He spent his last months, living in a posh London hotel. The day he was taken from there by ambulance to hospital, he shouted from his stretcher to people watching, 'IT WAS THE FOOD THAT DID IT''---Irish humour to the end.
Irish humor has been known to get people through some hard times, perhaps it can even be an antidote to death. In Harris's case, I think even God would acknowledge and welcome this man's soul into eternal life.
he was an absolutely talented actor. he may be drinking, alchohol and drugs abusing but he had the guts to admit it! rise your wands for him. farewell dead dumbldore! greece salutes you!
What great actor hasn't had bouts of drinking and drugs? I know I'm generalizing but it isn't exactly a rare thing and it shouldn't skew your view of their acting ability one way or the other. I know this is from 12 years ago, hope you're doing well.
Why don't those who are being negitive just admire this man for a great career that went on for decades all the while he really enjoyed all that life had to offer him and us all if we chase it
Apparently he was afraid he'd only be remembered as Dumbledore. My memory will always be "Macarthur Park". I was stunned the first time I heard it but thought it too long to be a hit.... little did I know it would give radio DJ's a chance to go to the toilet! The melodramatic and poetic nature of this song are completely in keeping with Harris.
He’ll always be Dumbledore to me but I’m a big Harry Potter geek 😂 the first of his films I watched was the field and is still one of my favourite films
It's amazing when you see this and look at his performances: the work he does with his voice, especially the last few films of his career is brilliant.
Richard Harris also Oliver Reed legends there are not many guys around like them any more.Also Richard Harris had a great singing voice thanks for posting you can't help just watch and listen to people like him...
@connaught2008 Agreed. Theres no reason why the younger generations cant see his other films. Its easier than ever to watch classic films today. When I was a teen I watched everything from 60 years previous to current films. Todays teens seem only interested in films 10 years old or newer or their cell phones. Harris was worried about being only remembered for Dumbledore. Sadly he was correct.
@lilze96 I understand completely what you're saying: Richard Harris was a legendary actor who should be remembered for all the work he did in prior films. But, of course he will be remembered as Dumbledore because this generation is too young to have seen his other films!
There are many true cinema fans that consider not making it in Hollywood a good thing, and besides, he lived a far more interesting and significant life than you'll ever lead.
@TroyDouglas917 And sadly, as a child, that was my intro to the man....and I still LOVED him! I got to go see him live in a stage production (touring) of Camelot. He was hilarious, too, he broke character to explain that he had the flu at one point! And my mother worried about my taste in men forever more....
im here today because harris died 10 years ago on this day, and i see this bullshit comment, what have you got? what have you done thats on his level? nothing thats what, this guy is a legend and i already know he was more of a man then you are.
As Harris was born in the Irish Free State he would have been allowed to be knighted as Sir Richard Harris. Why do you think Sir Terry Wogan was knighted?
I will never be able to understand why so many people, guys mostly, listen to these guys breaking up their marriages, go on drug benders and be so deeply alcoholic that they have to go to the hospital for it several times a year and have their own families push them away and think they're godlier than Jesus Christ and Buddha combined. Harris was lucky, that's it. His drugs and fights could've ended his awesome life a hell of a lot earlier than it did and his life of riches and celebrity could've easily turned into him living under a bridge as a homeless bum. It's one thing to see this stuff and see the old celebrities who survived them as a thing of glory and adventure, but go try this stuff in real life and you'll quickly learn how terrifying and idiotic it really is. Go have a heart attack and failing organs when you're not a rich celebrity and see how glorious and adventurous it really is...
totally agree, I think the glamorization of self destruction is a dangerous tendancy of the human being, and the confirmation bias that make theses talented people stand out is the cause of it all. How many alcoholic nobodies ruined their lives for one Richard Harris or Richard Burton?
Gladiator was one of his final films and one of his finest. He was immortalized in that film. It's as if his whole life was building up to that role. He must of been so proud.
@@MetroVerse No he wasn’t There’s literally no evidence to support that If you’re talking about the Ian McKellen thing that had nothing to do with him being gay Harris got on great with Lindsay Anderson ( a homosexual film director) so he’s obviously not homophobic
@@ruly8153 These people are relentless, aren't they? The man is dead, what, how long? 21 years? Yet these idiots with an agenda give no f*cks whatsoever and will even try to sully the names of those long since passed. What a sad bunch they are. Morons.
