Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris Collection on Letterman, 1983-2007
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- The complete collection of Peter O'Toole's and Richard Harris's appearances on Dave's late night talk shows. Included in the listings are the films, theater productions, and books they were promoting.
But it was, of course, the stories.
Late Night:
1. April 18, 1983. Peter O'Toole.
Film: "The Ruling Class." Film clip deleted due to copyright caution.
2. May 5, 1987. Peter O'Toole.
Broadway production: "Pygmalion."
3. January 29, 1991. Richard Harris.
Film: "The Field."
4. April 6, 1993. Peter O'Toole.
Book: Loitering With Intent: The Child.
Late Show:
5. January 17, 1994. Richard Harris.
Film: "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway."
6. March 16, 1994. Richard Harris.
Miniseries: "Abraham."
7. May 17, 1995. Peter O'Toole.
Book: Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice.
8. October 25, 1995. Richard Harris.
Film: "Cry the Beloved Country."
9. February 12, 1997. Richard Harris.
Films: "Smilla's Sense of Snow" and "The Hunchback."
10. February 13, 1997. Peter O'Toole.
Book: "Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice"
11. January 14, 1998. Peter O'Toole.
Film: "Phantoms."
12. May 22, 2000. Richard Harris.
Film: "Gladiator."
13. November 16, 2001. Richard Harris.
Film: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
14. January 10, 2007. Peter O'Toole.
Film: "Venus." Film clip deleted due to copyright caution.
15. Bonus clip. July 21, 2014. “MacArthur Park,” a Jimmy Webb-composed song that was a massive hit for Richard Harris in 1968. Webb is playing keyboards in this rendition sung by Will Lee. Harris’s walk-on music would frequently be a few bars from the song.
Richard Harris passed away on October 25, 2002. He was 72.
Peter O'Toole passed away on December 14, 2013. He was 81.
all the wonderful things people in the comments say about Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris are true. From hilarious, to gentlemanly, to stylish, to talented and to the moon...they are all true. let me please add this one bit....when times are hard for my part, watching these gentleman talk makes life a little better and what more can you say about life long career entertainers than that they make you forget any problems and just lose yourself in their wit and wisdom
❤
Hollywood will never see the likes to these guys again 🙏🏼
francis o'connor absolutely!!! This guy is class with a capital C And an exclamation point!!!
he was irish/english, he seldom worked in Hollywood.
@@mikejohnson2638Fine by me. Sorry. The condescension is, for me, unbearable.
0:25 - Walks right past a NO SMOKING sign with a cigarette in his hand on national television. What a legend!
And lighting up several times. Stopping Letterman from talking and his facial reaction is priceless.
That's what makes him a "Legend"? Your assessment comes off imbecilic.
@@andreperrault5393 I know. Talk about chainsmoking 😂
Gauche
😂😂😂 ledge
I love how O’Toole gets such big applause when he comes out. Most of America loved this man. I hope he knew that.
Peter’s voice was mesmerising…..
His reason for wearing a watch on each wrist is absolutely brilliant. Loved his acting and character so much.
I could listen to Richard Harris all night. Just priceless.
How about a little praise for how Letterman handled these interviews. He knew when he was in the presence of greatness and did a great job with both of these guys.
He never bowed to greatness. That’s his schtick. I remember one show after the band was playing in the intermission he wanted to thank Mick Jagger who was sitting in with the band, and then went straight to the snow without saying anything more about Jagger until later in the show. 😂
Dave didn’t know what to do with Peter O’Toole but who did
he was a mischievous fellow ❤ so much talent so much joy for life HE was one of the greats GOAT til his last breath
This is legit one of the best videos on UA-cam
it may legit be the single best
The greatest
He is feckin brilliant
Still the best today
@@james8322 you
Two of the finest actors/renagades who we’ll never see the likes of again. I’m just grateful they were around during my lietime.
