Peter O'Toole

One of the greatest actors of all time. Period.

He is Peter O’Toole!

[quote] O'Toole was interviewed at least three times by Charlie Rose on his eponymous talk show. In a 17 January 2007 interview, O'Toole stated that British actor Eric Porter had most influenced him, adding that the difference between actors of yesterday and today is that actors of his generation were trained for "theatre, theatre, theatre". He also believes that the challenge for the actor is "to use his imagination to link to his emotion" and that "good parts make good actors". However, in other venues (including the DVD commentary for Becket), O'Toole credited Donald Wolfit as being his most important mentor.

He aged even worse than Errol Flynn.

I was surprised to find out he had a nose job. But to be honest his original nose isn't bad at all. Noel Coward who knew Lawrence said if he had looked like Peter O'Toole the Arabs would have never let him go.

The Ruling Class! On the floor funny. He was awesome.

R6 So is My Favorite Year!

A notorious alcoholic; his drinking buddies included:

Richard Harris

Richard Burton

Oliver Reed

Albert Finney

Peter Finch

Christopher Plummer

A nice article on him

He was no Greg Peck

[quote] A notorious alcoholic; his drinking buddies included: Richard Harris Richard Burton Oliver Reed Albert Finney Peter Finch Christopher Plummer

I think of all those guys only Plummer ever finally got sober.

R6 he was so great in that it is probably my fave film of all time. So very important, it should be shown in every school. He looks exactly like my uncle. He also spoke in a very expressive way like Peter O Toole R11 check out Plummer giving advice here lmao, right in line with hepatology. Dude bro was not stupid. Plummer looks a bit like Peter o toole as well If he had chosen his initials rather than ETOH he would have survived longer

^^^initials=P.O.T.

Being Irish is never a crime! The “Irish curse” is a myth! BDF everywhere

R11 Plummer did not get sober. His wife made him give up hard liquor. Plummer became a major wine lover.

And Plummer outlived them all...

Here is almost a bookend of humiliation for Pete. His voice was dubbed in what could have arguably been his first high visible film role in Nick Ray's "Savage Innocents," with Anthony Quinn. While the film bombed, at least for an unknown actor, he was working with A list talent. The dubbing was so bad, he demanded his name be removed from the credits, which it was. Cut to list next to last film, a straight to video incomprehensible piece of shit called "Diamond Cartel," starring that magnificent A to B actor, Armand Assante. His voice was atrociously dubbed again. Pathetic. And as for his very last film, Katherine of Sinai, was that ever released?

Saw him in a play back in the 80s. He was clearly drunk when he made his first entrance but he somehow managed to stumble through all three acts. At one point he didn't seem to know where he was and another actor prevented him from falling over. It was sad to watch.

Alcoholism is sad

Robert Shaw was another old drunk who he partied hard with

Great actor. Could do comedy as easily as drama. Wish I was old enough to have seen him on stage.

My Favorite Year is so much fun!

The Lion in Winter with Katherine Hepburn is one of my favorite movies!

Then one might expect you to spell her name correctly, R23.

R24 Ok Boomer

An omen of the many Oscar moments to come for old Pete

[quote] The Lion in Winter with Katherine Hepburn is one of my favorite movies!

Yay! I’m so happy.

[quote]The film was Lawrence of Arabia, regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.

????

Why the quadruple erotemes?

Lawrence is no longer a great film because of the brownface.

GWTW has aged like milk.

Lawrence of Arabia is NOT "regarded as one of the greatest films of all time."

R31 Has never seen any prominent critical list, apparently.

It's down to 133 on BFI.

It's nowhere to be seen on Sight and Sounds Greatest 20. Nor the top 100.

OP is probably in his late 70s and hasn't refreshed his movie knowledge in 40 years.

R34, It’s terribly boring, as most David Lean films are.

I like it. But I'm a fetishist and a pervert. It's mostly great on screen. I'm the one clucking about it not being one of the greatest yada yada. It's fallen way down in admiration and it's dated.

Ah yes, fallen way down in admiration by the fucking loons that run academia and criticism now who want to dismantle the “white straight male” film canon. Does anyone seriously think Jeanne Dielman or Get Out is a better film than Lawrence?

The recent Sight and Sound list is appalling. Zero Howard Hawks or Robert Altman in the Top 100 but Portrait of a Lady on Fire (now there’s a snooze…) up there should tell you everything.

I am a fan of Claire Denis but she’s only become so acclaimed in recent years (Beau Travail as the 6th greatest of all time?) due to her being a woman director. Her films were never something critics universally were able to find great, Beau Travail is probably the closest to a canon consensus, but it’s certainly not deserving of that status.

Lawrence is a very great film. I went to see it because so many people said it was a great film. That immediately puts me in a so show me mood. I was floored by it at the Ziegfeld. I went another three times and I have no desire to see it again even on a large screen tv. Like 2001 I can't imagine it as a small image. I was lucky to see them at large screen midtown theaters which no longer exist.

