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Peter O'Toole has died

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  • #32
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭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.


  • #33
    Lapin
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    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.


  • #34
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,995 ✭✭✭take everything


    RIP.
    A lot of household names passing away recently.


  • #35
    Too Tough To Die
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    RIP Gandalf:(


  • #36
    Skid X
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    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



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  • #37
    3DataModem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,212 ✭✭✭3DataModem


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


  • #38
    old hippy
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    A great actor. Farewell.


  • #39
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭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


  • #40
    Beano
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    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    RIP Gandalf:(

    That was Ian McKellen not Peter O'Toole


  • #41
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 69,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    RIP Pete:(


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  • #42
    Andersonisgod
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    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


  • #43
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,784 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #44
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭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.


  • #45
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Beano wrote: »
    That was Ian McKellen not Peter O'Toole
    :confused: I think you're mixing him up with Dumbledore!


  • #46
    timthumbni
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    wprathead wrote: »
    Brandy with milk, and Omar Sharif was tied to a camel :D

    That's the one. Love those stories.


  • #47
    Agricola
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOU3gDncP4k


  • #48
    Sir Humphrey Appleby
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    As a youngster I always remember him playing "Big Jim Larkin" in Strumpet City on RTE.


  • #49
    judge_dredd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 38 ✭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


  • #50
    Sir Humphrey Appleby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭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.


  • #51
    Pang
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    Thought he was a great actor. Loved Lawrence in Arabia.


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  • #52
    InTheTrees
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    RIP.

    He was at our house once back in the 70's. In Connemara. I think he was there filming something... I was only a kid.


  • #53
    Baron Kurtz
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    :confused: I think you're mixing him up with Dumbledore!

    He's not. Harris, then Gambon, is your Dumbledore.


  • #54
    seenitall
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    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit. -- Peter O'Toole

    :pac::pac: Ah well... no one can have it all, I guess.

    http://www.chiff.com/a/theater-quotes.htm
    [/FONT]


  • #55
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    BBC Radio 4's ten o'clock news leading with this.

    Much revered.


  • #56
    justforlaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭justforlaugh


    murpho999 wrote: »
    RIP Peter O'Toole. A great actor.

    As usual, UK media will say he was British.

    Born in england, dies in england... did he's ever said he's not british?


  • #57
    justforlaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭justforlaugh


    Lapin wrote: »
    He regarded himself as being Irish.

    Held an Irish passport.

    what, he told you that :confused:


  • #58
    edgecutter
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    RIP. Shame he never won an oscar.


  • #59
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,077 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    justforlaugh wrote: »
    Born in england, dies in england... did he's ever said he's not british?

    Who gives a **** where he was born. If you have nothing positive to add to the thread then kindly fcuk off.


  • #60
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    justforlaugh wrote: »
    Born in england, dies in england... did he's ever said he's not british?

    There's no contradiction in being both British (or English, if you like) and Irish. BBC obituary says this:
    He claimed to have two birth certificates. One stated that he was born in Ireland, one in England, but he was certainly brought up in Leeds in a Yorkshire Irish family.


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  • #61
    Muise...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭Muise...


    justforlaugh wrote: »
    Born in england, dies in england... did he's ever said he's not british?

    well he wouldn't have put it quite like that...


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