Orson Welles • Last Interview • Oct. 10, 1985 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

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  • @TheFuturePerfectChannel
    @TheFuturePerfectChannel 8 місяців тому +70

    To me, no one will ever speak a better and superb sounding English than Orson Welles. That old vintage American accent (if I describe it correctly) is something you don't hear nowadays anymore, unfortunately. Wonderful speaker!

  • @tanyalong2606
    @tanyalong2606 11 місяців тому +35

    So wonderful how he spoke of Rita Hayworth. You can feel the genuine love and respect he had. for her.

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps Рік тому +53

    Well, he seemed pretty cheerful and went quickly two hours later. Rather amazing to have this.

  • @Ontario100
    @Ontario100 11 місяців тому +36

    Really miss him. I could listen to him talk about his life for hours. Thanks for posting this.

  • @Resmith18SR
    @Resmith18SR 9 місяців тому +19

    We are all so lucky to have lived in the same lifetime as Orson Welles.

    • @EstherLuttrellsSundayStories
      @EstherLuttrellsSundayStories 5 місяців тому +2

      I worked at MGM and had the pure joy of talking to Welles on the phone one day. He was upset with John Derek, whose picture I was working on, and gave me the message he wanted passed along to Derek, who was out to lunch. Orson Welles cursed up one side and down the other of that phone line and I was in pure heaven. After all, he wasn't cursing me directly, he was leaving a message. In that fabulous golden voice. Incidentally, he was right to be angry, but that's not the point. I treasure hearing his voice in my ear.

    • @Resmith18SR
      @Resmith18SR 5 місяців тому

      @@EstherLuttrellsSundayStories That's a great story and he was one of if not the best in Hollywood ever. A true genius and his voice is one I'll never forget in my entire life. Citizen Kane was the greatest movie ever made. Rosebud.

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 12 днів тому

      Yeah, what would we do without a lush like him.

    • @Resmith18SR
      @Resmith18SR 11 днів тому +1

      @@fjccommish He was still a genius. And you......

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish 11 днів тому

      @@Resmith18SR I have a 6 digit IQ i throttle down in order to communicate with regular people.

  • @richelleberry1254
    @richelleberry1254 17 днів тому +2

    "I'm not essentially a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy" BRILLIANT!!!

  • @LPJack02
    @LPJack02 2 місяці тому +6

    RIP Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985), aged 70
    And
    RIP Merv Griffin (July 6, 1925 - August 12, 2007), aged 82
    You better will be remembered as legends.

  • @SpiritintheSky.
    @SpiritintheSky. 9 місяців тому +7

    My Number One guest at a soirée. Cinema Royalty. Orson Welles RIP.

  • @spiritualED
    @spiritualED Рік тому +84

    Literally his LAST interview (well televised anyway), he died mere hours later.

    • @kentduryea7109
      @kentduryea7109 Рік тому +15

      Two hours to be exact.

    • @codychristopher3744
      @codychristopher3744 10 місяців тому +6

      @@kentduryea7109 oh wow really that's mind blowing.

    • @MsKDennaetheDiva
      @MsKDennaetheDiva 9 місяців тому +6

      That’s wild 😳. Wow.

    • @meganwhite9090
      @meganwhite9090 9 місяців тому +5

      Interesting too that Merv was talking about conducting Rita Hayworth's last appearance too.

    • @SirFixAlot72
      @SirFixAlot72 9 місяців тому +6

      This interview was actually on Oct 9th.

  • @thelastjohnwayne
    @thelastjohnwayne 6 місяців тому +22

    Orson Welles died Oct. 10, 1985 sometime in the before 10 am in the morning.
    On the evening of October 9, 1985, Welles recorded his final interview on the syndicated TV program The Merv Griffin Show, appearing with biographer Barbara Leaming. "Both Welles and Leaming talked of Welles's life, and the segment was a nostalgic interlude," wrote biographer Frank Brady.[23]: 590-591  Welles returned to his house in Hollywood and worked into the early hours typing stage directions for the project he and Gary Graver were planning to shoot at UCLA the following day. Welles died sometime on the morning of October 10, following a heart attack.[20]: 453  He was found by his chauffeur at around 10 a.m.; the first of Welles's friends to arrive was Paul Stewart.[75]: 295-297  Welles was 70 years old at his death.

