boddiger is one of my favorite villains of all time. “ You see I got this problem. Cops don’t like me. So I don’t like cops”

[@joshd3192]

“You burnt the f@$kin money!!!”

[@jeremybelcher1727]

“I had to blow the door! What do you want?”

[@cstumpy51]

Red Forman, ladies and gentlemen!

[@clifftanton8385]

It's work it's not super happy fun time

[@clifftanton8385]

Great I'll buy that for a dollar

[@cstumpy51]

@@clifftanton8385 a banjo, bob?

[@richdurbin6146]

The best TV dad

[@philjones3824]

"Can you fly Bobby?!" 😂

[@deementia6796]

He was great in Oscar too. Underrated Stallone comedy movie.

[@richstrobel]

I saw Quick Change when it was in the theater but I didn't realize he was in an episode of Soap. When he said that line I remembered it, just didn't know it was him. He'll always be remembered as Red Foreman.

[@Maxshade7]

Love these true/false segments, Rich!

[@roben9580]

He has been in every good movie and tv show!!

[@Hypno-Swag]

Red - "Who showed you how to do this?" (the kids smoking weed) "Was it those da*m Beatles?!" "All you need is love...." "All you need is a job and a haircut!"

[@mattshaheen5333]

I love when he asked Hyde; "What are you gonna put on your resumé?...Dumbass?"

[@pinbot76]

Dude made the world take us bald guys seriously. Props

[@dathorndike4908]

I always loved his role in the movie "Flashpoint". He played an FBI agent and his dialogue was just fantastic.

[@derrickjenniferdunn8621]

Love Kurtwood. DPS is one of my favorite movies and he was great in so many memorable Star Trek roles.

[@ryanstoopes188]

Clarence Boddicker is definitely the scariest villian of all time. I couldnt even watch the scenes in which he was in. I thank my parents for letting me watch that back in the day.

[@chevisfleming6577]

Just gimme my f*ckin phone call!!!!

[@hectorlopez1069]

He wasn't supposed to say that, but the producers thought it was okay to say that.

[@Delboy219]

I say this line every week.

[@subject20productions2]

It's the nice guys that play the most vicious villians. I think his performance in Fortress is great and I sure need to see more of his work, love his short bit in Hitchcock. A statement against violence by a guy who played one of the most brutal villians of the 80s! Great to see him!✌️👋

[@chrisschuldt3865]

I love it when rich eyes and interviews these guys he asked these awesome questions almost like as if it were me.

[@kalphil4385]

Clarence Bodiger is one of my favorite movie villains .

[@aliasif8498]

He will always be Red Forman for me. I have watched that 70s show several times over the years. One of the greatest shows ever

[@RobertCatiller67]

Kurtwood still looks great! Someone needs to give him a meaty movie or streaming series role. There's still gas in the tank!

[@dalebaker9533]

A great movie villain he played right up there with Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.

[@Konverteraren]

While Sirius locking their app outside US, with the Howard stern show, and this show is free on youtube worldwide, shows who's the biggest and care about their audience. Howard is over. This show is the best! Love from Sweden ❤

[@rudtv]

What a bloody nice man

[@CliffuckingBooth]

This guy is forever Clarence J. Boddicker for me because first time I ever saw him was in Robocop when I was a child :)

[@fitz27486]

Smith is one of those guys who owns a scene. He's so great.

[@VoxRox1]

It’s the state of the art bang-bang.

[@CinHotlanta]

He is so fantastic, and *wow* was I scared of him when I was younger 😬

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Cool to know that Kurtwood was studying and working in the SJ/SF bay area like Robin. I've been there all my life, and also studied production for 30+ years.

[@grandpa7278]

Star Trek Voyager episode year of hell. He was great in it.

[@bluestarshipace9530]

He was Federation President in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

[@ortizmo]

@@bluestarshipace9530 And a Cardassian on DS9.

[@brucesampson7974]

Kurtwood has done a great job with the characters he has played, including one in an overlooked 1990 short film titled "12:01 PM". Very versatile actor with a great resume.

[@kevbn909]

Cant wait for the next segment of !Everything is True! with Rich Eisen

[@scorpa6929]

Clarence Bodicker and Dick Jones - best duel bad guys in a single movie.

[@christopherdanaher7559]

Fantastic interview.

[@harryproctor3046]

One of the best movie villains ever. He's a marvelous bad guy/serious angry/grumpy dad as Red in 70s show.

[@Anchor1981]

Love Kurtwood!

[@dabearcub]

Kurtwood in Robocop, and Michael Beach in One False Move…two of the scariest villains in movies.

