Peter O'Toole has died

Sir Humphrey Appleby

A great Irishman and a great actor, and a very great loss. RIP Peter O'Toole.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1215/493044-peter-otoole-/
Methinks I may just get drunk in his memory!

wp_rathead

Thoughts with his family

Fantastic actor and shame he never won that Oscar despite 8 nominations

My name is URL

That's a terror. Was just reading a bit about him and his mad drinking sessions the other day..

While shooting 'The Lion In Winter', O'Toole cut off the top of his finger in a boating accident. He popped the finger in some brandy he was drinking, before pushing it back into place and wrapping with a bandage. Three weeks later he took the bandage off, and found he'd put it on the wrong way round, "probably because of the brandy, which I drank," explained O'Toole.

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-editors/peter-o-toole-80-best-drinking-stories-132719697.html

The Aussie

He did receive a honorary Oscar in 2003...... a bit of a Bridesmaid win

Good Actor in his day.

the groutch

Goodbye Mr Chips

murpho999

RIP Peter O'Toole. A great actor.

As usual, UK media will say he was British.

wp_rathead

My Name Is URL wrote:

That's a terror. Was just reading a bit about him and his mad drinking sessions the other day..

Another great one:

He went out boozing with Michael Caine when he was O'Toole's understudy for 'The Long And The Short And The Tall' at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959. The last thing Michael Caine remembered was eating egg and chips, before waking up in a strange flat with a headache. "What time is it?" he inquired. "Never mind what time it is," said O'Toole. "What f***ing day is it?" Two days had passed and they were due on stage in three hours.

Marcus Halberstram

He was a fantastic actor. Lawrence of Arabia was truly brilliant. I love the music from it too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irPSvEkQl8Q

Amazing actor.

wp_rathead

Sunnyisland

RIP.

My name is URL

Legend!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K561m7Nq7kk

arybvtcw0eolkf

I'm looking forward to tomorrow RTE news for the deaf.

seenitall

RIP.

Him, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed were the original hellraisers (I am euphemising here :pac:). The likes of Colin Farrell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, with their rehabs and their yoga retreats, will never be able to touch those four. Although they've both tried their very best.

Skid X

The Aussie wrote: »

He did receive a honorary Oscar in 2003...... a bit of a Bridesmaid win

Good Actor in his day.

I loved his initial response when they offered him the honorary oscar

O'Toole nearly turned down the award, sending a letter asking that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hold off on the honorary Oscar until he turned 80.
Hoping another Oscar-worthy role would come his way, O'Toole wrote: 'I am still in the game and might win the bugger outright.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2524166/Film-legend-Peter-OToole-dies-age-81.html


And he did get another nomination afterwards, it would been amazing to see him finally get it.

Great actor, a legend of a man. RIP.

Crea

Sad to hear this. RIP.

Lapin

RIP to a great fellow Galwayman.

efb

RIP

timthumbni

seenitall wrote: »

RIP.

Him, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed were the original hellraisers (I am euphemising here :pac:). The likes of Colin Farrell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, with their rehabs and their yoga retreats, will never be able to touch those four. Although they've both tried their very best.

Don't dare mention colin Farrell in the same breath as the first 4 again. Farrell is about as wild as a night in a church. His "wildness" was manufactured. The first 4 were legends and rightly so. Ollie reed was madder than a box of frogs.

I remember o'toole talking about drinking bottles of brandy with Omar sharif as they had no other mixers. Legend...

hansfrei

Couldn't get a.late drink so he bought the pub. Legend

Tramps Like Us

How does abusing alcohol like a moron make you a legend?

Good actor, RIP

Sir Humphrey Appleby

hansfrei wrote: »

Couldn't get a.late drink so he bought the pub. Legend

Kinda sums him up.
He will be in good company with the inimitable Harris and the outrageous Reed.

wp_rathead

timthumbni wrote: »

I remember o'toole talking about drinking bottles of brandy with Omar sharif as they had no other mixers. Legend...

Brandy with milk, and Omar Sharif was tied to a camel

smcgiff

Had been feeling great after Liverpool's win.

RIP YOU LEGEND

Daqster

Never a fan of the movies he was famous for, prefered the original Mr.Chips and Laurence of Arabia bored me, his performances in those films interested me more. Loved King Ralph though, which he was class in also.

RIP, a true acting legend.