    • @juvenalhahne7750
      @juvenalhahne7750 3 місяці тому

      Além da recordação carinhosa por Rita Hayworth, o que mais me chama a atenção nesse vídeo são suas palavras sobre as dores da vida, particularmente as morais. Ele poderia ter agido melhor em muito do que viveu...

  • @Resmith18SR
    @Resmith18SR 9 місяців тому +4

    Absolutely a Legend and the best Film producer of all time.

  • @chrisb4331
    @chrisb4331 4 місяці тому +6

    Literally bares his soul hours before he passed. RIP😢

    • @juvenalhahne7750
      @juvenalhahne7750 3 місяці тому

      Sim, ele se confessa arrependido por ter feito menos e nao tao bem quanto poderia...
      Neste momento, tomando contato com sua última entrevista, me pergunto se isso não é mais geral e comum do que se possa imaginar?

  • @DrBill-zv5dx
    @DrBill-zv5dx 3 місяці тому +4

    One of the greatest orator’s of all time. Such a compassionate, humble and brilliant man . Imagine a person, these days speaking so fondly of an ex spouse . He’s proof of the deterioration , decay and degradation of society this past 30+ years. RIP Orson .

    • @ezcleghorn4025
      @ezcleghorn4025 29 днів тому

      He was a lot of things. Humble is something that he was never.

  • @villll
    @villll 10 місяців тому +5

    it’s good seeing this, the other interview I saw of him old he was in a bad mood, this is Orson

  • @timburr4453
    @timburr4453 6 місяців тому +13

    Enjoying this with a glass of Paul Masson

  • @bitwize
    @bitwize 4 місяці тому +8

    I love how Orson says "Seventy!" As if living to that age is as absurd as emphasizing the "in" in "in July".

  • @andrewwilliams9599
    @andrewwilliams9599 7 місяців тому +13

    "Too much talk, and not enough action." That got to me.

  • @randalkeller4845
    @randalkeller4845 10 місяців тому +7

    One of my heroes

  • @stephen1569
    @stephen1569 24 дні тому +2

    I am amazed that Mr. Welles knew or met absolutely everyone - Roosevelt, Churchill, Hitler, Marshall, Truman, Ernest Hemingway, a 90 something y/o socialite who knew Abraham Lincoln, a never ending list of Hollywood celebrities, etc etc. He truly had a phenomenal life.

  • @wynnssecret8882
    @wynnssecret8882 9 місяців тому +14

    The story is Merv Griffin said Orson said to him (this time) "Ask me anything". He had never said that in his previous appearances

    • @bobjohnson205
      @bobjohnson205 5 місяців тому +6

      As if Orson knew this would be his last chance to say these things. Eerie!

    • @juvenalhahne7750
      @juvenalhahne7750 3 місяці тому +2

      De fato, quando o entrevistador, que é íntimo dele, pergunta-lhe sobre Rita Hayworth, achei que tinha sido indiscreto... Minha surpresa, foi sua resposta sincera e comovida; a resposta de alguém simples e velho que não tem mais nada a esconder...
      O jovem e o homem maduro, sempre inteligente e espirituoso, ficou para trás...

  • @Thenit92
    @Thenit92 Рік тому +24

    Two hours later he had a heart attack and died.

  • @ADAMSIXTIES
    @ADAMSIXTIES 6 місяців тому +14

    Actually this was taped evening of Oct. 9th, 1985. Orson died the morning of the 10th.

  • @ivanprekajski1993
    @ivanprekajski1993 Рік тому +17

    He was real gentleman. Not one bad word about his peers.

  • @palecap
    @palecap 7 місяців тому +12

    He got handsome with age. I notice he wouldn't dish out anything salacious on people.

  • @cjhan9816
    @cjhan9816 6 місяців тому +12

    Orson Welles last film was in Transformers The Movie Animation 1986.

