Oliver Reed discusses Shelley Winters and equality - with spectacular ending!
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- Here's an interview with an obviously 'refreshed' Ollie. This time he discusses his infamous chat-show showdown with Shelley Winters and shares his thoughts on gender equality and growing old.
Naturally, being an Oliver Reed interview, this ends in utter chaos, and you can clearly hear interviewer Roger Bowns suppressing giggles...
Oliver Reed had such a beautiful English accent and voice
I have a notion to second that emotion ! One of the greatest voices on the screen !
He narrated a series about Hammer horror films,of which he starred in several,and he did indeed have a great voice...
people talk like retards in the UK now
Like Richard Burton, sadly both raging alcoholics.
affected
Ollie did that chair fall on purpose. He always had the best sense of humour.
idk, looks pretty spontaneous to me, his initial shock seems genuine. It does sound like the sort of thing he'd do, though...
Such a handsome man. I've loved olly reed since the 70s when in my teens. This man was just true to himself, spoke beautifully and funny too.
He often played scary characters and like all hard drinking men could make a mess out of his personal life, yet he was direct, he was refreshingly candid, he was generally gracious to the crews he worked with and deeply committed to his craft. His last role, in "Gladiator", was a fitting farewell to a fine actor.
He looks like a bouncer Version of William Shatner.
Shatner hasn't got a patch on Reed.
Brilliant!
Bravo!
Idle Onlooker Oh, I don’t know... They both have their good and bad points.... Ones an E type jag, and the others a Chevy Camaro ss..... You take your pick as to whom is who, or is it who is whom??? Love them both, but for very different reasons.... “There’s life Jim, but not as we know it....!”
I’d say shatner look like a crap oil Reed 😂
That mischievous roll of his eyes... That would have melted me to the floor!
🦋😍😍😍🥴🦋
Join the queue! 😂
You lollipop. 🙂 He was a lovely man. Beautiful eyes.
My old boss was a Welshman and he told me of the time when he was a young man, drinking in a club with his brother and his brothers good mate Oliver Reed, listening to Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey who were performing in the corner. Must have been a great night!
I presume the " performing " was singing ? 😁
Sad we don’t have more like this!!
I saw that show. The Johny Carson Show. He was awesome. Handled it brilliantly. Bravo Oliver.
that show with Shelley winters gave him a million dollar's worth of publicity it went around the english speaking world
Been there done that. T-shirt and the lot! Nice one Ollie - I'll always love you old chap!!
I thought "Spectacular?" when I saw the video title.."bet it's not that good"...but ooh boy that WAS a spectacular ending and one which I wasn't expecting. Brilliant!
Definitely did not see that coming! At the end. BUT total giveaway. Today he would be of that living form called "Functioning Alcoholic". Really enjoyed his on screen presence in all his movies, but his off screen persona was off the charts. Definitely larger than life, with a reputation that preceded him, he lived Life on his own terms. He was entitled to, as the rest of us are. One of kind, UBER masculine, a legend in his own time!
+ladydi4runner VERY well written.
+ladydi4runner I'm also a HUUUGE Ollie fan and I agree with what you stated, but during a 1992 interview ("Wild Thing") Ollie was asked if he was looking for new acting roles, and he gave a long pause, then in a very melancholy way he said "The British film industry is dead, like many of my friends.' You could see his lip quivering a bit, and a tear developed. He was 54 at the time, so I'd imagine he was a bit lonely and reflective, and it was a bit sad to see. But, Ollie was the epitome of a true original who was as introspective and intelligent as he was unpredictable and full of life.
+Beefcake McGee
Thank you Beefcake! Have a great day.
+Mike S
As am I, Mike S and thank you for your insights. Icouldn't agree more...
Thanking you WW Outlaw. :>
I have a picture of him on my lounge wall, his eyes follow me. One of the sexiest looking and sounding men I've ever seen and I'm quite old 🤣
Sarah Dixon I agree! What happened to REAL men??
