Robert Mitchum on the Parkinson Show 1972

....Robert Mitchum on the Michael Parkinson Show 1972.

[@LPMAN02]

RIP Robert Mitchum (August 6, 1917 - July 1, 1997), aged 79 And RIP Sir Michael Parkinson (March 28, 1935 - August 16, 2023), aged 88 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@synthWizkid]

❤️

[@JFK1180]

Solid rock of a man. A dude you certainly did not want to mess with. Good actor. They don't build em like that anymore.

[@robertnahum5823]

What are you talking about? They don't make them like that anymore? You really think he could stand with some the Top actors of today who's methods are ultra realistic? Ridiculous. He was an actor of his time, that's it.

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Robert Nahum don’t be so stupid

[@harrisonsmovietributes1689]

The Lightness of the dark He's not, he has a point, what is he on about "They don't build them like this anymore"??

[@JFK1180]

@@harrisonsmovietributes1689 Seen anyone that looks like Robert Mitcum lately😅 The guys back in those days were a different breed. That’s what i meant.

[@JFK1180]

@@robertnahum5823 Not what i meant. He was a man’s man.

[@Orion3741]

I could picture Robert Mitchum in a pub, sharing company with the likes of Oliver Reed, Keith Moon, Richard Burton, and Richard Harris.

[@garymartin6802]

Me too as he was a good friend of another hell-raiser Trevor Howard. Keith Richards recalled the time he found out he was staying at the same hotel as the Rolling Stones, knocked on their door and shouted "THIS IS A POLICE BUST!" Terrified, the guys ended up spending the night smoking dope with the ultimate prankster Mitchum.

[@patriciaotoole5930]

Don't forget peter otoole

[@michillene]

My goodness Robert has so much charm and sex appeal..One of the best actors of all time..They don't make them like him,anymore.

[@patriciaotoole5930]

Oh if only

[@charlottebarnes6761]

He's akways been underrated he was greatest. Just loved all his movies

[@ellez2115]

Always loved Robert Mitchum. "Heaven knows Mr. Allison".

[@lesgriffiths8523]

Best portrayal of an Australian Drover ever......1956...." The Sundowners"....more Aussie than the Aussie Hugh Jackman character in the remake....superb character actor. Les Griffiths

[@leesmith3625]

An icon to be respected!

[@Scotcully82863]

The man

[@garethburch6015]

Out of the past. Brilliant film.

[@ernesthendrickson7379]

Mitchum was a really good man. He’s missed.

[@JamesHenderson-wk4hd]

He was a Holocaust denier.

[@joycegibbs5267]

REAL Hollywood. These were the real film stars, solid, not BS. Sadly missed.

[@jillforster4552]

As little girl I fell in love with Robert Mitchell.

[@JackJames12]

One of the few Parkinson interviews where I think he'd like to do it again.

[@blackmore4]

Not his fault though. Much as I love Mitchum, he was definitely bordering on the belligerent here.

[@zodiacbluesbaby]

This was around the time of The Friends of Eddie Coyle, one of Mitchum's best movies.

[@jessiejames7492]

'no ones caught me acting...!' :) thats what i find when I watch a movie with him in it! he is so natural it almost seems he isnt acting. And thats the marvel of acting isnt it? to appear youre not acting...just be yourself ..

[@MultiAlanR]

+jessie james An actress who once shared a scene with him got annoyed when she thought he wasn't putting in any effort, until she saw the outtake and realised he knew exactly what he was doing and the camera had caught all his emotions, without him apparently trying.

[@jessiejames7492]

MultiAlanR ha ha. he said that acting is easy. dont have to work .. Just follow the directors instructions...Maybe he has a method all his own.

[@Io-Io-Io]

+jessie james be the character

[@zyxmyk]

He's so blue collar! He was really a great actor and deep inside an artist but you'd never know it by how he presents himself.