    • @jasonpalacios1363
      @jasonpalacios1363 6 місяців тому +3

      It would have been more interesting if this interview they talked about his role as Unicron on how he felt about doing the voice of Unicron.

    • @cjhan9816
      @cjhan9816 6 місяців тому +3

      @@jasonpalacios1363: Correct, but he passed away before TFTM 1986 was released.

    • @edwardhannah8507
      @edwardhannah8507 2 місяці тому +1

      So his last role was playing a God like planet.

    • @cjhan9816
      @cjhan9816 2 місяці тому +1

      @@edwardhannah8507: Correct.

    • @JohnnyNiteTrain
      @JohnnyNiteTrain 20 днів тому +1

      His final movie was The Other Side of the Wind, completed 40 years after he started it. It's on Netflix and it's pretty decent.

  • @naromekram
    @naromekram 7 місяців тому +2

    The master. What an original.

  • @EstherLuttrellsSundayStories
    @EstherLuttrellsSundayStories 5 місяців тому +1

    I have Orson Welles' voice all over my UA-cam channel, at Esther Luttrell's Sunday Stories. He was fantastic. The irony is that he died 2 hours after this interview. A remarkable man.

  • @johnx6664
    @johnx6664 7 місяців тому +2

    Orson Welles was an undisputed genius, but so was Merv Griffin.

  • @Guitcad1
    @Guitcad1 12 днів тому

    It's sad how they talked about Rita Hayworth in the past tense. I had to look up when she died and she actually lived another year-and-a-half after this.

  • @coelhinhodapascoa5712
    @coelhinhodapascoa5712 Рік тому +5

    Dark Avenger and Defender: the Voice of God. RIP

    • @qayss8977
      @qayss8977 10 місяців тому +2

      The pounding of his hooves did CLAP [jowls shaking], like thunder!

  • @zombiemaradona
    @zombiemaradona Рік тому +8

    It was filmed on the evening the 9th. Not the 10th.

  • @jellointhewind8712
    @jellointhewind8712 5 місяців тому +3

    "I dont want to knock warthogs, why did i pick on them" 😂

  • @JefferyGates-x1v
    @JefferyGates-x1v 3 місяці тому

    Food for thought: Orson Welles was born in
    Kenosha, WI, along with well known actors, Don & Jim Ameche, Daniel J. Travanti,
    Al Molinaro & Concetta Tomei.
    A lot of talent between Chicago & Milwaukee.

  • @rcdyer
    @rcdyer 10 місяців тому +10

    Crazy to think he was dead less than 24 hours later. Great man

  • @MikeBayhamforStBernard
    @MikeBayhamforStBernard 7 місяців тому +12

    He delivered his own.last testament and i suspect he was well aware of it.

  • @billmarshall8438
    @billmarshall8438 7 місяців тому +2

    Funny how telling people you're seventy now just gets a shrug. True even of eighty.

  • @martinzitnak8547
    @martinzitnak8547 2 місяці тому

    The last dialogue with one of the greatest film directors /Forget Tarantino/ , thank you

  • @VasiliosBakagias
    @VasiliosBakagias Місяць тому

    Immortal!!! ♥️❤️🌏🌎🌍

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 2 місяці тому

    No interview before it's time. PAUL MASSON!!!

  • @noahh9472
    @noahh9472 7 місяців тому +1

    Could you guys post Montgomery Clift Apperance Please

  • @Resmith18SR
    @Resmith18SR 9 місяців тому

    Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, Orson Welles. Great child stars.

  • @alexdavies7394
    @alexdavies7394 Рік тому +8

    Orson Welles doesn't look very well. He would have completed his role in "Transformers" at about this time.

    • @bob1986
      @bob1986 8 місяців тому +2

      He completed Transformers a month prior. And he died only a few hours after this interview.

    • @adrianstanciu
      @adrianstanciu 7 місяців тому

      This interview was shot on the 9th. Was aired on the 10th. He died in the morning of the 10th.