People like Harris and Oliver Reed were acting power houses and were rock & roll when actors weren't rock & roll ... they don't make men like this anymore .... sadly.
Richard Harris was nominated for an Oscar for This Sporting Life, so clearly the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences thought he was good enough. Every actor around that time was influenced by Marlon Brando, you're being a bit hard on Richard Harris.
@RichardElden he was a movie star, easy to get a girl if you're famous and i dont think he was ugly and hes most likely had a better and much more exciting life than any of us will have thats for sure
yeh he did well no matter where he went, because he loved good company. People bask in his spontaneity and vibrant energy that Richard projected on to others. Like all irish we love women and by traveling or moving abroad all women love us. It must be the accent and a good sense of humor i suppose. Learn from it all you's jealous bland twits out there. Whom ever say bad things about this man your insecurity will get the better of you..
it's annoying the way harris is remembered by many solely for his harry potter performance,...he was amazin, wish more people would watch his greatest work in classics like This Sporting Life, The Wild Geese, The Field and Unforgiven....Its the same like Alec Guinness being remembered mostly as Obi- Wan Kanobi
The Brat were:- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr, Dean Martin Etc Just imagine these in a film:- Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins, Steve Mc Queen and Jimmy Dean. One Word - PHENOMENAL Pity really that the latter were not all of the same era. Pity the younger generation of today do not understand the words "Class Actors"
i agree, ever since watching him first in the count of monte cristo, well when i watched it, i was sad to hear he had recently died but ever since then ive been a fan, not in anyway for harry potter, only reason i like them is because RH is in them, well the first two. Ive watched sporting life, field and others, whenever there's a RH film on im watching it. He's a legend, a great role model. Makes me proud to have Irish blood in me.
He makes a lot of sense - but there must have been pain and demons along the way as a result which he conveniently skips over, but all in all, most people do sleep through life in fear looking for some sort of safe comfort zone. I try not to, I dont want any regrets when Im 80.
This type of actor is no longer with us. Like most Irishmen his stories should be taken with a pinch of salt. He did drink to excess, the story about the sign "No blacks, no Irish " probably didn't happen. This story is part of Irish folklore. To belittle Tom Cruise because he doesn't drink is unnecessary Cruise is a fine actor .
@PhillyDippy5 He didn't write the script but he did read it and agree to appear in it, so he has to take some responsibility for doing it. It's one of those "so bad, it's good" movies. Easily his worst film.
“Going off drugs and alcohol” is NOT a sign of Richard’s “intelligence and strength as a man.” Give me a break. That said, he’s one of my favourite actors and raconteurs.
I'm a landlord, and I would never rent to the likes of Richard Harris. Exactly the kind of tenant you don't want. He couldn't pass my background check. An unrepentant drunk. A man who couldn't resolve conflicts with his mind, like a man, resorting instead to using his hands, like a monkey. A shameless woman-chaser who bragged that he was the king of infidelity. Landlords don't want angry women vandalizing their property or cars in their parking lots. The man was an idiot, and he was proud of it, which makes it worse. It's forgivable to be stupid when you're young, but it's a real disgrace to die old and stupid.
He spent his last months, living in a posh London hotel. The day he was taken from there by ambulance to hospital, he shouted from his stretcher to people watching, 'IT WAS THE FOOD THAT DID IT''---Irish humour to the end.
Irish humor has been known to get people through some hard times, perhaps it can even be an antidote to death. In Harris's case, I think even God would acknowledge and welcome this man's soul into eternal life.
He lived at the Savoy for years.
he was an absolutely talented actor. he may be drinking, alchohol and drugs abusing but he had the guts to admit it! rise your wands for him. farewell dead dumbldore! greece salutes you!
What great actor hasn't had bouts of drinking and drugs? I know I'm generalizing but it isn't exactly a rare thing and it shouldn't skew your view of their acting ability one way or the other.
I know this is from 12 years ago, hope you're doing well.
They don't make 'em like this anymore. What an absolute Legend.
Richard Harris was a true legend of his time.
A Legend .... a true Irish Legend. God bless you Richard :) Miss you x
Why don't those who are being negitive just admire this man for a great career that went on for decades all the while he really enjoyed all that life had to offer him and us all if we chase it
Most gorgeous Irish accent I've ever heard. To die for.
@Book Worm And miine,,,, Richard is from.