OldRio

RIP
Pure star

Skid X

timthumbni wrote: »

Don't dare mention colin Farrell in the same breath as the first 4 again.

Did you even read the post you quoted?

seenitall wrote: »

RIP.

Him, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed were the original hellraisers (I am euphemising here :pac:). The likes of Colin Farrell and Jonathan Rhys-Myers, with their rehabs and their yoga retreats, will never be able to touch those four. Although they've both tried their very best.

Da Shins Kelly

Seems like a life well-lived to the fullest. RIP to a great actor, probably the greatest actor to never win an Oscar.

Maire2009

"The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise."

RIP

RobFowl

RIP

Howard Juneau

Rest In Porter

Femme_Fatale

Those eyes...

murpho999 wrote: »

RIP Peter O'Toole. A great actor.

As usual, UK media will say he was British.

He was. He was only born in Ireland, and there's even a question hanging over that. Grew up in England. Irish father all right though.

Tramps Like Us wrote: »

How does abusing alcohol like a moron make you a legend?

Yeh I don't have any issue with people loving to party, and love a good session myself, but this "Legend" stuff in relation to people who'd be looked-down-upon winos if they didn't have money, is so teenage.

Lapin

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

He was. He was only born in Ireland, and there's even a question hanging over that. Grew up in England. Irish father all right though.

He regarded himself as being Irish.

Held an Irish passport.

take everything

RIP.
A lot of household names passing away recently.

Too Tough To Die

RIP Gandalf:(

Skid X

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Yeh I don't have any issue with people loving to party, and love a good session myself, but this "Legend" stuff in relation to people who'd be looked-down-upon winos if they didn't have money, is so teenage.

Being addicted to drink didn't make him a legend.

Being a great actor and a having an unforgettable personality did

3DataModem

That's definitely put the kibosh on the Supergirl sequel. Feck.

old hippy

A great actor. Farewell.

quickbeam

RIP.

BBC's webpage doesn't call him British in fairness. Doesn't call him Irish either, mind: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25393557

Beano

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

RIP Gandalf:(

That was Ian McKellen not Peter O'Toole

Grid.

RIP Pete:(

Andersonisgod

Very sad to hear, watching Lawrence of Arabia, even now, you know that you are watching an epic film, the scale, the cinematography, the legendary soundtrack but even greater than all of those glaring facets is the performance of Peter O'Toole, in his breakthrough role, he oozes charisma. His every movement and expression captives the screen, your eye cant help but be drawn to him despite the sweeping beauty of the desert landscape. imo, it remains one of the all time great leading man performances cinema has ever seen.

RIP Peter O'Toole

dxhound2005

quickbeam wrote: »

RIP.

BBC's webpage doesn't call him British in fairness. Doesn't call him Irish either, mind: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25393557

BBC Radio 2 news reported President Higgins tribute.

Ireland, and the world, has lost one of the giants of film and theatre

Muise...

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Those eyes...

He was. He was only born in Ireland, and there's even a question hanging over that. Grew up in England. Irish father all right though.


Yeh I don't have any issue with people loving to party, and love a good session myself, but this "Legend" stuff in relation to people who'd be looked-down-upon winos if they didn't have money, is so teenage.

Those eyes indeed...

I think the legendary thing about him was that he managed to be ridiculously stylish even when drunk, unlike Reed, who would speak in tongues, or Harris, who was a bit of a crank.

Duckworth_Luas

Beano wrote: »

That was Ian McKellen not Peter O'Toole

I think you're mixing him up with Dumbledore!

timthumbni

wprathead wrote: »

Brandy with milk, and Omar Sharif was tied to a camel

That's the one. Love those stories.

Agricola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOU3gDncP4k

Sir Humphrey Appleby

As a youngster I always remember him playing "Big Jim Larkin" in Strumpet City on RTE.

judge_dredd

he seemed like a charechter but i always thought he was very over rated as an actor , always played the shakespearean high brow roles , in fact he played that role off stage aswell

Sir Humphrey Appleby

judge_dredd wrote: »

he seemed like a charechter but i always thought he was very over rated as an actor , always played the shakespearean high brow roles , in fact he played that role off stage aswell

When and more importantly IF you ever grow up you might, if you are lucky, gain an appreciation of real talent and real charisma.

Pang

Thought he was a great actor. Loved Lawrence in Arabia.