[@lukejohnson3048]

You described him very well. He did come from blue collar background. His father worked for a railroad. He usually hung out with crew rather than cast

[@DanielSmith-ou7es]

I just watched Heaven Knows,Mr.Allyson......loved it! Mitchum and Kerr were great together! I'd say the film is part African Queen and part Swiss Family Robinson.Also,two of my favorite films!

[@davidallen508]

Mitchum was superb in that movie but I get so tired of the number of times Deborah Kerr says “Mr. Allison”.

[@dominicm255]

Mitchum was a cool guy and clearly loving dad. Parkinson is fake. He puts on this upper class accent yet his from Yorkshire

[@patriciaotoole5930]

This is a real man he could act or sing loved him

[@JamesHenderson-wk4hd]

He couldn't sing at all, and he was a huge anti-Semite.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Proper man, he is the sort of man we all would like to identify with, his sense of humor was also great. He was difficult in this interview, I dont know why, such a great man and we dont have them for very long

[@peterbrennan2388]

i miss these character actors from yesteryear. it's all pretty boy cardboard cutouts today!!

[@FoodForThought356]

Well said, exactly my thoughts too

[@RabieM]

Nonchalant probably best describes Mitchum's demeanour, and that's not a bad thing.

[@wendischofield4543]

I think laconic would describe him well!

[@ggmm6182]

He's got the most beautiful and calming speaking voice I've ever heard

[@joelboone1751]

Mitchum wasn't actually kicked out of the house on bad terms with his mother at age 16, but rather had to leave because she, as a single mother raising three kids during the Depression, was simply too poor to care for all three and Robert (I believe) being the oldest was asked to leave so that the other three could survived, according to "Baby I Don't Care" a biography of his life. I can't be sure of all the details because it has been a few years since I read the book.

[@TheRedSphinx]

Now that's a real superstar!

[@bruetenn666]

mitchum was a sound guy,the story here was he was after smoking weed just before the interview.

[@johnwilliams2479]

Ronnie fraser the British actor plied him with wakey bakey all day long before the interview fact

[@pennywaters2740]

was michael parkinson so stupid to ask a person who had been homeless such stupid and ridiculous questions. parkinson obviously had no idea about the stuff that life throws at you. robert mitchum is a darling!!

[@blackmore4]

I'm afraid I disagree. I love Mitchum but Parkinson never fell into the useless interviewer trap of "stupid and ridiculous questions." Mitchum got it wrong here. Maybe down to what he was drinking.

[@pennywaters2740]

@@blackmore4 more like what he was smoking hahahahai liked michael parkinson and all his interviews but...... if you watch robert mitchum's face, his eyes and listen to his answers it is obvious to me that he treats michael as one who does not know the hardship he has encountered and how one deals with it - one either finds the irony or one is driven insane - if you don't laugh you go mad his answers are friendly sarcastic and he does it with the aplomb of one who knows that there are many people in the world who have an easier passage in life - who have not really felt the "slings and arrows of outrageuos fortune" as mentioned by a "famous" man who was a poor shoreditch man who, living in a small city, knew the human character, including kings and queens, like the back of his hand - including maybe that his writings would be attributed to all manner of famous people but not him - maybe mitchum in a previous life hahahaha - and don't be afraid to diasagree - i like to engage with people who have different ideas to me - comes from surviving the slings and arrows hahahaha

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Parkinson’s questions were silly in this particular interview - he’s usually much better. Mitchum doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

[@garethburch6015]

I could be wrong, but I think Parkinson hated this interview.

[@amandalively1]

Love robert. Real man. Key word real.

[@akumar7366]

What a class gentleman.

[@XXXFirebird76XXX]

Mitchum was just enough of an prick to make the interview uncomfortable, but not enough of one to make it a disaster.

[@cliffordbowman6777]

A lot of those old time Delaware hicks knew him. Said he was a asshole, but they were assholes as well. Wonder what was the truth. Of course he swore he saw the Lepsic witch, he had to be smoking that Georgia mullet weed

[@troy9477]

I first saw Mitchum in The Winds of War when i was 9 or 10. He was impressive. Did not know his prior work until years later when i became a true movie fan. One of the greats. More range than John Wayne, i would say. The comments about Cape Fear are dead on. I saw it some while after i saw the remake. The original was, not surprisingly, a little better in most areas. El Dorado is classic, as are so many of his films. Sadly, he had an alcohol problem like many of his generation, and it affected him later in life. Great man though

[@timothyrego4762]

He was a fantastic actor he's not stoned that's just Robert Mitchum.