    • @emilyashley4820
      @emilyashley4820 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@bob1986 He was describing this and he said it was about a bigger robot beating up on all the other robots.

  • @devil_pls
    @devil_pls 9 місяців тому +1

    wow thats crazy, he died the same day

    • @adrianstanciu
      @adrianstanciu 7 місяців тому +2

      The day after, this interview was shot on the 9th and aired on the 10th.

    • @devil_pls
      @devil_pls 6 місяців тому +1

      @@adrianstanciu Ohh I see. Thanks for telling me

  • @seanbonella
    @seanbonella 6 днів тому

    genius

  • @nikosvault
    @nikosvault 7 місяців тому +2

    So this one is free....

  • @MarkeyCentral
    @MarkeyCentral 8 місяців тому +2

    Unicron

  • @ezcleghorn4025
    @ezcleghorn4025 29 днів тому

    People say that he was massively overweight, like ridiculously so. Not being able to see him as I am completely blind, just how bad was it?

    • @JSSTyger
      @JSSTyger 12 днів тому

      Probably over 300lb

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 2 місяці тому

    Genuis 😅 Citizen Kane ...full stop

  • @osivot
    @osivot 5 місяців тому

    Wrong date, please correct. This is October 9th. He was already dead by the date in the description.

    • @hudsony777
      @hudsony777 8 годин тому

      I read he died 2 hours after this concluded.

  • @michaelfox2436
    @michaelfox2436 8 місяців тому +5

    His coloring is AWFUL. if you look closely, his lips are nearly grey.

  • @pinang1
    @pinang1 5 місяців тому

    Knapik wiecznie żywy

  • @thomassaehler9038
    @thomassaehler9038 5 місяців тому +2

    He looks ill here

    • @ReelinInTheYears66
      @ReelinInTheYears66  5 місяців тому +1

      Yeah he died a few hours after this interview was taped.

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish 12 днів тому

    Eloquent - a drunk who was often drunk in public.

  • @H_E_N_X
    @H_E_N_X 4 місяці тому

    He died the next morning...

    • @hudsony777
      @hudsony777 8 годин тому

      I read two hours after the conclusion of this interview.

  • @Guitcad1
    @Guitcad1 12 днів тому

    "I'm saving those for my book!"
    Yeah, better get to typing! You're on double digits! 😮
    Wow! I've seen numerous videos purporting to be his "final interview" but it's usually an interview he did about a week earlier. When I saw this I thought it would be another copy of that one, but the n I saw the date and figured they at least got that close. Then when I saw Merv Griffin I was like "Holy shit! This is really it!" The date of the interview was actually October 9th. Welles died sometime early in the morning of the 10th, while typing stage directions for a film project he was planning to shoot that day.

  • @Cantbuyathrill
    @Cantbuyathrill 8 місяців тому +2

    "Orson Refrigerator Wells"

  • @witzelasper2821
    @witzelasper2821 21 день тому

    Orson Welles????... reincarnated???

  • @geraldinemilo2804
    @geraldinemilo2804 9 місяців тому +8

    These actors are great but do you know who is greater? Jesus. He is selfless and loving. He died for everyone's sins, past, present, and future. Be careful when watching these films. We mustn't make these people our idols. Exodus 20:3-5 says "You must not have any other god but me. You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens on earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods." Not only that, but the end times are here. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 states "You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. People will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" This is merely to inform people, not to attack them. God bless.

    • @misterbungle3251
      @misterbungle3251 9 місяців тому +5

      Bonkers.

    • @theuglydumplings3324
      @theuglydumplings3324 9 місяців тому +3

      @@misterbungle3251No. He speaks the truth.

    • @OlafProt
      @OlafProt 8 місяців тому +1

      Jeez. The long winter evenings must just fly by...

    • @stevej.1428
      @stevej.1428 8 місяців тому +1

      Does that go for the Pope as well? He seems to be idolized by your religion.

    • @theuglydumplings3324
      @theuglydumplings3324 8 місяців тому

      @@stevej.1428 rather, those who aren’t part of my religion mistake our respect for his office as idolization.