That was wonderful. I met Richard Harris at a long gone record store, Sam Goody, in Times Square when I was 13. He was there to sign his hit record. He was very late, but showed up eventually. He asked me who I wanted to sign the album for. I told him, Tiger, and he asked who that was. I told him it was a cat that wandered into my backyard and had kittens in our shed. He looked at me for a moment, and asked if I really wanted a record signed for my cat. I smiled, and said yes. He signed, "To Tiger, from Richard Harris." And walked away shaking his head. I have not idea why I told him to write that. I was very nervous meeting him.
Lucky you, I would love to have met this man!!
When these gentlemen were at their prime i was a small little boy but i am grown man yet they still exude life in them it's good to die in great luv for life
He may have been a hellraiser but always a perfect gentleman. RIP Peter!
RIP Richard Harris (October 1, 1930 - October 25, 2002), aged 72
And
RIP Peter O'Toole (August 2, 1932 - December 14, 2013), aged 81
You both will be remembered as legends.
Absolutely unique personalities. Both "slightly" :D:D:D eccentric, but just TOP. Too bad we could not put them all in one movie along with Gene Heckman, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
These two I think are into mischief on the other side...probably more so enjoying themselves with Richard Burton & their other friends! There’s only rest for the body! The Consciousness lives on! Resting in peace is the last thing these fellows would want or be doing! ☘️🍻 “Good night & Joy be with you all,” gentlemen!
@@liamobrian9886Oh what a wonderful sight that would be!! I'd be in 7th heaven! I didn't realise Richad Harris was quite that old comparatively to me ... as I had such a crush on him in my teens! Macarthur Park & Itchykoo Park were my 2 favourite songs of the time ... I hadn't realised how similar they were in their worlds ... & titles ... until now. Great memories ... & I'm nigh on 71 now ... Where did all those years go ..?
We'll never see the likes of these two talented, funny and classy men ever again. 😢
25 years of o'toole, what a privilege to watch.
Will Lee...Fantastic job of singing that tribute to Richard Harris. You can feel the emotion. The hardest part of growing old is watching those who you grew up with, leave us.
What a beautiful observation.
Indeed!
Well dieing is kind of hard too.
Surely must be, but why not celebrate those times (cause there’re still with you & damn ya if you don’t act accordingly right?!) haha Cheers
So very true..
Who needs Netflix or the likes when there are great interviews like this on YT. Thank you for the upload
It's wild to see how O'Toole, Harris, AND Dave age through the years. Thank you for the compilation!
At least one is still with us. :(
Peter O'Toole was a great story teller I must say.
Seems like he was a real gent as well.
RIP
I was unexpectedly moved at this compilation, and by your desire to make it, and at the passage of time, and the fondness developed by all three men. Bravo, and thank you, sir.
O'Toole riding a camel into the studio, dismounting and then giving it a beer is the stuff of legend.
Can be funny when reading a script
Good film 🎥 actors.peter & Richard R.I.P.
@@TheTrouserPuppetsOfficial ôk -
Why I oughta ---- !!
@@TheTrouserPuppetsOfficial and you ?
Aye , now THAT'S a MAN ! ! !
They'd never have guests like this today on a talk show, what a loss. Amazing chemistry, built over the years between Letterman and both gents!
Bc people like these don't exist anymore
@@angiemilitello1542 he
Ya they would, just to give someone something to bitch about
youve let wokeness and diversity ruin hollywood whyd you do that
@@angiemilitello1542 so true, people today are more toned down and kinda boring, they wanna play the game and survive
Instead of watching a movie , I decided to watch this collection.. Hadn't laugh so hard in a long time!!! These great men are trully larger than life!
that is what made them great actors
Thank you Don.
In these uncertain and shaky times, I've just spent two hours lost in these
wonderful stories from two men, the likes whom we'll never see again....
The definition of class, the highest standard of gentlemen, and one of the most amazing examples of a true, classic method actor. Lived a life full of achievement and adventure, and did it all on his own terms without caring about others opinion of him.
WRONG! O'Toole was, by no stretch of the imagination a "Method" actor. He was classically trained in the British theatre model, with never a thought of "character motivation", nor to the exclusive emphasis on verisimilitude, both of which "features" dominate that "school" of acting referred to by the name "Method". The Method was popularized in America, after its "birth" in Russia, out of the work of the director, Stanislavski.
