RIP Peter O'Toole

[rodneyfaile]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/15/peter-o-toole-dies-lawrence-arabia

Peter O'Toole passed away at age 81.

Most people will remember him for Lawrence of Arabia, but my favorite movie of his has been My Favorite Year.

 

[dbuck]

Arabia was an epic film and O'Toole was fantastic in it, but the first time I saw him in a movie was the Stuntman and that's always how I see him.

 

[Darth Lars]

O'Toole was one of the truly great ones ...

 

[rodneyfaile]

Funny scene from My Favorite Year:
ladies only - YouTube

Trailer for My Favorite Year:
My Favorite Year - Trailer - YouTube

 

[Lord Boron]

Lawrence of Arabia has always been in my opinion one of the greatest achievements in film. He will be missed.

 

[CB2001]

RIP Mr. O'Toole.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Definitely one of the greats. RIP.

 

[Probe Droid]

If you've never seen My Favorite Year give that a shot. O'Toole is essentially Errol Flynn. Fun.

But, agreed, Lawrence of Arabia is one in a million. That's something to see on the big screen. Not bad for an actor's first film.

 

[Wes R]

He left behind so many good movies, and even made a few bad ones better.

 

[SmilingOtter]

My favorite of his has to be The Lion In Winter. The entire thing is about 95% dialog.

 

[joberg]

Lost one son of a gun! My condolences to his family and friends...great actor.

 

[SciFiMuseum]

"The trick William Potter, is not minding that it hurts."

R.I.P. Mr. O'Toole. You will be missed.

 

[Contec]

The best movie he ever did was SuperGirl........

 

[Bigdaddy]

RIP The guy was legendary actor

My favorite of his has to be The Lion In Winter. The entire thing is about 95% dialog.

Awesome film, he was stellar (as was everyone else in it)

The best movie he ever did was SuperGirl........

I didn't know he was in it, now I might have to watch it! :lol

 

[Monster Dave]

I remember him for more of his lesser known roles, but that's sad that he passed away. RIP Peter!

 

[Fly4v]

Sad day this is, feel like digging out Casino Royale to see his cameo with Peter Sellers.

Edit: The line was "Then you're the finest man who ever breathed."

 

[Feraud]

RIP Peter O'Toole. Murphy's War is one of my favorites.

 

[Zombie_61]

Most people will remember him for Lawrence of Arabia, but my favorite movie of his has been My Favorite Year.

I concur. Another favorite is a fun little movie called Creator.

 

[Apollo]

An Icon has been lost.

I had the pleasure of having lunch with him and oh the storys he told! :lol

He was a great raconteur and was so cool in person.

They don't make them like that anymore

 

[Zombie_61]

...I had the pleasure of having lunch with him and oh the storys he told! :lol

I can only imagine!

One of my favorite O'Toole stories was told by Richard Harris on one of the late night talk shows (I can't remember which). I've seen a number of variations on this story, but as Harris told it that night it went something like this: Harris had heard his good friend O'Toole was performing in a stage production and wanted to see it without O'Toole knowing he'd been there, so he dressed as a Roman Catholic priest. After the performance he wanted to go backstage to tell O'Toole how good he was, but obviously couldn't do it dressed as a Catholic priest so he exchanged clothing with the friend who had accompanied him to the performance. The next day one of the local newspapers reported there had been a disturbance during the matinee when a Roman Catholic priest undressed in the gallery. Some years later Harris was performing a one-man show, and while he was singing a song there was a commotion in the back of the hall. Harris stopped the orchestra and shouted, "What's going on out there?!?" From the back of the hall a booming voice replied, "I'm Peter O'Toole and I'm dressed as a nun!"