Televisions greatest drunkard

harry Bailey esq

John dunsworth,the guy who plays Mr. Lahey in trailer park boys is a fantastic on screen dipso,i know a fair few incurable alcoholics and dunsworth absolutely nails it,what makes it even more impressive is that the chap is teetotal in real life.Steve Mc Fadden (Phil Mitchell,EastEnders) and Johnny Vegas have also had some memorable moments,although with the latter its hard to define where the man stops and the character starts.
Thoughts?Who plays the the most convincing p1ss artist on telly?

Menas

Frank from Shameless - sure he is always pissed.

the evasion_kid

Father jack

Generic Dreadhead

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Johnny Vegas have also had some memorable moments

*shudder*

He's a f**king awful comic

Slicemeister

Onslow in Keeping up Appearances, brilliantly acted by Eddie Yeats :-)

iDave

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Barney_Gumble.png

Menas

Rabb C Nesbit....at least I think he was pissed all the time - it could be his accent though.

Wide Load

Bernard Black

SEPT 23 1989

Richard E Grant,Withnail & I

harry Bailey esq

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Frank from Shameless - sure he is always pissed.

I dunno how old frank flew over my head,he easily trumps phil mitchell and johnny vegas

Tombi!

In what manner?
I mean Charlie from Two and a Half men always struck me as the alcoholic in terms of sheer abuse of it but not physically in need of it.

I'd vote for him.

Valetta

Eamonn from The Riordan's when he appeared on The Late Late Show.

Menas

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I dunno how old frank flew over my head,he easily trumps phil mitchell and johnny vegas

He didnt fly over your head because he was passed out on the floor and you stepped over him.

dark crystal

Phil Mitchell from Eastenders played an outstanding drunkard. He genuinely looked half cut, with the bloodshot eyes and everything.

My favourite film drunk is Michael Caine in Educating Rita. The scene where he's pissed up in a nightclub... Brilliant stuff.

Mr. CooL ICE

the evasion_kid wrote: »

Father jack

Henry Sellers was better

jamesbere

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Henry Sellers was better

I made the BBC









Hick*

Hoop66

I am the liquor Randy...

harry Bailey esq

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Richard E Grant,Withnail & I

"Nonsense, this a far superior drink to meths,the w&nkers don't drink it because they can't afford it"

Yurt2

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

"Nonsense, this a far superior drink to meths,the w&nkers don't drink it because they can't afford it"

McNulty: Hard assed, high functioning alcoholic cop with a heart of gold.

FunLover18

NORM!!!

Although he was never really drunk because I think he was immune to alcohol.

Aenaes

Eamon Dunphy.

stanley1

Oliver Reed,major piss artist.

The Backwards Man

Ted Striker

Macavity.

Charlie Harper for me, just because I grew up with him on the TV. Onslo was great too though, but I was too young to really get it.

valoren

....a bottle of this... Kentucky Bourbon. Brownest of the brown liquors. What's that? You want me to drink you? But I'm in the middle of a trial!

Hutz: Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
Marge: It's 9:30 in the morning!
Hutz: Yeah, but I haven't slept in days.

- Lionel Hutz, Attorney at Law.

nullzero

No mention of Barney Gumble?

neil_hosey

couldnt agree more on Jon Dunsworth! Hes absolutely brilliant, also theres a new season of Trailer Park Boys on Netflix from the middle of march woohoo!!

I'm mowin the air rand!!

ArnoldJRimmer

Frank Gallagher does it brilliantly

honourable mentions to Sue-Ellen in Dallas and Senator Russo in House of Cards

Birneybau

nullzero wrote: »

No mention of Barney Gumble?

3rd post. Hic, I'm seeing single.

6th post.

wilhelm roentgen

John "Bluto" Blutarsky

Hoop66

wilhelm roentgen wrote: »

John "Bluto" Blutarsky

Movie drunkard. Utterly formidable and brilliant, but movie drunkard.

jelutong

Arthur Lowe playing Captain Mainwarings brother in one episode of Dads Army. Brilliant.

RayM

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Irene from Home and Away.

Luke92

Randy, I've decided to lay off the food for a bit, and go on the booze.

Hoop66

jelutong wrote: »

Arthur Lowe playing Captain Mainwarings brother in one episode of Dads Army. Brilliant.

That was on just the other week. Brilliant.

dirkmeister

I'm finally getting around to the Wire.

5 episodes in,McNulty is some man for the sauce.

ringadingding

Keith floyd, great acting :-)

conorhal

stanley1 wrote: »

Oliver Reed,major piss artist.

Stayed in character both on and off screen till the day he died. Now that's a commitment to method acting few could match!

Yamanoto

Having consulted with my legal team, I'm gonna say well known Weather presenter.

Arturo Bandini

neil_hosey wrote: »

couldnt agree more on Jon Dunsworth! Hes absolutely brilliant, also theres a new season of Trailer Park Boys on Netflix from the middle of march woohoo!!

I'm mowin the air rand!!

Really? The last season only came out a couple of months ago. It's good news all the same.

harry Bailey esq

Arturo Bandini wrote: »

Really? The last season only came out a couple of months ago. It's good news all the same.

Definitely march.Its a shame ray is gone,he was another great drunk in his own right

RichT

I remember Foster Brooks being on loads of TV shows in the 70's.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jNNFqQODKE

IamNotNumber

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Richard E Grant,Withnail & I

Also a tee totaller.

Javan

Robbie Coltrane as Cracker.

the dark phantom

RayM wrote: »

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Irene from Home and Away.

She was a vicious woman with drink. Scary as fúck.

padd b1975

Ann Doyle.

sadie06

McNulty and Bernard Black would be my favourites.

Tell me how

A lot of the above are ones you might consider as aggressive drunks, you wouldn't turn your back on them.

Norm from cheers was a happy drunk.

Always laughed at the following skits of Rowley Birkin QC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8CQRerBVA

There was no shortage of drunks in Trailer Park Boys . Lahey, Ricky and Ricky's Dad all could vie for this award.

Philo Beddoe

neil_hosey wrote: »

couldnt agree more on Jon Dunsworth! Hes absolutely brilliant, also theres a new season of Trailer Park Boys on Netflix from the middle of march woohoo!!

I'm mowin the air rand!!

nullzero

Birneybau wrote: »

3rd post. Hic, I'm seeing single.

6th post.

Thanks pinky you've always been there for me

DeadHand

Yamanoto wrote: »

Having consulted with my legal team, I'm gonna say well known Weather presenter.

Yes! This!

I've been telling anyone who'll listen for years that that woman does the weather half cut most of the time.

Why isn't this more widely commented on?