Limerick accent
Apparently he was afraid he'd only be remembered as Dumbledore. My memory will always be "Macarthur Park". I was stunned the first time I heard it but thought it too long to be a hit.... little did I know it would give radio DJ's a chance to go to the toilet! The melodramatic and poetic nature of this song are completely in keeping with Harris.
He was really hilarious. Michael Gambon is funnier. Him and Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) pranked Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) with a fart machine
+HerobrineDoesMinecraft 123 Perhaps, but Gambon played the role too overacted. Like a weird angry dumbledore.
+Maximus H Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha
Ross La Vel for me he'll always be the Bull McCabe
He’ll always be Dumbledore to me but I’m a big Harry Potter geek 😂 the first of his films I watched was the field and is still one of my favourite films
Your a legend Harris you will never be forgotten.... You have my praise and admiration for leading an amazing life and envied life...
This is why he was the true Dumbledore. He actually had that long, weird, adventurous life that Dumbledore would've. He's seen and done it all.
Fantastic Man with his friend Peter O'Toole who was another great Character they didn't care what people thought which was the best part of the lads
I Loved his work in The Count of Monte Cristo.. R.I.P. Priest
My dad came to England from Cork in 1954 aged 19 , he experienced the same "no Irish, black, dogs or actors " .
I happy i met Richard Harris in the 1990's . Great man.
I was blessed to have seen him onstage twice in 'Camelot'. Never got to meet him though, hope I will in Heaven.
one of the hellraising legends that lived on this earth along with oliver reed,richard burton.
Peter O Toole
An incredible actor! Watching him it was just impossible to take your eyes off him. Missed very much!
It's amazing when you see this and look at his performances: the work he does with his voice, especially the last few films of his career is brilliant.
If you slag this man, you are not a man.
God bless this real man, this hero, entertainer and bloody Irish poet.
God Bless.
Nahh, screw this guy, he was a homophobe.
@@MetroVerse
He’s not a homophobe
“To each his own sexuality”
He once said
Look it up
what a honest funny and good actor he was
Richard Harris also Oliver Reed legends there are not many guys around like them any more.Also Richard Harris had a great singing voice thanks for posting you can't help just watch and listen to people like him...
Just wonderful seeing somebody that is so brutally honest to himself and others
@connaught2008 Agreed. Theres no reason why the younger generations cant see his other films. Its easier than ever to watch classic films today. When I was a teen I watched everything from 60 years previous to current films. Todays teens seem only interested in films 10 years old or newer or their cell phones. Harris was worried about being only remembered for Dumbledore. Sadly he was correct.
I've never heard of this fella... He's my hero!
If it said that he was turning 70, then this was filmed in 2000
What a bloke he was RIP legend
I love this man...a very unique bastard ! and a great actor !I never get enough of his shenanigans ..
I remember watching this programme when it came on TV. I watched anything with Harris in it he was a legend.
a great man and well missed, rest in peace.
@lilze96 I understand completely what you're saying: Richard Harris was a legendary actor who should be remembered for all the work he did in prior films. But, of course he will be remembered as Dumbledore because this generation is too young to have seen his other films!
righteousgroove Its never too late to find the earlier work of an actor.
God bless Richard Harris
I read somewhere that he always used to answer the phone with 'comeupandtakeyourknickersoff' very fast. Never be another like him.
Gandalf hauntedxhis tower house angry spirits cause negativex3nergies against Williams
Hilarious! We women totally love Richard! Don't need to put it into words, it's more than that. Thank you, Richard. ❤💋💋
There are many true cinema fans that consider not making it in Hollywood a good thing, and besides, he lived a far more interesting and significant life than you'll ever lead.
Legendary Irishman is Legendary.
Thats the best story ever - the womans house in Leeds lol
@TroyDouglas917 And sadly, as a child, that was my intro to the man....and I still LOVED him! I got to go see him live in a stage production (touring) of Camelot. He was hilarious, too, he broke character to explain that he had the flu at one point! And my mother worried about my taste in men forever more....
im here today because harris died 10 years ago on this day, and i see this bullshit comment, what have you got? what have you done thats on his level? nothing thats what, this guy is a legend and i already know he was more of a man then you are.
As Harris was born in the Irish Free State he would have been allowed to be knighted as Sir Richard Harris.
Why do you think Sir Terry Wogan was knighted?
