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  • That explains a lot!
    Date aired - 5/12/1971 - Richard Harris
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    Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
    His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
    Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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  • @davidhaller7306
    @davidhaller7306 5 років тому +2501

    Actors who study Ancient Greek for fun and actors who fight in bars - ah, memories of a lost world.

    • @THATGUY-ir4ie
      @THATGUY-ir4ie 5 років тому +55

      Yeah, I know what you mean man. What have we become...

    • @vaderetro264
      @vaderetro264 5 років тому +52

      ScarletSnake Crowe is not in the same league of those gentlemen.

    • @Gr8Layks
      @Gr8Layks 5 років тому +6

      Well said. Agreed.

    • @AMcGrath82
      @AMcGrath82 5 років тому +15

      @@vaderetro264 You're right. He's not even close.

    • @dorianphilotheates3769
      @dorianphilotheates3769 5 років тому +42

      I study Ancient Greek for fun and get into bar brawls all the time. I’m pretty ‘old school’ that way.

  • @MatthewGagnon1980
    @MatthewGagnon1980 2 роки тому +65

    "I can't help but notice that a lot of your face is NOT injured" --comedic genius

    • @Noitisnt-ns7mo
      @Noitisnt-ns7mo 3 місяці тому +1

      A skeptic who probably buys his cars from a used car lot.

  • @Mumblix
    @Mumblix 4 роки тому +89

    Look how Cavett actually lets Harris and the other guests talk without needing to "remind" everybody that he's still there.

  • @TinyEpics
    @TinyEpics Рік тому +226

    Didn’t realize Dumbledore was such a badass in his younger years.

    • @samdustinchris
      @samdustinchris Рік тому +23

      Oh he and Peter O’Toole were fascinating. You need to find the story of those two climbing a storm gutter up to a woman’s apartment who let one in and the other hanging while police showed up.

    • @quitestiger2818
      @quitestiger2818 Рік тому +1

      ​@@samdustinchris I guess Richard was hanging 😂

    • @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS
      @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS 11 місяців тому +2

      You are doing the man a terrible disservice with such a plebian comparison.

    • @fezmonster
      @fezmonster 10 місяців тому +8

      According to the stories, Richard Harris was a hellraiser all the way up to and including Harry Potter

    • @MrMarsFargo
      @MrMarsFargo 9 місяців тому +3

      Dude, _THIS_ is why they cast him. Like, they were thinking ahead to the later books when he goes bad*ss and duels Voldemort.

  • @andrewlankford9634
    @andrewlankford9634 5 років тому +498

    Makin' movies, charming grannies, and FIGHTIN ROUND THE WORLD!

    • @2plyanddjdualflush255
      @2plyanddjdualflush255 5 років тому +17

      " Ooh it's Richard Harris!" Come here!

    • @A_M_P_
      @A_M_P_ 4 роки тому +11

      Tugger!

    • @Losrandir
      @Losrandir 4 роки тому +1

      Drinkin vodka, charming movies, and FIGHTING THE WORLD!

    • @jonathanbibby812
      @jonathanbibby812 4 роки тому +4

      This was the last place I expected to find south park fans, a welcome surprise though

    • @MrCuddles77
      @MrCuddles77 Місяць тому

      Great South Park reference

  • @augustaccount4160
    @augustaccount4160 Рік тому +33

    The respect he has for that lovely lady…pure class.

  • @bobbydazzler1780
    @bobbydazzler1780 3 роки тому +287

    He casually walks on and makes polite conversation with face trauma from a recent fist fight like it was an everyday event. A lost generation from a long ago world.

    • @kennney8653
      @kennney8653 3 роки тому +10

      Lol I believe he got beat up by Rod Taylor while filming the movie Deadly Tracker for being a smart-ass Rod Taylor as a legit tough guy a no-nonsense kind of guy former amateur boxing champion in Australia a real scrapper

    • @imedi
      @imedi 2 роки тому +6

      So true sometimes we forget how much the world has changed

    • @thomsboys77
      @thomsboys77 2 роки тому +6

      OK Boomer

    • @goodbadbill
      @goodbadbill 2 роки тому +16

      @@thomsboys77 People are still saying this?

    • @MrArchie800
      @MrArchie800 2 роки тому +6

      I still remember people (some relatives) who considered getting into a brawl as being the 'perfect end to a good night out'

  • @kevinmunday5782
    @kevinmunday5782 3 роки тому +59

    It's amazing how actors like, Harris, o ' toole , and burton, could live such Boozed up hedonistic lifestyles, and still deliver such remarkable performances on stage and in films....Such talent .....

    • @michaelmoore1386
      @michaelmoore1386 8 місяців тому +3

      and Oliver Reed, Robert Shaw. All time drinkers and actors.

    • @phillipc4460
      @phillipc4460 7 місяців тому

      Their roles would dry up today like ash and they'd be pilloried on social media. I have become and old fogey who misses the past.@@michaelmoore1386

  • @circles07
    @circles07 9 місяців тому +17

    I had the greatest pleasure of acting with Richard Harris. I played Mordred ,the evil son of King Arthur [played by Richar] in Camelot on stage at The Appollo Victoria .

