maqroll Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Superb actor, probably got the biggest break in film history by making his debut as Lawrence of Arabia... Rest in Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Never knew he died until i read it on here. Lawrence of Arabia is one of the greatest films ever made and he was superb in it. Haven't seen too much else with him in. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2013 Sad news RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 15, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 15, 2013 Sad news but he had a bloody great life RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2013 Amazed he lived so long given his drinking habits. One of the old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Amazed he lived so long given his drinking habits. One of the old school. Him, Burton and Reed used to absolutely tonk it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Sad news. I had a pint with him once - then again that probably goes for many thousands of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 15, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just learnt of this here. An English icon. Rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 RIP. LoA will always be a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted December 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2013 A couple of tidbits from QI: Richard Harris once went on stage drunk and fell down on the stage floor. Someone in the audience shouted "Harris is drunk!" at which point Harris stood up and said "If you think I'm drunk, wait until you see O'Toole" Peter O'Toole got drunk with someone in a pub and they both decided to see a play. O'Toole nudged his friend and said "You'll like this; this is where I come on...Oh shit!" As Bicks said, he's had a good life. RIP. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2013 Only just found out that he grew up in Leeds. And I was even more amazed to discover that LoA was his first film role, and that he was an unknown when he got the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted December 16, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 16, 2013 http://youtu.be/vMUQZ7VTqh0 Brilliant, especially the bit about he and his mate not getting served at 4am so he bought the bar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 24, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 24, 2013 His finest role was as Cedric Willingham in the masterpiece that is King Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 A couple of classic stories is one that he went for a drink in Paris and woke up in Corsica. And when he went on a drinking binge with a young Michael Caine, Caine woke up and said 'what time it is' and O'Toole said 'Never mind what time it is, what f**king day it is'! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom_Wren Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 lege. end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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