[@johnwilliams2479]

He was stoned on weed

[@patriciaotoole5930]

U r so right

[@DylanMcCleary-zt9im]

Robert mitchum was Hollywood's first pothead​@@johnwilliams2479

[@offrampt]

At 2:20 begins the legendary story of the fork-through-the-chin-and-up-into-his-upper-palate sketch.

[@laurenduvall8547]

The man was brilliant.

[@deborahharris2962]

1931 was during The Great Depression when Robert Mitchum was 16 years old, when he left home and became a "hobo". A lot of people took to the roads and went from place to place looking for work.

[@dandonohue3447]

I guess the problem is not Mitchum's attitude but poor old Parkie's, who always manages to bother all of his guests. There are other interviews in which Mitchum seems to be a very polite, cultivated and interesting fella, and at the same time a real badass like the characters he used to play in his films.

[@richardfellingham3492]

Dan Donohue 0

[@sheila1013]

Class act!

[@blackmore4]

I love Mitchum but faulting Parkinson won't wash with me. Mitchum's belligerence here was almost certainly down to whatever he kept sipping.

[@jessiejames7492]

i read sometime back on some website that the part where they talk about the drugs and him asking parkinson if he wanted a smoke etc. was deleted. in those days , it was taboo....these days too, come to think of it in some circles...:) thats why we cant find that whole interview. I have been searching for it too..love mitchum..acts, and he is a wonderful singer..go on youtube..hes cut many singles...(records). wonderul voice..He even did a couple of irish songs.

[@danielhayes7967]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKbOgHRvbpl9sKM My first taste of Mitchum's singing. Menacing sounding for a 4 year old's ears.

[@shantishanti1949]

A gentleman who stood his ground with Parky and refused to be triggered it hard for Parky. Never can get past those eyes and saddle bags. Great actor and chose films well.

[@lolafinch]

Thanks for putting this up. Anyone know where I can find the full interview?

[@susanellis8067]

Loved him but he was definitely difficult

[@user-gj8ov9vf8d]

Bob mitchum was a guy I would personally liked to have known watch him with Marilyn in the River of no Return a truly great film Unbelievable pj Hastings

[@kathipapaleo3230]

Great man and actor. His Cape Fear is better than De Niro's. More subtle and far creepier. By not overstating the obvious.

[@Tabish29]

Kathi Papaleo oh yes. Max cady a la Mitchum is one of the silver screens best menaces ever.

[@rkim5850]

I totally agree about Cape Fear. I'm in the mood to rewatch it. Thanks!

[@nancyelizabethbergh4461]

Unfortunately almost impossible to locate. Like the Thomas Mitchell, Swiss Family Robinson whic Disney has disappeared for th insipid John Mills version.

[@euloh2000]

Kathi Papaleo iii

[@tonmisty]

Yeah the original Cape Fear was great and Mitchum was brilliant and great performances from Peck, Balsam, Savalas ect

[@eagleman8440]

In 1957 he made thunder road movie with his company drm productions. Dorothy, Robert mitchum.

[@travels129]

One of best ever

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Before Meg Ryan there was Robert Mitchum

[@hoplite101able]

Mitchum you legend..

[@garethburch6015]

The Story of GI Joe, Night of The Hunter, Heaven knows Mr Alison, Cape Fear, Ryan’s Daughter. Those films made Mr Mitchum a star.

[@MrBumboclart]

Actually I read in his book that Parkinson passed by Mitchum's dressing room before the interview and smelt cannabis from inside. When he knocked on the door, went in, and Mitchum had one big joint lit up and asked Parky if he wanted to join him.

[@tommyhall5010]

This guy is a legend, name me any other who could match him, except Flynn who died too soon...