    • @ziggersz4899
      @ziggersz4899 28 днів тому

      How was that? He's my favorite of anyone.❤

  • @oingoboink
    @oingoboink 5 років тому +833

    I can't even imagine the days of Richard Harris, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed all hanging out together rip-roaring drunk. In 1960s London pubs shouting profane jokes and Shakespeare quotes at each other in their legendary theater-trained voices. That combination of talent and ability to hold alcohol will never be seen again.

    • @gabrielhershman2313
      @gabrielhershman2313 5 років тому +14

      They didn't - it's a total myth. Burton never met Reed.

    • @tc98826
      @tc98826 5 років тому +36

      Ability to hold alcohol - do you mean alcoholic?

    • @gabrielhershman2313
      @gabrielhershman2313 5 років тому +29

      @@tc98826 Of course, they were all alcoholics but in those days alcoholism wasn't really seen as an illness. Reed couldn't "hold" his drink at all, btw. After about drink number 6 he'd get very nasty.

    • @aaronkryder6186
      @aaronkryder6186 5 років тому +6

      Oliver Reed is my hero.

    • @Sheriff_GrimLaw
      @Sheriff_GrimLaw 5 років тому +15

      @@jackfahy2283 Oh wow, we've got a little insecure leftie here. x

  • @TS-qq7vr
    @TS-qq7vr 4 роки тому +174

    "I never mind what Dames I'm called."
    Damn, she's a quick old gal.

    • @Cosmic86x
      @Cosmic86x 4 роки тому +10

      😁 just great! Dame Sybil Thorndike, one of the greatest British theatre actresses. It's surreal that she has been discovered as a theatre actress by George Bernard Shaw.

    • @peterpedant
      @peterpedant 4 роки тому +2

      Okay, Dame Edna Everage it is then!

    • @garbeal2397
      @garbeal2397 3 роки тому +4

      To think this lady was born in 1882.

  • @simonhodgetts6530
    @simonhodgetts6530 4 роки тому +126

    I’ve watched a lot of Dick Cavett clips over the years - what a consummate interviewer - quite possibly one of the best chat show hosts ever.

  • @billlozier5551
    @billlozier5551 5 років тому +163

    Few stars ever could walk out in public much less a interview show with a face that jacked up. Respect Mr. Harris for that big time. That was courageous. Hope he go the girl.

    • @s77lom49
      @s77lom49 4 роки тому +3

      he didnt get the girl... he got knocked the f*** out !

    • @bozzskaggs112
      @bozzskaggs112 4 роки тому +8

      Recall that he played rugby and played well. Cuts and bruises were something to wear for the world to see. The athlete mentality was strong with RH. Also, he embraced the wild side of his personality. Today most people will test the temperature of the culture to decide what part of their personality to sho the public. Not this guy. Who doesn't miss the "take what you get" attitude and I'll let you be who you are?

    • @jjns5600
      @jjns5600 3 роки тому +13

      @@bozzskaggs112 I was his 'room service' person the last couple of years of his life when he resided at the Surrey Hotel in NYC. He then looked entirely like Prof. Dumbledore (a year after the 1st Harry Potter), and he would invite me in to place the serving tray on his table and then have me wait in the entrance-way, as he fished for a substantial tip!! Harris was always gracious and a pleasure to serve!

    • @ziggersz4899
      @ziggersz4899 Рік тому +1

      ​@@jjns5600 nor surprising...Richard is a genuine person.....his eyes alone convey erything ...

  • @Elurin
    @Elurin 4 роки тому +36

    I remember him best as Marcus Aurelius In Gladiator. He played that role so gentle that I would never have thought him as a brawler in his younger days.

  • @Peshur
    @Peshur 5 років тому +203

    In an interview Harris's wife was asked "what was it like being married to Richard Harris?" she said "Imagine being married to someone who said they were gonna go out and buy some cigarettes and then they come bach home 2 weeks later with a tan"

    • @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39
      @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39 3 роки тому +13

      And who then says to the wife as he towers over her petite form and lovely eyes--as she actually answered the door when her returned--"Why didn't you pay the ransom????" when he heard she had actually got a lawyer to divorce him over the absences!!!!

    • @flanplan5903
      @flanplan5903 3 роки тому +13

      I have to admit, that quote is actually kinda funny, and sad given the context.

    • @woezacardoza5659
      @woezacardoza5659 2 роки тому +1

      That's me

    • @papa_pt
      @papa_pt 2 роки тому

      so a huge scumbag 😂 not a man for the married life

    • @tjp353
      @tjp353 2 роки тому +2

      @@papa_pt Maybe he was at least partly to blame, but she must have known what she was getting herself into.

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 Рік тому +14

    Love Richard Harris.
    He always brings a smile to my face.

  • @jacksprat2178
    @jacksprat2178 5 років тому +154

    Richard Harris was a badass. "A Man Called Horse" is one of my favorite movies.

    • @zerubbabelsbridge
      @zerubbabelsbridge 4 роки тому

      Aggie MacSkye I loved it! I just watched the Return... Loved it too

    • @JamesDeWeaver
      @JamesDeWeaver 4 роки тому +1

      Tremendous!

