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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!

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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.

InTheTrees

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.

Baron Kurtz

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

I think you're mixing him up with Dumbledore!

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

seenitall

[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]

Donkey Oaty

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

Much revered.

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?

justforlaugh

Lapin wrote: »

He regarded himself as being Irish.

Held an Irish passport.

what, he told you that

edgecutter

RIP. Shame he never won an oscar.

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.

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.

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...