R38, are you also R32? Which way do you want to argue? One SHOULD pay attention to critical lists, or SHOULD NOT....?

It is common knowledge Lawrence is one of the greatest films...

R42 if you say so.

Have you yourself ever watched Lawrence?

If you are asking R43 then yes I have explained it at R37.

He look on his face when the interviewer says Momma Mia and Hairspray are good productions. LOLOLOLOL.

The Charlie Rose Interview 2000

The Dick Cavett interview

Notice how he talks to Dick and Charlie versus the girl in the first clip. lol

[quote] lol

LoL! :)

How did he not die of cirrhosis?

Wikipedia and other sites have, as even a cursory look can detect, post-photo lines drawn on O'Toole's nose/nostrils, giving him, as in r3, almost a Semitic countenance.

This is unedited Peter O'Toole as LoA:

R25, You're watching an old movie with old stars and have the audacity.....?!

Accurate spelling, DEAR, is not a generational thing. It's a knowledge thing.

Today is 10 years since his deat.h Wow

My favorites from him:

"How to Steal a Million" - 1966 - With Audrey Hepburn

"Masada" - 1981 - TV Mini-Series

And his audio commentary for the "Becket" (1964) DVD.

This may be lost in translation for the native English speakers but to me O'Toole always was an arousing name: the tool that makes you do the 'O' face. Do me again O'Tool(e)!

I think we "native English speakers" got it long ago, r56:

Going to watch My Favorite Year tonight

R56, double phallic with an anal/vaginal O in the middle

Yesterday, I watched 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐭 (1965), and found it unexpectedly decent. The unstructured nature of the film was off-putting to me at first, but I warmed up to it. Funny film.

The Richard Burton cameo near the beginning (00:17:05) was a cute touch. Both O'Toole and Burton were fresh off of 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 (1964).

𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧: -𝑂ℎ, 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑒... 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒?

𝐎'𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞: -𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒.

𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧: -𝑂ℎ, 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.

𝐎'𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞: -𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒.

𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧: -𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ.

[quote]R6: The Ruling Class! On the floor funny. He was awesome.

Crazy eyes!

I told this story here once before. I love movies and even became a movie theater manager while in college. I had never written a fan letter of any kind but one day, spur of the moment in December I wrote The Academy. I said why not Peter O'Toole for the honorary? I wrote " Surely after 7 nominations (at the time) you can't let him leave the planet without an Oscar like you did Richard Burton". A couple of month's later they announced the nominations and Peter O'Toole was the lifetime recipient. How cool, I thought. That very day he turned it down flat. Said he wanted to WIN one, not be given one. I was like WTF? His kids, however talked him to accepting and this was when they televised this award. Now I don't really think I had anything to do with it but was cool how it all transpired. And he was nominated once more for Best Actor for "Venus" and lost again.

He, like Burton, Albert Finney, and Angela Lansbury, should have won multiple Oscars.

R63, If Angela had won in 1962, Patty Duke would have died Oscarless.

R64 I think Angela was more deserving than Patty. Anne deserved her win.

R65, Sometimes the losing nominee is remembered more than the winner.

For example, Judy losing to Grace Kelly.

R66 What movie?

R67 - Judy for "A Star is Born" lost to Grace for "The Country Girl".

Grace wasn't all that good as an actress.

For example, I love the Hitchcock movie of the stage play "Dial M for Murder". Seen it many times. Ray Milland is great as the husband, as is John Williams as the policeman. Robert Cummings does a good job as the boyfriend as does Anthony Dawson as the unexpected victim.

Kelly as the wife is the weakest link. Just awful. Blown out of the water by all of the 4 highly experienced male actors.

R69 she is great in To Catch a Thief and Rear Window though!

She caught a lot in her rear, back in the day.

What do you think his worst movie is?

I prefer that hunk Alan Bates who got his cock out as early as the 60s!

R67 can’t be gay.

R71 . . .

R74 lol What about this one?

He was the only white man in The Last Emperor

I have few stories to tell about Peter all good but I'm too tired to type them out again as I've told them before on here. Just know he was a great man. I miss him. They don't make them like that anymore.

With all the different diseases he contracted over the years due to his excessive drinking he was very fortunate to live to 81.

Let's not forget his stellar work as the egotistical film director in "The Stuntman."

I don’t remember ever being able to look at anyone else when he was on the screen.

It's the eyes

An interesting article on O'Toole and how he overcame the bars

I had the unforgettable privilege of watching a restored version of Lawrence on the large screen of an old movie theater back in 1990; it was the most breathtaking movie-watching experience of my life.

O'Toole was a perfect and peerless actor and survived gastric cancer in his 40s, IIRC. I admire him greatly.

[quote] had the unforgettable privilege of watching a restored version of Lawrence on the large screen of an old movie theater back in 1990; it was the most breathtaking movie-watching experience of my life.

[quote] Why Lawrence of Arabia Still Looks Like a Billion Bucks