    • @catlikepizzagaming8280
      @catlikepizzagaming8280 4 роки тому +3

      Aggie MacSkye there you go I was trying to remember where I recognised him from
      Great series of films
      When he got suspended by those eagle claws I remember vividly

    • @JohnDoe-pe1em
      @JohnDoe-pe1em 4 роки тому +4

      Did you know they did not pay the Indians and abandon them on the set and drove off and left them I love the movie both of them but when you hear about stuff like that from an American Indian woman telling you that they drove off and left all the Indians that didn't pay them for their roles

    • @JamesDeWeaver
      @JamesDeWeaver 4 роки тому +6

      @@JohnDoe-pe1em Well when you see who "runs" the movie business it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone which sounds bad but it's the absolute truth!

  • @SandWolf_
    @SandWolf_ 5 років тому +66

    Oh man, he would be so proud of his son, one of the finest living actor today. The Terror and Chernobyl are masterpieces and Jared was phenomenal in both. Jared always talked lovingly about his father in any interview. It’s in the genes!

    • @finished6267
      @finished6267 2 роки тому +4

      What. His son? I'm going forthwith to find and watch said movies thank you sir.

    • @HHSDaily
      @HHSDaily Рік тому +4

      He is also in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Sea Beast and Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows.

    • @NoHeartAnthony
      @NoHeartAnthony Рік тому +4

      Mad Men too

    • @thomaspappalardo7589
      @thomaspappalardo7589 Рік тому +1

      He was also phenomenal as John Lennon in Two of Us. Mad Men too!

    • @marcosguazzin9579
      @marcosguazzin9579 Рік тому +1

      Now fondation

  • @dinahleeloo
    @dinahleeloo 5 років тому +103

    He is so attractive, he looks like a sea captain. His speaking voice is as appealing as his singing voice.

    • @dinahleeloo
      @dinahleeloo 5 років тому +2

      Yes, MacArthur Park, that is the song I eluded to. How do you feel about that song?

    • @williamholdstrom1879
      @williamholdstrom1879 4 роки тому +2

      Are you a lady, Hydeandseek?

    • @Brickcellent
      @Brickcellent 4 роки тому

      @@williamholdstrom1879 Simp.

    • @stayoung80
      @stayoung80 3 роки тому +3

      Terribly attractive! A real man!

    • @finished6267
      @finished6267 2 роки тому +2

      A man's man. Women's too, apparently!😂

  • @Brickcellent
    @Brickcellent 3 роки тому +53

    I like the way he keeps the matador involved in the conversation, it's very kind of him because he can sense he is becoming a bit isolated. The camera work even proves it.

    • @phillipecook3227
      @phillipecook3227 3 роки тому +11

      Did you notice how the matador stood up when Harris entered and only sat down when H was seated? Man you can tell this was 50 years ago.

  • @noodlessurprise
    @noodlessurprise 4 роки тому +38

    Witty, intelligent, possibly one of the best raconteurs of his time and just such much charisma ...

  • @eamonwright7488
    @eamonwright7488 5 років тому +489

    An Irishman who played Oliver Cromwell. I’m sure 99% of his fights were over that lol.

    • @Chris66able
      @Chris66able 4 роки тому +1

      @Dashing Dave Nonsense.

    • @Chris66able
      @Chris66able 4 роки тому +4

      Dashing Dave No, but your weak retort just highlights how pompous you are. People who try to elevate themselves by childish sarcasm and by attempting to undermine other people’s understanding/education are the weak. As for using Wiki, a source which has been repeatedly proved to be a corrupt source of information , you are laughable.

    • @Abcd-hr9ot
      @Abcd-hr9ot 4 роки тому

      A lot of viewres would not get d irony

    • @noelio67
      @noelio67 4 роки тому +3

      And now Sinn Fein have risen.......

    • @dizmation
      @dizmation 4 роки тому

      Most certainly 😂

  • @klemenpetrovcic3737
    @klemenpetrovcic3737 4 роки тому +18

    I love how these people from the 70' are so articulate. Even this guy, talking about movies, with bruises on his head.

  • @blackbeard63
    @blackbeard63 4 роки тому +140

    A man that lived life to the full, fantastic actor, incredible drinker and an all round womanizer. I would say RIP, but if you think a small thing like death can stop him, you don't know Richard Harris.

    • @jepcartusch1084
      @jepcartusch1084 Рік тому +7

      What beautiful word's you have for a badass

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester 8 місяців тому +1

      @@jepcartusch1084
      He wasn't so tough when Little Bill got hold of him.

    • @phillipc4460
      @phillipc4460 7 місяців тому

      The Duck of Death?@@seeharvester

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester 7 місяців тому +1

      @@phillipc4460
      lol
      "That's 'Duke' Little Bill."

  • @thedude633
    @thedude633 4 роки тому +162

    I can't believe that woman was 94 in this interview. she looked way younger

    • @danielwhittaker695
      @danielwhittaker695 3 роки тому +2

      WELL SHE DIED AGED 93 5 YEARS AFTER THIS INTERVIEW SO...................

    • @jerribee1
      @jerribee1 3 роки тому +5

      @@danielwhittaker695 Whenever someone finishes a sentence with so, I have to reread it with Jordan Peterson's voice in my head.