[@markharrison2544]

Flynn was an anti-Semite as well.

[@tommyhall5010]

So!!!! The Jews ruled Hollywood, exploited and used the actors and actresses for their own ends, I would have hated them too, had they been Russian or Italian or German would you have posted????

[@lanslater]

Dick Cavett's interview you got to see that ...instead - because it's not so cut up!

[@Ruthybwn]

You can really see why a lot of people say they don't like Parkie :/ He doesn't exactly fill you with the joys of spring.

[@blackmore4]

Oh come on. How would anyone be if they're interviewing someone who'd been smoking weed all day long and, while in make-up, had been slugging neat vodka for about an hour. "Yep" and "nope" aren't exactly inspiring for follow up questions either.

[@Ruthybwn]

@@blackmore4 yeah but it was parky’s job to interview people. It’s not RM’s job to answer shitty questions. All people like Robert Mitchum do is make interview hosts be good at their job.

[@solarsoltice9075]

Mitchum is a lot more relaxed, looks better, opens up more in his hour + 1971 Dick Cavvitt interview.

[@blackmore4]

He seems a bit drunk here.

[@paulcarter2907]

You can look like the back of a bus, but if you have a good voice, you can rule the world...

[@tamar5261]

He obviously didn't want to be here

[@zivarzivar3859]

Lo mejorcito del cine.

[@ivormorgan460]

parkinsons effing hopeless

[@ivanjackson7924]

Robert mitchum, truly a giant 0t Old Hollywood and Parky greatest chat show host ov all time.!!Rip.

[@woodyjagla328]

,,, Legend !

[@vantheman1234]

Parkie uses the same interview technique on all his guests. Some go for it and some don’t. Guess Robert wasn’t up for it on this night.

[@jochenstossberg5427]

Yes, and he get's very irritated very quickly if he doesn't get exactly what he wants from his subject. I would say they didn't like each other.

[@jessiejames7492]

anyone here has the one he did with LARRY KING? Larry King said he was the most challenging of guests ...Only gave yes and no answers...HA HA ...GOOD for him!

[@elvicare35]

Totally agree!

[@ryang790]

oh shit .. what a dude...

[@thomaswillans4085]

Reminds me of Baloo the bear 😂

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Cool guy 😎 ...laid back

[@charleswinokoor6023]

What happened to the rest of the interview.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

What happened to the rest of the interview?

[@NYVoice]

Mitch is so cool. Who the h*ll would wish to give him a bad time?

[@jamesdunn9714]

He was a boxer.

[@zigzogoid4591]

I was in the audience for this one and remember that Parky appeared the awkward one. He didn't quite know how to get any flow in the questioning having never had to start at the bottom, so couldn't relate to old Bob.Bob finished off by singing the song 'Little old wine drinker me' Appropriate.Has anyone uploaded that bit?

[@Lexiallfairyxx]

+Zig Fartpants I've just watched it. Hope you found it.

[@jessiejames7492]

yah , the original MR COOL

[@evo5dave]

There's a clip of him being interviewed in 1971. He looks 15 years older in 1972.

[@blackmore4]

Just drunk.

[@evo5dave]

@@blackmore4 To be fair, he was probably also drunk in 1971

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

His initials were R.M

[@rutabagasteu]

Parkinson failed with this interview.

[@lukejohnson3048]

I still don't understand why Parkinson was bringing up such sensitive subjects

[@blackmore4]

Really? I mean, surely if you're interviewing someone about their life, one of the key things is what drove the interviewee. Being abandoned by your entire family comes pretty close to the top of most obvious questions.

[@LeroyKinkade]

Hero . X

[@brottarnacke]

Original badass.

[@orangewarm1]

That is a true story, Burt Reynolds said Mitcham was extremely dangerous. Fund the clip where he tells the story

[@markharrison2544]

Burt who?

[@orangewarm1]

@@markharrison2544 that smokey and the bandit guy

[@markharrison2544]

Oh. I thought it was a film critic.