I will never be able to understand why so many people, guys mostly, listen to these guys breaking up their marriages, go on drug benders and be so deeply alcoholic that they have to go to the hospital for it several times a year and have their own families push them away and think they're godlier than Jesus Christ and Buddha combined. Harris was lucky, that's it. His drugs and fights could've ended his awesome life a hell of a lot earlier than it did and his life of riches and celebrity could've easily turned into him living under a bridge as a homeless bum.
It's one thing to see this stuff and see the old celebrities who survived them as a thing of glory and adventure, but go try this stuff in real life and you'll quickly learn how terrifying and idiotic it really is. Go have a heart attack and failing organs when you're not a rich celebrity and see how glorious and adventurous it really is...
totally agree, I think the glamorization of self destruction is a dangerous tendancy of the human being, and the confirmation bias that make theses talented people stand out is the cause of it all. How many alcoholic nobodies ruined their lives for one Richard Harris or Richard Burton?
Geez, lighten up.....
@@ziggersz4899 Nope.
hey mate where can i get the full Documentary please i would really love it
Loved him in Camelot and A Man called Horse. Brilliant actor and mesmerizing voice.
Gladiator was one of his final films and one of his finest. He was immortalized in that film. It's as if his whole life was building up to that role. He must of been so proud.
His final role was Dumbledore in Harry Potter.
@@Ihdc1 Yeah, unfortunately it was. The guy was a huge homophobe. Fuck him.
@@MetroVerse
No he wasn’t
There’s literally no evidence to support that
If you’re talking about the Ian McKellen thing that had nothing to do with him being gay
Harris got on great with Lindsay Anderson ( a homosexual film director) so he’s obviously not homophobic
@@ruly8153 These people are relentless, aren't they? The man is dead, what, how long? 21 years? Yet these idiots with an agenda give no f*cks whatsoever and will even try to sully the names of those long since passed. What a sad bunch they are. Morons.
I love him on the first two Harry Potter, The Count of Morte Cristo and The Man Called Horse.
The full documentary was on youtube for ages and has recently been pulled
God bless him hope he rests in peace.
Legend!!!! This man lived his life like an epic adventure.
People like Harris and Oliver Reed were acting power houses and were rock & roll when actors weren't rock & roll ... they don't make men like this anymore .... sadly.
2002, just before he died.
A man’s man that seems to be gone now unfortunately in this day and age. We will be back.
can you please please try to find the full version please
he is great in the count of monte cristo
Richard Harris was nominated for an Oscar for This Sporting Life, so clearly the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences thought he was good enough. Every actor around that time was influenced by Marlon Brando, you're being a bit hard on Richard Harris.
Where is the rest of this?
+ferociousgumby watch?v=uD_O2cc7OkQ
@lilze96 On the other hand, if his performance as Dumbledore encourages people to watch those fantastic movies, that can only be seen as a good thing.
@RichardElden he was a movie star, easy to get a girl if you're famous and i dont think he was ugly and hes most likely had a better and much more exciting life than any of us will have thats for sure
I know im late but rip legend
And at one point drunk 2 bottles of vodka a day (i.e 1.5 litres). Surprised the old guy held out so long!
yeh he did well no matter where he went, because he loved good company. People bask in his spontaneity and vibrant energy that Richard projected on to others. Like all irish we love women and by traveling or moving abroad all women love us. It must be the accent and a good sense of humor i suppose. Learn from it all you's jealous bland twits out there. Whom ever say bad things about this man your insecurity will get the better of you..
Definition of a true Irish man, I raise my glass to you a chara.
So all Irish men are homophobes?
@@MetroVerse except the priests,
@@johndoherty5194 Huh?
@@MetroVerse
He’s not a homophone.
Where’s your evidence he is???
hey this guy named R Harris looks like Dumbledore from Harry Potter
@RichardElden
woah woah woah, he was a good looking guy in his youth.
Can you put this whole documentary up on rapidshare please. Then PM me the link.
it's annoying the way harris is remembered by many solely for his harry potter performance,...he was amazin, wish more people would watch his greatest work in classics like This Sporting Life, The Wild Geese, The Field and Unforgiven....Its the same like Alec Guinness being remembered mostly as Obi- Wan Kanobi
Great actor
The Brat were:- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr, Dean Martin Etc
Just imagine these in a film:- Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins, Steve Mc Queen and Jimmy Dean.
One Word - PHENOMENAL Pity really that the latter were not all of the same era.