    • @phillipecook3227
      @phillipecook3227 3 роки тому

      @@jerribee1 Ah but he didn't finish the sentence with the word "so"; he simply finished writing ..... gotcha : )

  • @tmrezzek5728
    @tmrezzek5728 5 років тому +62

    Richard Harris: an untouchable storyteller! I love the line-up of guests Cavett has here.

  • @claudiusii2863
    @claudiusii2863 5 років тому +184

    Such a legend, there's no one like him nowadays.

    • @NxDoyle
      @NxDoyle 5 років тому +17

      This is the most trite, lazy and ultimately very boring type of comment on UA-cam. For some reason it seems like every bit of 'old' footage, whether it's an old song, or show, or talk show appearance can't be uploaded without some gormless twit remarking 'yesterday good, today bad'.
      Why is it that so many people lack the ability to laud the past without lamenting the present? It's just so hackneyed and dull.

    • @dannyrand4678
      @dannyrand4678 5 років тому +2

      Talkin like Colin Farrell doesnt exist

    • @claudiusii2863
      @claudiusii2863 5 років тому +18

      @@NxDoyle Why does my comment bother you so bad? did I offend you in any way? It's easy to respect people's opinion man. I think that, due to the times we live in, it is impossible to see nowadays characters like Harris, O'toole, Burton, because they would probably be killed instantly by public opinion (in some cases with reason). This is what I am referring to, I am sorry I did not explain it more detailed, I guessed that people would easily understand this. Especially smart folks like you :)

    • @geneobrien8907
      @geneobrien8907 5 років тому +12

      ​@@NxDoyle What's dull are ethugs and their witless ad hominem attacks. BTW, just because someone comments that some contemporary things are not as good as the same things from the past doesn't mean their assessment is wrong. It also doesn't mean they "lack the ability to laud the past without lamenting the present".

    • @seazMB
      @seazMB 5 років тому +2

      @Walrus Morpheus lol damn! harsh...and maybe even on the wrong comment..u alrite?

  • @itsaashish
    @itsaashish 4 роки тому +32

    Damn he looks like young Dumbledore as played by Jude Law. Perfect throwback casting.

    • @flanplan5903
      @flanplan5903 3 роки тому

      Exactly! And speaking voice wise, he does sound very similar to his son Jared.

  • @roberttownsend7397
    @roberttownsend7397 3 роки тому +37

    Clint Eastwood said that the part of English Bob in Unforgiven was written especially with Harris in mind. He had never met Harris but had been a fan of his for many years. Harris was a big Eastwood fan and accepted the part on the spot. Asked to describe what Harris was really like Clint gave his honest opinion. Huge in size and personality, gifted as an actor and without a doubt a little more than slightly insane!

    • @DrCrabfingers
      @DrCrabfingers 2 роки тому +4

      6'0" not huge...but wild I guess, like the Irish can be...

    • @ziggersz4899
      @ziggersz4899 Рік тому +2

      ​@@DrCrabfingers 6'2"......every inch worth it!❤🇮🇪🍀💚

  • @SimplyAustins
    @SimplyAustins 5 років тому +236

    His speech in the Oliver Cromwell movie addressed to parliament is one of the greatest scenes in movie history. I just wish someone would use the same speech in real life today.
    RIP Richard, you are etched into my childhood memories thanks to my grandfather.

    • @Aaron-lr1di
      @Aaron-lr1di 5 років тому

      When are you gonna upload another video? 😂

    • @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39
      @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39 3 роки тому +5

      Our sympathy--things got worse and worse over here in US as our traitors made too nice with the City of London bankers now jointly we are ruining the world as much as possible.

    • @kangarookids7497
      @kangarookids7497 3 роки тому

      @@verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39 Got that right !!! The Fed.

    • @morethanjustforkicks
      @morethanjustforkicks 3 роки тому +1

      It's interesting that he played that role as Cromwell is infamous in Ireland and Harris would have known that. Played it brilliantly.

    • @ciaranryan5265
      @ciaranryan5265 2 роки тому +2

      @@morethanjustforkicks Cromwell and those who fought for him removed the divine right of Kings from England and in that he struck to the left, but in Ireland he did not listen to the left of his movement who opposed the Irish campaign but accepted the money from London's business class to crush the Irish rebellion.

  • @chairde
    @chairde 5 років тому +58

    I love them all for being real.

  • @ogredad55
    @ogredad55 3 роки тому +11

    Dear The Dick Cavett Show: Thanks for sharing this. Richard Harris's fight story is a Real Classic! It's so funny and NOT easily forgotten!

  • @merlhemlok007
    @merlhemlok007 5 років тому +48

    Members of the lost art, kindness and chivalry. The gentlemanly comments to the elderly women were genuine and beautiful

  • @fergaoneill5323
    @fergaoneill5323 9 місяців тому +6

    The late Richard Harris world master class actor rest in peace legend

  • @mrsmacca126
    @mrsmacca126 8 місяців тому +2

    I adore Richard Harris.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @franksfiddle9031
    @franksfiddle9031 3 роки тому +8

    "I can't help noticing a lot of your face is not injured ..." .. .brilliant

  • @jackfahy2283
    @jackfahy2283 5 років тому +75

    One of the finest Irish actors ever. Only found out yesterday his son plays one of the main characters in HBO's "Chernobyl".