[@rhuggard2011]

Major league basses. RIP.

[@Chris1553]

Parky's to star struck to realise Mitch is taking the piss out of him !

[@ronaldeaton9898]

HE is funny.

[@DrVonChilla]

Robert Mitchum: the sexiest alpha-male to ever walk the Earth....

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Robert Mitchum: "Women say I have a sexy walk. Hell, I'm just holding my gut in!"

[@jolenaagapisou3803]

James Matthews - Yep, he walked like a panther, very sexy

[@jolenaagapisou3803]

He was married to the same woman for over 46 years - RIP

[@blackmore4]

I mean, sober, I'd agree but after watching this interview?? He's drunk, high, belligerent and pointlessly aggressive.

[@mrhob6355]

that shirt tho . looks like he poured a bottle of claret over it ... sarcastic back hand nice . he dosnt giveaway much does he . was this after the Oli Reed punchup .

[@danedwards5123]

Robert Mitchum was a great actor, shouldn't go on a chat show if he doesn't like questions though, couldn't see why he was being so defensive towards parkinson

[@terry4137]

Dan edwards, because Mitch felt Parkinson was just another smart ass Brit!

[@davidallen508]

You are quite right,Dan.Bob Mitchum always seemed uncomfortable with British interviewers.His conversation with David Frost was an unmitigated disaster.I love Mitchum as much as anyone but there is no excuse for rudeness.

[@fw5995]

Mitch offered a joint to Parkinson before the interview, Mitch got snubbed by him. Can’t blame Mitch for being standoffish here.

[@kevinmunday5782]

@@Dice69aooooww he isnt but you are tho. ..

[@kevinmunday5782]

@@petemarx1129 with the president the yanks elected who are the stupid ones ??!!

[@mkvids100]

I don't think they got on with each other by the looks of it

[@susanmurdock9055]

I loved him in Ryan's daughter good actor do not make actor like him anymore

[@dawncampbell6064]

NOT FUNNY ,SO SAD , OMG HE'S SO SWEET ,HE'S A SURVIVOR WHAT A SWEETHEART SO ADORABLE

[@a.kasper8596]

Robert Di'Niero?

[@jax9574]

That story about forking a guy, must have been true.

[@soundwavs1961c]

2:15 LOL

[@dougie6886]

A real man

[@richardconner15]

SHIRLEY MCCLAINE SAID, BENEATH THAT RUBE EXTERIOR, WAS THE MIND OF AN INTELLECTUAL. SHE FELL HARD FOR HIM, BUT HE DIDN'T RETURN THE FAVOR. 😈

[@lindashelley3635]

Richard Conner I may be wrong but I think I read somewhere that they had an affair, but that he was married and in the end went back to his wife. I don’t know how true that story is.

[@petemarx1129]

She couldn't harden him up enough. She was not so great.

[@jessypetra]

thats great, its never a man goes over the world, as robert mitchum, no man is so cool, strong and intelligence, so macho and also a womanizer how bobby mitchum

[@SDSen]

Yep except richard boone?

[@blackmore4]

Go women's lib 😂.

[@user-db6pt7vr3l]

I wish he was more forthcoming and articulate. He'd have some great stories.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Mitchum aged well, didn't he?

[@tothelighthouse9843]

Mitchum is an extremely difficult interview, & I admire Michael Parkinson for persevering because Mitchum can be very funny & insightful. But Mitchum also doesn't suffer fools & he can be a bit of a bully, unfortunately, if the mood is upon him.

[@jessiejames7492]

maybe not .....one is american, one is british. maybe its a little of not understanding each other....did you see how mitchum rolled his eyes a couple of times at what parkinson said. Its a pity ..theyre both great entertainers. I like parkinsons interveiws. hes done many good ones...esp the one with peter sellers...it was a laugh a minute...parkinson was sure enjoying himself.

[@russellcampbell9198]

Parky not on song with this one. Mitchum as good as he always was.

[@seanfitzpatrick4730]

robert Mitchum was always one of my heroes and a better actor than John Wayne