@@Vanasse1 we are still here!
My mom had the biggest crush on him, she even dragged us to Burnt Offerings because he was in it, but also because the mansion was from our home town. There was also a waiter at a pizza parlor she thought looked like him. We went there a lot, lol
Sarah, you sound wonderful.
@@VI-rt7sh Thank you, I like to think there is something wonderful about me and I expect there is about you too. 🙂
That bit where he lands on his backside, was complete acting. Very funny.
Ending was totally deliberate. Ollie knew what he was doing
Absolute class, and the perfect way for Ollie to end the interview!
Love him! RIP, Mr. Reed.
Oliver thank you for the entertainment for all the years in films and shows RIP
An amazing character, unpredictable, and a very brilliant mind when he was reasonably sober.
A night out with Olly and Alex Higgins must've been memorable.
He managed to say 'Thank you very much" right as he was hitting the floor....that's what you call manners.
That darn chair !!!!
Genius ending.
This was AMAZING!😂
That ending was hilarious!
Refreshingly honest and solid. He is missed.
That ending, was awesome.
Bloody brilliant!
What a legend
Last of the gladiators, literally. Big crush since I was a kid.
He lived here in Guernsey for a little whilst. Did some pretty crazy things in the Jamaica Inn from the stories I’ve heard. What an amazing character.
I’m so glad I watched right to the end 😂
Absolute legend.
One of the best werewolves of Hammer films!
Oliver is buried across from his favorite pub where he will always be able to see it.
THIS is what a real man looks like ladies. I find him one of the sexiest men ever
That voice though eh?
God, I agree. I mean, I really could just listen to him read the phone book aloud. And that cheeky grin...
The bit at the end was just that. A Bit. An Act. Part of the show. Any thinking, observant person should be able to see that. Then again maybe the bit at the end is all you watched.
Absolutely magnetic. Even in his blundering.
Jonathon, i'm guessing you find it hard to find women, or feel ridiculed for being friend zoned, just because Selina said she thinks he's a real man doesn't mean the mongs in the world do.
He injoyed life and died a happy man
i love listening to him.. hes always so thoughtful with his answers and talks so beautifully with that uppity accent...I saw tht interview...she was a rude , loudmouth..on david letterman !
I love Oliver Reed. Handsome and such a beautiful voice ❤
I agree, Oliver Reed was more than fair and really surprised me when he said, in a way: regarding Shelley pouring bourbon on him, that it was all part of them being in show business.
A man that loved life and life loved him.
Imagine this guy and Lee Marvin out for a night on the town. The hangovers the next day would be apocalyptic.
A brilliant sense of comedic timing, falling out of the chair perfectly and scurrying off totally unexpectedly. A lost legend now getting a round in with EVH.
Hilarious how he just carries on the conversation from the floor "very kind of you!". I am almost certain this was staged. He even glances directly at the camera for one frame just before falling - he was checking to see if the camera was still on him.
He is a brilliant man, actor,etc
I applaud this man
He was magnificent. Funny, clever and naughty.
One of the sexiest men back in the 70s and 80s
That guy never had trouble getting the ladies..very handsome British gentleman :-) I saw the interview he mentioned. It was on the Johnny Carson show. Shelley Winters was a complete loudmouth and very disrespectful. I never was really sure if it was all a gag or not with her pouring the drink on Oliver and everything.
bring back these types of people/actors. REAL class and presence unlike the inflatable forgettable twits of today
Do we need this man back
He had all the best scenes in Gladiator. 🏆
He died mid way through filming so they had to employ computer generated images of him that made up entire scenes. Quite incredible when you watch how they made those scenes to include Russel Crowe..
I watched that interview on Johnny Carson and she was incredibly rude. As a woman, I was not offended by his view that women should take care of the children and provide a meal for the family and a man’s place was to provide and take care of his family. I completely agree. He did not say women should have no opinion or be valued. He simply stated that there was a purpose for each of us.
What an era of men.....