@@emmettwalz Fair point.
Well said
@@emmettwalz
Harris was though
He started out with that technique
Not sure if he stayed with it
Class is being shameless about your addictions, is it?
Back in the late 70s, I worked in Hampstead, north London and I often met him on my way to work. We stopped and chatted many times. Really nice man.
Letterman is an exceptional interviewer. It is often overlooked, but it is so true, and so startlingly apparent when compared to the current stable of late night hosts. It is a lost art...
When is it overlooked?
@@dmann1115 if you compare the view count of Letterman interviews and videos with the view counts of Fallon and Kimmel, it is clear what is being consumed at a higher rate and volume
True, - especially when he interviewed O'Tool, who was always strangely 'disconnected' and 'startled' looking.
Yes. Especially after Johnny Carson retired, I pretty much only watched Dave. Now I watch none of them.
@@timothyoneil5447 Agreed + Kimmel is a sycophant and that Lilly Singh is bilge.
I like to think that somewhere up in heaven Peter O'Toole regularly arrives at cocktail parties aboard a camel with a cigarette and a scotch in hand.
me too
The way I want to go In Valhalla at table 1 with Oden, to arrive at Odens cocktail party to have a single malt scotch nite a pak of Lucky Strikes to see all the sexy dancing girls
Vivid imagination.
That's the only heaven I want to be a part of. A smart cocktail with Peter.
I think that's a safe assumption.
This is so refreshing to watch. I miss seeing these 2 distinguished gentlemen
Richard is a good sport for being so open about himself in these interviews. Love these guys 😊
Me too
He’s so cool
@@ruly8153 I also find his laugh contagious
@@ruly8153 agreed lol👍
I love Richard Harris' giggle.
Thank you for putting this together. These were world class actors who really lived. I enjoyed seeing them both. I liked that it was in chronological order. I only missed Peter O’Toole sharing a story about Richard on his last clip. This was great fun. 👍🏼
I love that he looks at David Letterman as if Dave is asking crazy questions. Sublime.
Peter O'Toole was the most charming, utterly charming!, man I've ever had the privilege of watching, both in serious acting roles and in his lovely interviews! Wow. Letterman "O'Letterman?" lays back and interviews him -- maybe "talks with him" is the better way of putting it -- beautifully!
On one show Richard Harris was asked how long he's like to live? His answer was typical of these Irish rogues. 'I'd like to live to be ninety and then get shot by a jealous husband!' All these guys, Burton included were just so full of life and good humor, things which don't exist in celebrities anymore.
It’s nothing to do with actors
It’s that generation of people really....
1:17:16
Thank you for posting this. It's a treasure. I really enjoyed this. They don't make them like this anymore.
These guys were story teller's supreme. RIP to two legendary actors.
Also supreme story getters.
Peter O'Toole saw you at Dobson's 2001 or 2002 loved riding in taxi cab down to seaport village we were drunk had fun at Westgate you were great with your crazy assegai of Zulu movie prefer night of the generals and ruling class love Lara g . VC FM DSO FM Iron cross of germany
Okay gelandet immediately see your quandary same old situation as international airport stay at westin broad way circle listen to KGB FM 101.5 FM visit national city to eat or Albertsons on 3rd Ave see what happened to my pond at Frederica manor in Chula vista across from 263 d street pure sand because of princess Diana treating dodi all fayed so disgusting that Egypt answered with high flyers going Frederica manor now filled with s
Now pond filled with sand
@@LOLERXP qq
It’s like O’Toole vividly remembered everything but had to quickly scrub it for the television audience. Brilliant thanks.
Peter is getting older but his memory is still sharp as a tack. He can still remember the names and places as if they happened yesterday. Brilliant man.
So attractive back then.
O'Toole and Harris,MAGNIFICENT.
I have always loved Peter O'Toole. What great actor.