    • @rob_3417
      @rob_3417 5 років тому +2

      No shit? Going to Google now thanks for sharing

    • @jackfahy2283
      @jackfahy2283 5 років тому

      @@rob_3417 I didn't notice until Chernobyl first aired and I looked at his IMDB and it said that, pretty crazy

    • @Dagbar81
      @Dagbar81 5 років тому +3

      He's brilliant as Moriarty too.

    • @shawna9635
      @shawna9635 4 роки тому

      And his step dad was Rex Harrison from my fair lady

    • @dariusthepersian8359
      @dariusthepersian8359 4 роки тому

      @@shawna9635 No he wasn't. Rex Harrison married Harris's ex-wife, not his mother.

  • @thatguyfromscranton9791
    @thatguyfromscranton9791 3 роки тому +47

    I would hate to be in a fight with Harris. The guy was a beast. The guy started for Munster and probably would have made the Ireland team if he kept the sport up. He was known for being a savage in rucks and a tackling specialist

    • @brianwalsh1401
      @brianwalsh1401 2 роки тому +6

      He caused his brain and his body a lot of trauma from rugby and I'm sure the booze didn't help. He was a great actor.

  • @laur51
    @laur51 4 роки тому +356

    A good bar fight where nobody got stabbed or shot and no police involved those days are gone eh

    • @artandculture5262
      @artandculture5262 4 роки тому +7

      Laurent H No video from smart phones, either.

    • @r13hd22
      @r13hd22 4 роки тому

      Yeah no they are not and yes they had them back then also...

    • @frankspence8723
      @frankspence8723 4 роки тому +7

      Lost humanity - everyone wants to call the police shouting "assault" if you touch them.

    • @kallekula1860
      @kallekula1860 4 роки тому +2

      Down to drugs weren't, then, engineered to instantly fry your brains.

    • @spinofthewheel5345
      @spinofthewheel5345 4 роки тому

      All comes down to power

  • @weeverob
    @weeverob 5 років тому +17

    back in the day when there were just 3 networks there was public television and each evening i looked forward to the wonderful conversation of Dick and his guests.

    • @weeverob
      @weeverob Рік тому +1

      @D yes, Monday thru Friday. the art of conversation has been lost.

  • @sniffableandirresistble
    @sniffableandirresistble 3 роки тому +3

    One of the greats

  • @Red__Law
    @Red__Law 4 роки тому +7

    Absolute legend - period.

  • @joanl5600
    @joanl5600 2 роки тому +10

    Richard Harris was one of the finest actors and gorgeous man who ever graced the stage. I will never forget his unbelievable acting in This Sporting Life. I fell in love with him then and still get tearful watching him in anything. He died too young. What I would have given to see him in person. God rest your soul, Richard Harris! You were the best.

    • @goalltheway-pm8xs
      @goalltheway-pm8xs 2 роки тому

      Am I the only one to think, there is a distinctive Irish look...there is actually a Conor McGregor thing coming through on this ...

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Рік тому +1

      I loved him in A Man Called Horse.

    • @ziggersz4899
      @ziggersz4899 Рік тому

      ​@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 I love him in everything. Check out a movie called Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid...Richard Harris looks phenomenal...he even tops himself....also,, he is 50 in it and looks waaaaay better than any guy much younger. Seriously...he's jaw dropping sexxxy in this film. Watch it.❤❤❤

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Рік тому

      Me too

  • @turbotek-wj8vc
    @turbotek-wj8vc 4 роки тому +23

    Decency, good humor, wit. We're suffering through a penury of these.

    • @generalyellor8188
      @generalyellor8188 3 роки тому +2

      Right. Too bad there aren't more movie stars these days who violent alcoholics in denial.

    • @finished6267
      @finished6267 2 роки тому

      So true. There are still civilized men among us. Rare, and mostly unappreciated.

  • @capitanfuturo594
    @capitanfuturo594 4 роки тому +15

    Richard Harris was a great, great actor.
    He was one of my favorite actors.

  • @Eire_Go_Deo
    @Eire_Go_Deo 5 років тому +4

    I’ve never seen this before. And I have seen ALL Richard Harris interviews. He’s a hero of mine! Thanks for the upload. I’m immensely fond of Dick Cavett

  • @healix123
    @healix123 5 років тому +10

    A gentleman ... considerate and clever

  • @RewindingVHS
    @RewindingVHS 5 років тому +9

    This was an absolute joy. Thanks for sharing.

  • @charlieedgars1680
    @charlieedgars1680 5 років тому +894

    He looks like Conor McGregor’s grandfather.

    • @reddimore9355
      @reddimore9355 5 років тому +18

      Exactly what I was gonna say.

    • @homesteadnewbie
      @homesteadnewbie 5 років тому +13

      That's what I was thinking I was like let me look in the comments see if somebody's mentioned that yet

    • @BA-ev4cq
      @BA-ev4cq 5 років тому +14

      Foooook!!!!

    • @raymurf7953
      @raymurf7953 5 років тому +2

      Hahaha

    • @raymurf7953
      @raymurf7953 4 роки тому +15

      @Sinjin Smyth maybe but he definitely looks like him here , NOTHING to do with the accent , doesn't sound abit like him ,Mac got that strong Dublin accent , rich clearly has a Limerick accent just saying!! ☘️

  • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
    @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Рік тому +11

    Dick Cavett is so quick and witty. He was class. God, I can't watch Fallon. He's always laughing and whooping it up and getting his guests to do the same. I'm a big fan of Richard Harris. Great actor. I didn't know he got into fights.