What an absolute legend! 🙌
When he was drinking he wasn't being himself, when he was acting he wasn't being himself and when he was sober and on his own, he was frightened of being himself.
I know about as much as anyone about his personal life, and I do believe that his last years were happy and he found a place in life that he could be himself with his 2nd wife and older children. He died doing what he did best though and that was preforming one hell of a good show! RIP to a legend that hopefully time won’t forget!
@@cheshirekat528 You're thinking of a different person, this guy drank to his death and tarnished his potential till the end. Not saying he's a bad guy, I just didn't see him being happy without making a clown of himself being drunk - and he resented that his drinking was the center of interviews and discussions of him
@@ltisenotem I appreciate your comment and opinion, but I do know who I was talking about. I am very familiar and a big fan of Oliver Reed. I simply meant that he was first and foremost a performer. He died in a pub after drinking to much and arm wrestling sailors who were most likely quite a bit younger than him,he was living up to his reputation. In the end he spent his last day alive drinking and entertaining the other people in the pub, giving them a good show. While he may not have been happy about feeling like he had to behave this way, he still did, because it was his job to drink and act the fool.
The happiness I was referring to was that he spent his last years with his wife and from what I have read and heard in interviews she knew who he was and accepted and loved him despite his demons. She was with him in the pub, so he at least died with someone who loved him for who he was, for better or worse.
@@cheshirekat528 I think we have severely different perspectives on the same situation. I've seen drunks entertain people to their death, it's a miserable existance. I think you've confused the joy he brought others while being plastered as some kind of joy he nurtured within, but that's simply never the case with an alcoholic.
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I think people often glamorize others being drunk/drugged and playing the fool for their entertainment, gladly it's not as constantly like that anymore but still enough. It's beliefs like yours that it's anyones "job" to get drunk and be a fool for entertainment that enables trainwrecks like this. Clapping and laughing and encouraging them in their unhealthy stupor
@@ltisenotem I guess I didn’t word my thoughts clearly. I do not have the belief that someone getting drunk and acting like a fool should be considered a form of entertainment. I was speaking to his mind set, he felt that it was his job to behave that way or at least that is what he has said in interviews.
I was not and do not glamorize anyone causing themselves harm to get a laugh.
I myself have seen my fair share of what drug and alcohol abuse can do to someone and the people they love, and there is nothing glamorous about it. No, I don’t think his behavior in public was something that brought him joy in his personal life.
As I said, the happiness/joy came from being with people who loved him and accepted him for him and didn’t need him to drunk to appreciate him. Yes he was an alcoholic and had some internal conflicts, but he was also able to find some form of contentment and happiness while being the drunken fool that he felt the outside world expected him to be.
Happy birthday Oliver Reed.
Oliver reed came to Iraq in 1983 to act in Iraqi movie ,he took the English army general role who could speak arabic sometime in Iraqi accent ..he did it ... Oliver stone refused a scene when unknown Iraqi actor had to spit on him as part of the scene ,Oliver said ,you bring me famous person to spit on me as good as i am so he can do that .oliver was loved by iraqi people because of toughness of his face .
Oliver reed !!!! Luv this guy
Oliver Reed isn't a misogynist. Shelley Winters was obviously rude.
I met Oliver Reed a few times and he was a great laugh. On one occasion he was staggering out of a chinese restaurant and he fell against the table I was sharing with some work colleagues and his elbow went straight into a bowl of food (chow mein I think) spilling it all over the table. He was really apologetic and offered to pay the bill for the whole party. We declined and had a laugh with him and he promised to buy as all a drink should we meet again as he staggered off with a flamboyant fair well. I encountered him again a week later in a pub (The Jamaica Inn in Guernsey, which was his local), but unfortunately he didn't remember me. Shame because I would love to be able to say Oliver Reed once bought me a pint!
😂😂😂😂 even falling over he makes it so funny
I would put Ollie Reed up against any of these so called Hollywood hard men today and Reed would come out on top. Hard as feckin nails.