I love Peter O’Toole! I so love to listen to his wit & his wonderful life stories! A Super & a most remarkable professional actor! ⭐️♥️🙌🏼
In the 70's, I had the great good fortune to meet Peter O'toole. He was charming and kind to me, and he kissed my hand. I'll never forgot him. BTW, his eyes are just amazing!
You're so lucky, what a great experience.
Bbn
You're very fortunate; I can imagine those eyes that close. In the 80s I saw him on Bway doing "Pygmalion". I always got a matinee seat in the third row, stage right. It was super! But what the reviewer said, which I'm sure was supposed to be saucy and judgemental, was true. The part I remember was that he walked about the stage often looking into the audience "as if to say 'yes, it is I, Peter O'Toole, looking back at you". 'Twas true and not something for an actor to do, but I kind of liked it. He was the only blonde that I can remember admiring and that all began with him in "Lawrence of Arabia".
Lucky, lucky you! That was one wish I had, but it never came true...thank you for sharing!!
Sir Elton John had me and my husband up on stage on my wedding day. I about died. But I think you win. I would happily murder someone to meet Peter O'toole.
Richard Harris is such fun. Sounds like he lived a colourful life . What a storyteller. He's rear breed. Fantastic man. Not many characters out there like him anymore.
I have just watched this, and noted earlier that I met Richard Harris when I was 12 at Sam Goody Records in Times Square. He was late to sign his albums, but finally appeared, and was smiling and nice to all who had waited. People had all guessed why he was late. I loved that strangely written song. A memory from a half a century ago. Wow.
@@janicefreedman8173 what a great memory!
Nobody saw "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway," But Richard Harris was amazing in this picture. As a matter of fact it's probably one of the best pictures ever made, in fact it's my favorite. There's one scene in which Richard Harris goes through about five different perfect emotions in 70 seconds. It's incredible
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I'd give anything to have a drink at a pub with these two guys at the same time...
But unfortunately that can't happen so we have these amazing stories here on UA-cam. Thanks for the laughter guys.
I love how Peter giggles at times, so endearing.
These must be the best interviews I've ever seen!! They are highly engaging & entertaining, but you also get a sense of who the actor is as a person. I'm thinking of the real duds or crazies we've seen, and what a drastic difference!!
I think Peter lived every minute loaded. Letterman got the best out of both of them along with many of his guests, Great host!
Thank you.
It lasted three hours but it seems that only 10 minutes have past.
So talented that they must have inspired so many people!
Muchísimas gracias!
These two are treasures
We need this level of man again
@Anne Woodward - Just because the doctor slapped your mother when he saw you emerge does not mean that every man henceforth was the devil, Annie.
@talorcmacallan4268 - You may not be a great actor, but please do tell a great tale of the likes that that pair could muster.
I have a few wild stories of my own and a MILLION ones my older pals shared with me (some I recorded and posted online).
I will pray for America. I will pray for Britain. Sadiq Khan is the caliph of Britain and should be arrested and tried and jailed. Please pray for me. God Bless you.
wonderful, just wonderful, thank you so much for making and sharing this compilation. :) we miss them both
These two guys are really extraordinary, I always looked forward to these appearances on Letterman so great to see them again after all this time.
These interviews are exceptional. What a gift these two legends are to listen to.
O’Toole: “Had Mr Bowie been alive, I’d have borrowed his knife”... “ I can tell you of a theatrical fiasco in which I was involved but for which I was not responsible...” effortless wit and grammar, beautiful.
Copious pints of Guinness with whiskey chasers and O'Toole and Harris could keep you hilariously entertained for hours 😁. RIP both of them. Amazing actors.
It's great to have these two great characters and actors here on one upload. All marvellous stories but interesting hearing the same ones slightly embellished with each telling and all carefully crafted. Peter O'Toole especially had incredible timing and gets a laugh just with a look. Shame all these great guys are gone to the great bar in the sky.
Amazing. Who would have thought to download nearly 3 hours of interviews with 2 legendary actors & 1.4 million people will sit & watch it. Genius.