    • @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS
      @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS 11 місяців тому

      Ah Fallon isn't too bad, he's a decent enough person (which is saying a fair amount for a Hollywood type) and the product of a totally different age.
      He certainly isn't a match in terms of charisma and wits that's for certain, but you could do a lot worse than that (the unfortunate fatty fatty, two by four, can't fit through the kitchen door that we here in the UK somehow managed to dump on the Americans comes to mind).

  • @Applecorecafe
    @Applecorecafe 5 років тому +62

    Ah, the day's when television served a purpose for humanity. Mr. Cavett is a genius and role-model for humans.

    • @allenfenwick6257
      @allenfenwick6257 2 роки тому +2

      Television has only ever been a vehicle for advertising.

    • @brianwalsh1401
      @brianwalsh1401 2 роки тому +1

      @@allenfenwick6257 Advertising and entertainment go hand and hand. It's called show business for a reason.

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 5 років тому +42

    Quite simply the most interesting talk show America ever made. Such an amazing time I'm only disappointed I wasn't alive to see it in its prime

    • @mwhitelaw8569
      @mwhitelaw8569 5 років тому +2

      It was an awesome time
      No PC culture
      No seat belts
      Hardly any traffic
      And barely anything open after midnight

    • @jamesrobiscoe1174
      @jamesrobiscoe1174 5 років тому +1

      So happy to hear someone of a new generation recognizes the value of Cavett and his interviews. He did the homework to prepare and it keeps the conversations bubbling and generally with ease. For me and most of my friends it was required viewing for its candor, intelligence, and introduction to "inside the guest".

    • @user-uh6lm5wv6n
      @user-uh6lm5wv6n 4 роки тому

      @@jamesrobiscoe1174 100% correct, check out his segment when he had Brando on, he states that he spoke with Brando on the phone for hours before the show. Now you have Kimmel an absolute joke and waste of space

    • @Syfoll
      @Syfoll 3 роки тому

      @@mwhitelaw8569 What's wrong with PC culture? Kids are trying to better the world and make it more inclusive... How is that bad??

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Рік тому

      @@user-uh6lm5wv6n Absolutely. Fallon too. I can't watch them.

  • @erawa2740
    @erawa2740 5 років тому +105

    That's how he became the calm and wise Dumbledore.

    • @ironymatt
      @ironymatt 5 років тому +5

      Ah well, yes, he was over 40 by then you see, well over indeed, can't be carrying on quite so much, after all...

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 5 років тому +1

      HARRYDIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTOTHEGOBLET? So calm.

    • @tom.b4461
      @tom.b4461 4 роки тому +12

      @@jamiestewart48 That was Michael Gambon.

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 4 роки тому +1

      Hodgkins Disease doesn't hurt the transition either.

    • @kevinroche3334
      @kevinroche3334 4 роки тому

      @@tom.b4461 I'll assume you are a child. Michael Gambon took over the role after Richard Harris died...OK?

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 роки тому +11

    “What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.”
    ― Tennessee Williams

  • @GuyMannDudeTheOnly
    @GuyMannDudeTheOnly 4 роки тому +6

    I loved Richard Harris....One of the most entertaining actors of our time....

  • @SavoPaddy
    @SavoPaddy 5 років тому +4

    Fantastic clip. Loved Harris, he was an icon in Ireland but less well known to younger generations now unfortunately. Dick Cavett always such a wonderful humble and intelligent interviewer.

  • @DrHogfan
    @DrHogfan 5 років тому +15

    I just can't get my mind around this guy singing "someone left the cake out in the rain"

    • @greglapointe1311
      @greglapointe1311 5 років тому

      Ha Ha

    • @CSUnger
      @CSUnger 5 років тому

      Didn't he win a million dollar bet over that song? Or am I mistaken?

  • @adolphsanchez1429
    @adolphsanchez1429 2 роки тому +8

    Fighting was much more common 50, 40, even 30 years ago. I haven't been in very many fights in my life (I could count them on one hand and still have fingers left over), but I've noticed how much rarer they have become in our current era. Maybe it's due to the fact that one bar fight can lead to ten years in jail today.

  • @carolynboutiette9626
    @carolynboutiette9626 2 роки тому +2

    They don't make them like that anymore!! Such a magnificent talent. What a voice! I miss you so. 😂

  • @harryrupertus2075
    @harryrupertus2075 5 років тому +5

    Aaahhh the good old days. Miss em very much. Good video 👍 brings back a time worth remembering 🤣👍🤘

  • @smackedinthejaw
    @smackedinthejaw 5 років тому +133

    This is before he became both a powerful wizard AND a Roman Emperor.

  • @ErinScope
    @ErinScope 5 років тому +3

    If only we could get days like this back .

  • @NJTDover
    @NJTDover 2 роки тому +1

    "That's my favorite line" and "A lot of your face is not injured" ... sarcasm at its finest. When the telly was worth watching.

  • @ronalds.658
    @ronalds.658 4 роки тому +3

    Years ago I saw Harris in Camelot in the Pantages theater in Hollywood. He was a wonderful actor.