Pity the younger generation of today do not understand the words "Class Actors"
Is this full doc still on UA-cam
when i see the image of richard harris in this video, at 1:30, i think he reminds of harrison ford, a cool dude Richard was
Here's a brilliant man! Check out "A Man Called Horse" & anything else with Harris in it.
I’ve watched a few of his interviews and when I watch him I can see a lot of ADHD symptoms in him. Love the stories from a great actor
Hello, Gandalf.
+kittens10 ?
loot6 XD
Y4kuzi XD yeah, I do
"Use the force, Harry." - Gandalf -
whoah pal I always thought he should have been Gandalf,he would have given him the edge that was sorely missing.
His first visit to England was a very sad time,i feel for him at that time!
Richard harris jij was een absoluut monument zoals jij komt er nooit nog een acteur een natuurtalent ongeëvenaard in al je rollen
I love the bottle of water, bottle of vodka anecdote. He's right though. Fucking legend.
This man is my personal hero! He could play the upper class English man yet also be the rough rascal.
Marcus Aurelius!
i agree, ever since watching him first in the count of monte cristo, well when i watched it, i was sad to hear he had recently died but ever since then ive been a fan, not in anyway for harry potter, only reason i like them is because RH is in them, well the first two. Ive watched sporting life, field and others, whenever there's a RH film on im watching it. He's a legend, a great role model. Makes me proud to have Irish blood in me.
I love Richard Harris, always have, one question though, 0:12 WHAT IN THE FUCK IS THAT ON HIS EYE?????
I''d like to know too
Khaserio Arsa A third nostril?
Its where they inject the air into his eye so it can re attach his retina
Jon Jon Seriously?
He makes a lot of sense - but there must have been pain and demons along the way as a result which he conveniently skips over, but all in all, most people do sleep through life in fear looking for some sort of safe comfort zone. I try not to, I dont want any regrets when Im 80.
In my mind this video explains his choice to do the song MacArthur Park.
he wasnt fuking talentless,,he was a great personality,storyteller and actor
Surely "A Man Called Horse" was a huge success, even though "The Molly Maguires" was a massive failure.
Clark Clifford Love both films
A man till the end.
Was this recorded in 2000?
What a fuckin awesome bloke. There you go. RIP Rich.
The Greatest of All Time !
Yip. What a bloke. They don't make 'em like this bloke anymore!!
He is the last person you would see playing Dumbledore.
+LeaveMeAloneUA-cam He's like Dumbledore in that he's ostensibly pure and wholesome but has a dodgy past.
+Ihdc1 Exactly, these experiences made Richard more great person in his final years
This type of actor is no longer with us. Like most Irishmen his stories should be taken with a pinch of salt. He did drink to excess, the story about the sign "No blacks, no Irish " probably didn't happen. This story is part of Irish folklore. To belittle Tom Cruise because he doesn't drink is unnecessary Cruise is a fine actor .
Which documentary is this?
@RichardElden Charisma goes a hell of a lot further in getting girls than good looks and he had tons of it
He looked about 90 here.
@PhillyDippy5 He didn't write the script but he did read it and agree to appear in it, so he has to take some responsibility for doing it. It's one of those "so bad, it's good" movies. Easily his worst film.
Badass.
great great man. And his last comment is amazing
“Going off drugs and alcohol” is NOT a sign of Richard’s “intelligence and strength as a man.” Give me a break.
That said, he’s one of my favourite actors and raconteurs.
@RichardElden gift of the gab and all that
my friend . fotever
So Avian water is water from Birds? Wild.
10 YEARS AGO BUT NO MOURNING FOR HARRIS HE WOULDNT WANT IT!! CELEBRATE INSTEAD WHERES THE DRINKS!!!
Oliver Reed?
I'm a landlord, and I would never rent to the likes of Richard Harris. Exactly the kind of tenant you don't want. He couldn't pass my background check. An unrepentant drunk. A man who couldn't resolve conflicts with his mind, like a man, resorting instead to using his hands, like a monkey. A shameless woman-chaser who bragged that he was the king of infidelity. Landlords don't want angry women vandalizing their property or cars in their parking lots.
The man was an idiot, and he was proud of it, which makes it worse.
It's forgivable to be stupid when you're young, but it's a real disgrace to die old and stupid.
Dont agree with his past,, but its hard to stop a musical genious,