Any other person, these stories would just be normal. In the hands of master story tellers like O'Toole and Harris, they produce absolute GOLD! There will never be anyone like these two in the world of entertainment for a very very long time.
Cheers for posting this! It’s a real treat!
Peter O’Toole’s epitaph is “Good night and Joy be with you all” ☘️♥️
Thank you for sharing their joy with us! This was as much fun as these 2 memorable legends were/are.
Thank you for this wonderful video! I laughed with you all! ☘️♥️ 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🌹🌿🌹🌿
Peter O'toole, Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Sir John Gielgud, James Mason. Richard Burton...... those were the times, when Quality drama, (stage and movies), entertained us..... they don't come like this anymore...... just Millennials garbage in present day...🙂🙂.... thanks for uploading...♥️♥️♥️🇺🇸
And not forgetting Oliver Reed...he is something else. Just love these classic gentlemen
I don’t think anyone, and I mean anyone, will ever top Peter O’Toole’s entrance.
and, the cigarette holder!
Don, many thanks for creating this compilation of O'Toole and Harris.
Imagine going for a drink with Peter, I could sit all night and listen to his stories.
I'd rather listen to Richard Harris😘💕🎭🙏🏻
@@susancarolan153 That explain so much.
"It distresses us to return work which is not perfect"..so I'm having that on my tombstone
I shall also !
I walked passed Sycamore Cleaners, yesterday, it is now a very grand Georgian house (still got the flagpole), with the usual "Russian Mafia" 4x4s outside :(
That overcoat story is gold. And the way he tells it. 👏🏻
Side note. He was marvelous as emperor in gladiator and the best dumbledore in Harry Potter.
When did he play Dumbledore?
@@54tristin 2001 and 2002. First two movies.
WHAT A LEGEND. ARRIVING ON CAMELBACK!! That's making an entrance. CLASS!!
I remember watching that show and love both of these actors. The days of The Gentleman with manners is gone.
Thanks so much for the lovely tribute to Richard Harris at the end! Very neat the way you, David, formed friendships with these men over this time. I imagine that is a thing of pride, and you deserve it, the way you enjoyed and laughed with them and such. Lovely. Thank you.
I have had a personal reunion, a friendship renewal, with a dear old friend. Our get-togethers are at some wonderful old pubs every Saturday-noon of the month. We have both watched this collection. I view a bit of it every Saturdaymorning before I'm driven to the clubs to spice the mood. What incredible stories! What enjoyment! Cheers!
My best friend Wayne Knipe passed away suddenly in his sleep Friday night 8/11/23. I will always treasure him and these clips that we loved.
@@richardkolenda298
🌌 So sorry to read of your
personal loss, Richard. 🌠
💗 Bless you. 💞
Drunks were much admired in those days, except maybe by their wives and children. My father was very like them. XxxSusan 🙈🙉🙊🐛🦋🤞🌈🙏🏻
Touching tribute at the end to Harris, highlighting also musicianship, which the orchestra always made look effortless, despite it not being so at all.
Smile all the way through this, thanks Don.
Dear Don… thank you so very much for making this compilation…it is wonderful, I’ve watched a few times over the years… it is a labor of love that will be enjoyed for years to come.
Thanks!
O'Toole is an impish god. A legend. Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, so may great movies.
These gentlemen smoke, drank, took drugs and loved women. They lived life on their own terms and had countless stories to tell. Now the talk shows are filled with Shia LaWhoTheFuckCaress, who talk about wheatgrass enemas, and going to rehab after they noticed, that they drank a whole case of craft IPA's during one long weekend.
I never thought I could smile for almost a solid 3 hour period, but here we are. Thank you so much for this. Loved these two as guests and they seemed to really enjoy making Dave laugh at their stories. Perfect talk show moments
Dave also made them laugh out loud quite a few times.