  • @sharkhunt9476
    @sharkhunt9476 5 років тому +9

    Back in time when things were so much better for most of us.

  • @waves0100
    @waves0100 3 роки тому +29

    I had to laugh when Shia LaBeouf tried to compare himself to Richard Harris and Oliver Reed, the good old days of the hellraisers are gone but watching the real hellraisers back in the day are just brilliant

    • @1369buddy
      @1369buddy 3 роки тому +5

      LaBeouf is to Harris,, what Peewee Hermann is to Dave Chappelle
      LaBeouf us a joke

    • @kennethwayne6857
      @kennethwayne6857 3 роки тому +6

      No comparison, none at all. LaBeouf is no hellraiser and even less of an actor. I can picture Richard and Oliver laughing their asses off in Heaven if they heard this.

    • @ruly8153
      @ruly8153 2 роки тому +3

      @@kennethwayne6857
      Harris and Reed had character
      Something Leboef doesn’t have at all.

  • @Allegra.Riggio
    @Allegra.Riggio 4 роки тому +2

    LEGEND

  • @nimriffirmin4937
    @nimriffirmin4937 4 роки тому +1

    I'm not that old (62) but it is the first time I see Sir Richard Harris without his mane of white hair.
    How nice of him to have gently reminded to the old dame that he starred with her in his first two movies.
    Gosh...
    You have may have liked the bottle but I find you so likeable!

    • @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39
      @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39 3 роки тому

      Great show of gallantry and respect to her age and experience exactly!!! She was back then and still was (as evidenced as being on Cavett show-- the STAR and he was little guy starting out roles lucky to be in something with HER.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 роки тому +10

    “I don't know what's worse: to not know
    what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be,
    and feel alone.”

    • @elpidioestrada55
      @elpidioestrada55 4 роки тому

      Worth writing this down, original or not. It is a gem of a statement and a valuable guide to live by.

  • @josephlemko3027
    @josephlemko3027 5 років тому +7

    Richard Harris is one of my favorite actors. He was also a fine singer, a good poet & a fabulous storyteller. He was one of the guests during
    Johnny Carson's final week of The Tonight Show.

    • @ziggersz4899
      @ziggersz4899 3 роки тому +1

      Richard Harris did a great segment on Johnny's last week. But, I think everything he does is great! 💕🇮🇪☘🙃

    • @josephlemko3027
      @josephlemko3027 3 роки тому

      @@ziggersz4899 : Always great to hear from a Richard Harris fan.

  • @derek-press
    @derek-press 4 роки тому +5

    my ,mother was in a bar in Dublin with some friends and a round of drinks arrived and the barman said it was compliments of the gentleman at the bar ...none other than Richard Harris, my mother's small claim to fame lol

  • @bitcoinbelle
    @bitcoinbelle 3 роки тому +7

    "I never mind what dames I'm called."
    #savage

  • @jackspry9736
    @jackspry9736 2 роки тому +6

    RIP and long live Dame Sybil Thorndike (October 24, 1882 - June 9, 1976), aged 93
    And
    RIP and long live Richard Harris (October 1, 1930 - October 25, 2002), aged 72
    You both will always be remembered as legends.

  • @ChrisMisc1
    @ChrisMisc1 5 років тому +44

    Amazing. I remember him from 'Unforgiven' - English Bob. Never seen him young before.

    • @ajivins1
      @ajivins1 5 років тому +3

      Try to find 'This Sporting Life'.

    • @jasonhamon8005
      @jasonhamon8005 5 років тому +1

      Richard looks in this interview like "Little Bill" Gene Hackman had beaten him as bad as in Unforgiven!

    • @J-SH06
      @J-SH06 5 років тому

      Jason Hamon yeah great in that.

    • @J-SH06
      @J-SH06 5 років тому

      ajivins1 he was a tank in that

    • @DedicatedSpartan
      @DedicatedSpartan 5 років тому +1

      Watch Cromwell

  • @ziggersz4899
    @ziggersz4899 Рік тому +2

    Isn't Richard Harris the coolest, smartest, sexiest, most talented, likable and intriguing guy ever? Yeah, you're right.❤

  • @drbalbon7332
    @drbalbon7332 Рік тому +2

    Someone asked Harris once what the difference was between him in his youth and contemporary actors such as Tom Cruise, to which he replied: a bottle of vodka.

  • @arctex5745
    @arctex5745 5 років тому +25

    'Never mind what dames I'm called'...that was fast, she slays

  • @maxducoudray
    @maxducoudray 5 років тому +55

    The best Dumbledore, taken from us too soon.

    • @jennifersman7990
      @jennifersman7990 5 років тому +1

      Max Maloney He said he took the role because his granddaughter said if he didn’t, she’d never speak to him again

    • @Cazz8203
      @Cazz8203 5 років тому +5

      Too soon? How old do you expect people to live?

    • @maxducoudray
      @maxducoudray 5 років тому

      Tilly Divine I know him for plenty more than that.

    • @maxducoudray
      @maxducoudray 5 років тому +1

      Tilly Divine K

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 4 роки тому

      I was never a fan of the series, but I have to agree about his Dumbledore. He had the gravitas of a man who'd seen too much.