[@Phillyguy316]

I'm glad he mentioned Peter Weir, the director of Dead Poets Society, as being the best

[@_Jay_Maker_]

My favorite scene (other than "Bitches leave.") was Kurtwood talking to Dick Jones' secretary when he meets him in the OCP offices. I love it because that's Kurt's real wife, and her reaction to him is legitimately hilarious. 😆

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

That series Kirkwood was working on before being cast in Staying Alive was the short lived tv show Renegades which starred Patrick Swayze!

[@Robert-gq5qt]

Was such a terror in Robocop A+ villain and brilliant as Red in the 70’s show

[@Rocky-or4rz]

Robocop is easily in my top 3 favorite sci-fi movies of all time. And Kurtwood Smith was a huge part of that. He was so evil. Such a great actor.

[@imamisfit445]

'Killing' Peter Weller in Robocop...freaky cool. Great actor.

[@markmcmillan6254]

Kurtwood had a great role on Star Trek Voyager as Annorax. A two part episode called "The Year of Hell". And a small part as the president of the United Federation of Planets with Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country

[@hankwilliams-hx9ww]

I just watched the two-part episode of Star Trek Voyager that he was in and this dude looks exactly the same today haha

[@TheSkyMex]

Kurtwood had dinner and drinks with John Beasley in a sports bar that i managed and was minority owner in Omaha, Nebraska. Beasley was an Omaha native. They were both really warm and friendly. They must have been good friends because just the two of them laughed and talked with each other until closing.

[@richardking8134]

So...I got to rub elbows with the late great Paul Smith in Florida. He is probably best known for his portrayal of the prison warden in Midnight Express. I asked him about Robin Williams who he worked with in Popeye.He said the same thing about Robin, whom he and his wife had dinner with a couple of times. Soft spoken, shy,non-assuming in "real life" but brilliant and genius while performing.

[@rosgill6]

Man I loved Soap. Such a great show!

[@mrquirky3626]

We need 'Soap' to be brought back to some streaming service because I'd love to watch it again to see if it still holds up.

[@KentuckyBrad]

On tubi my friend

[@Obrian81]

Look at me! I'm Wipped Cream Head!! 😂

[@matthewbyrd398]

When he walked on set, he said, “Hey, Richieboy! How’s tricks?”

[@cledesma135]

"Just give the man a hand!"

[@alancoventry4406]

Clarence Boddicker, one of the most memorable character in cinema history.

[@gTimber1930]

I have a Robocop poster for the last 30 years. Top 5 favourite of mine!!(movie)

[@AvengerII]

I wonder how many people remember Kurtwood Smith played the President of the Federation of Planets (under heavy make-up and a wig!) in Star Trek VI? Heh. Everybody remembers Clarence Boddicker (the biggest, toughest a-hole in movies in the late 1980s!) and Red Foreman! I still get a kick out of the fact he played both hardass Red and Clarence!

[@111highgh]

I loved him at the beginning of Staying Alive.

[@damiencoffey2391]

He was such a great villain in Robocop!

[@joeyjojojuniorshabadoo4937]

That RoboCop story just adds to the legacy of the film and his role 😂

[@onlyiforgive5083]

Red forman is the best tv dad ever

[@williestyle35]

For separate but nearly equal reasons, Kurtwood and Michael Ironside played characters that somewhat terrified me as a young person. Ironside was in a few blockbusters, but I tend to remember his acting as a "villain" most (even tho he did so much more), in such films as ; _Watchers_ , _Highlander II : ..._ , "Jester" in _Top Gun_ , _Free Willy_ , _Starship Troopers_ , and like Kurtwood in _Robocop_ Michael played a henchman to Ronny Cox's character in _Total Recall_ , and around the time Kurtwood was doing _The Renegades_ for 6 episodes, Michael was Ham Tyler in _V : The Final Battle_ and _V_ the 19 episode tv series (which still sticks with me for it's reasons). MI even voiced Darkseid in several DC animated series. These fine actors ; Kurtwood Smith, Michael Ironside, and Ronny Cox have been in so many widely different film and television roles, playing an array of characters, from the early 1980's to this very day - We should treasure the people they brought to life on screens and ask that they be interviewed more so as to capture their knowledge of their recent and not so recent history of being in the entertainment industry. A roundtable discussion with them all describing acting in their roles and such would also be great!

[@99bimmer]

Ironside will always be Jester, but I know him mostly for Sam Fisher

[@OnafetsEnovap]

Happy birthday, Kurtwood Smith! :)

[@ottomattix86]

He was my fav villian and tv dad.

[@TojuRacing-440]

Clarence Boddicker was in my opinion the BEST villain in a 80's action movie. You can keep the gum.....

[@80sNewWaveGeek]

"Well, give the man a hand!"

[@monexpo86]

Best TV dad ever IMO

[@kalzyoung]

The guy that played Spike in Clarence gang had the funniest slime ball laugh ever 🤣🤣