@@filmneye That’s one of the things I loved about Dave. He has the ability to mould his humour to every guest and always finds a way to make them genuinely laugh
He knew all 153 sonnets of Shakespeare his favorite one to recite was ( nothing compares to a summers day )he read them daily what a great actor . He lost most of his stomach and his entire pancreas from cancer which made him insulin dependent but survived the odds. I am living with a piece of my pancreas it's not easy. Sadly, his cancer came back he passed in 2013. Blessings to one of the greatest of the pack. 💖
This is amazing! These kind of guys are long gone and are irreplaceable. They lived their lives very far from the politically correctness whe are used to see these days.
Thanks for compiling these great clips 👏🏼
Richard Harris a proper man,s man good ol' boy R.I.P Richard.🍻🍺🥃 and what a great friend in Peter,R.I.P🥂
we just don't get actors like this anymore, such great storytellers and so human
Im sure we do, but with todays social/political climate, the media would use these stories to their advantage by twisting them. Possibly getting these individuals canceled. Unfortunate times we live in.
@@josh05683
Stop whinging about cancel culture. Besides, Harris and o toole were abusive towards their wives and most of these stories are made up. So it’s not all sunshine and rainbows.
I am convinced that Peter and Richard are domiciled in Heaven and take center stage every night - even God appreciates a good laugh and I believe that their stories have them rolling in the aisles - we wish they were still around for their like can never be reproduced - thankfully to U-Tube we have these invaluable pieces that depict the art of story telling that only O'Toole and Harris could master. I am an Anglo Irish gal myself and believe me no-one can tell a story like the Irish. They were grand!!!
The Irish have a great and historical tradition of story telling as history and formal entertainment, witnessed here in spades.
Thank you Mr. Giller for putting this together.
This was amazing, thanks so much - two absolute legends, Richard Harris was so funny and had such an infectious laugh
This is the greatest collection ever
"If you think I'm drunk ma'am you better wait till O'Toole makes his entrance!" That must've cracked the whole audience up lol. Also Peter O'Toole's posture is something extraordinary, makes him look robotic.
I literally lmao at that story. Great retelling!
This was so enjoyable to watch, I am glad I stumbled on it.
'And he, still in his kimono, me in my pyjamas, on horseback, hunting hare' 😂 God, these were the days.
He really was the son of an Irish bookie. So he believed in the odds. A brilliant stage actor, Industrial Strength.
Lovely way to announce his son - a great blessing!
You are being missed a lot, Mr O 'Toole !
OK so tell us all why you miss him
I love the reverence with which Richard speaks of his dear friend Peter. It's so endearing.
Same. Also the genuine fondness Peter has for Richard when talking about their shenanigans is adorable.
Just amazing, lives well lived. Thank you to both gentlemen and David Letterman who just asks the right questions and knows to let them go !
Thanks so much for this. What a couple of delightful guys!
"I have a talent for disobedience" - what a lovely understatement. I've been there myself. So do miss him.
Who?
Ha Ha, yes but disobedience meant self-destruction in his case.
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He was such a gem. RIP O’Toole! Richard Harris was such a funny man. A real tough Irishman. RIP Richard
This is the most fun I have had in ages!!!
I actually saw him play Hamlet. Oh my what a fantastic show
Pure admiration for this channel. MacArthur Park at the end as bonus clip is GENIUS. It is an old song sung by RIchard Harris in 1968, that became a worldwide hit out of the blue (yes, Harris recorded several albums in his life).
There is no mention by Letterman or anyone else about Richard Harris in that episode. It means that Don Giller KNEW THE STORY OF THIS SONG and knew that Harris sung it in 1968. Unbelievable.
Thanks, but really not that impressive. I was 17 when that song was released and was well-familiar with both the tune and the singer at the time. In fact, at the time, I knew of Richard Harris more as a singer rather than an actor.
Also, while Harris or Letterman never mentioned the song, Paul did via his walk-on music during some of Harris’s introductions.
@@dongiller I am 28 and in my generation very few people know songs like that, or even the fact that Harris was a singer. Proud to be one.
This is the greatest compilation video on the internet
Love love love this - thanks for this compilation. These guys were the best. ❤
Peter O'Toole is and was the greatest actor of all time in my opinion.
Harris, O'toole, Reed, these guys ,,,were the real Deal
Man I really enjoyed this vid