  • @seanclark2531
    @seanclark2531 Рік тому +2

    Came for Harris by can't say enough about Cavett.He was a young, hip and cerebral in a era known for its talk shows.

  • @harrodsfan
    @harrodsfan 2 роки тому

    Classic. I had a good chuckle 😁

  • @Shazbut-he3ne
    @Shazbut-he3ne 4 роки тому +5

    Sybil Thorndike is so cool. I have to use "I had real jam once" in conversation

  • @Kev80ification
    @Kev80ification 5 років тому +80

    A true hellraier Harris was, and a fine actor!

    • @weeverob
      @weeverob 5 років тому +4

      his son Jared has continued the acting name and in my estimation surpassed his father. he's currently in HBO's Chernobyl and last year was in AMC's The Terror.

    • @Kev80ification
      @Kev80ification 5 років тому

      @@weeverob I must check it out!!

    • @patrickmorgan4006
      @patrickmorgan4006 5 років тому +3

      @@weeverob He may be an actor on a par with his father, but will never approach him as a personality. Good actors are a dime a dozen. Great personalities are rare. This is not to slight Harris the younger, but to praise the elder.

    • @rob_3417
      @rob_3417 5 років тому

      @@weeverob nah

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Рік тому

      @@weeverob Chernobyl, most terrifying film I ever saw. Horror movies have nothing on it.

  • @RecklessBones
    @RecklessBones 4 роки тому +2

    Only just discovering the Dick Cavett show, and what some amazing guests he’s had on it!

    • @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39
      @verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39 3 роки тому

      Find the online hour or so long one about Dick Cavett's Watergate--nation is indebted to this man.

  • @brianharrington5333
    @brianharrington5333 4 роки тому +2

    legend

  • @darreylhenderson8979
    @darreylhenderson8979 5 років тому +3

    "I never Mind, I never mind what dame i'm called." LOLZZZ

  • @anthonynewsome
    @anthonynewsome 3 роки тому +3

    Unique - they can't make them like they used to DC was amazing loved that he respected all guests and they could talk away

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 4 роки тому +1

    the late great Richard Harris... always loved the heroes of telemark which he starred in back in the mid 60's.

  • @aaoppe
    @aaoppe 3 роки тому +1

    No one incarnates «Irish charm» like Richard Harris. I could listen to that guy tell stories all day.

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 4 роки тому +79

    1971 "The fight was worth it because it was over a woman."
    2019 "You can have her."

    • @Andrew-el8xi
      @Andrew-el8xi 4 роки тому +4

      Yer you got that right ! Mate now lives in a van !

    • @A_M_P_
      @A_M_P_ 4 роки тому +2

      Mate nownlives in a van? Wtf does that mean?

    • @drew19799
      @drew19799 4 роки тому +6

      2020: plot twist it was a “they”

    • @Syfoll
      @Syfoll 3 роки тому +1

      @@drew19799 And why would that be wrong

    • @ElVictorSantos
      @ElVictorSantos 3 роки тому +6

      @@Syfoll *You* are what would be wrong. Virtue signalling cancel culture SJWs are what killed the spirit of entertainment shows like this. When people spoke honestly and gave their opinion freely and could tell jokes for laughter instead of claps.
      2020: plot twist it was a “they”
      This is clearly satire, nostalgically reflecting on the 50 year _progressive_ decline from the 1970's to 2020.

  • @gordonroy7860
    @gordonroy7860 4 роки тому +3

    Now this guy was the type of movie star I loved growing up!!

  • @wk1810
    @wk1810 3 роки тому +1

    Man In The Wilderness - one of my favorite films.

  • @cmomofilm
    @cmomofilm 2 роки тому +2

    My mates grandad was a DOP on a film Richard Harris starred in, shot in the UK, and his stories about the few weeks of filming, well the evenings, are hilarious and mental. Harris was the real deal, hard living, hard fighting, hard drinking Celtic man.

  • @GullyFoyleTerra
    @GullyFoyleTerra 3 роки тому +15

    I would argue his son, Jared, is almost a mirror image of his father.

    • @lb2455
      @lb2455 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, and the same voice!

    • @fayenance9538
      @fayenance9538 2 роки тому +1

      They are very similar, but its their voices that are so close.

    • @DrMcMoist
      @DrMcMoist 2 роки тому +1

      Damn fine actor too.

  • @scoots8519
    @scoots8519 5 років тому +4

    The Dick Cavett show was one of the best shows that was ever on television.

  • @MRAPEXPREDATOR1
    @MRAPEXPREDATOR1 2 роки тому +2

    His accent is brilliant, it’s like English Irish mixed. What an actor!!

  • @christopherjohnson2171
    @christopherjohnson2171 4 місяці тому +2

    My wish is to travel back to the 70's and go out to a bar with Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Lee Marvin, and Charles Bronson.

  • @angelcitygirl
    @angelcitygirl 4 роки тому +12

    All hail the king. King Arthur.

  • @danhagerdanhager
    @danhagerdanhager 3 роки тому +28

    Back in the day when chat shows were made by grown ups, for grown ups.

  • @stanleyban
    @stanleyban 4 роки тому +1

    Delightful!!

  • @erroleabrown4317
    @erroleabrown4317 4 роки тому

    Much love to all of you