It was like Shelly Winters and that whole audience didn't get that he was winding them up.
Most excellent ending - he said it himself; he's a showman - top marks
all that REALLY happened was Shelly WANTED to be SHAGGED GOOD and he did not like her that much... the rest is history...GLORY TO OLIVER !
You sound unhinged.
I always had, and will always have, a great respect for Oliver Reed. He was a forceful, genuine actor and, perhaps, one of the greatest entertainers of 'himself' and anyone smart enough to get what he was on about. It was all a laugh to Oliver. He sort of shared the opinion of acting that Robert Mitchum did; not to be taken too seriously in the scale of professions out there; but full of opportunities for those who could do it well.
Oliver loved a drink and did that well too. The only time I've been disgusted by Michael Parkinson was when he, infamously, lectured Oliver, on-air, about his drinking. What a rude, liberty. Parkinson took it as a slur on his precious show rather than just run with it and let it become a topic that Oliver wanted to talk about or not, seriously or not, and then move on. If Oliver had tried to hide the fact he was drunk then he would have made the huge mistake, instead of Parkinson.
Oliver Reed's very name means hedonism, enjoyment and fun to me. Dean Martin made millions from his schtick of being a heavy drinker, which he wasn't. Oliver was a heavy drinker and, so what, he excelled at acting, was a decent gentleman, most of the time and was true to himself in public and private life. Yet, this charming man was vilified and put down by stuffy British TV hosts and tabloid writers for most of his professional, and all too short, life.
On the other hand, Shelley Winters was always a poor actor, an irritating interviewee and was notoriously difficult to work with on-set. If ever an 'actress' needed a good stiff drink before opening her mouth, it was the late Shelley Winters. Although Oliver would never say so, publicly, the difference between them resembled Einstein trying to talk to a chimpanzee. VALE Oliver Reed, you were with us for a mere, but memorable 'moment'. Cheers, BH
I loved big Ollie too however its hardly virtuous or mature to allow alcohol to control your life it's a disgrace. You seem to condone it and that speaks volumes about you.
@@RevGary G'day Gary, Well, what an interesting comment. How diligent of you to take time out from looking after your flock (if indeed you are a man of the cloth) to pass judgement on me, a complete stranger of whom you know nothing about and on a topic you, obviously, know little about.
Monumental self-righteousness nearly always includes a good slice of vanity; two character flaws one would not expect from a truly decent, humble representative of any faith.
I suggest you say your equivalent to 4 Hail Marys and sit down, calmly and consume three double Martinis to chill the Hell out of your vindictive, holier than thou spirit. Cheers, BH
Brilliant.
I think he is awesome
Wonderful Actor and just a nice person, how can you not like him. Just so sad he passed away to soon. Much missed.
A man of his time. We have moved on some what 😊
Bill Sykes in Oliver.. scared the shit out of me as a kid.
BULLS EYE 🤤
Sean Mcmeown Loved Bullseye 🐶
Me as well!
"The Shuttered Room", with that bizarre road skiing scene.
Me 2
Oliver Reed had such a beautiful English accent and voice
I had the pleasure of meeting Oliver and his new wife in Barbados in 1985 while they were on honeymoon. Absolute legend. I was only 14 at the time and he talked to me as an adult rather than a child. Telling amazing stories of his world and giving sage advice.
Stewie?
He was used to speaking to children as though they were adults as his future wife was 16 to his 42 when they met.
@@MissMusicForYou oof
@@MissMusicForYou The good old days🤣🤣
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Oliver never got hangovers he just carried on drinking
That's what an alcoholic is.
If I did not get hangovers, I would still be an alcoholic.
It was the only way he could stomach Hollywood...Do you blame him?
I hear he was found in a box of kitty litter outside of blackpool blimey, governor
Rick Hardman - That is the only way to cure a hangover. I never get hangovers because I have a couple of beers when I wake up and it sorts you out. A couple of settlers. It is the only way.
That smile about wasting bourbon 🥃 priceless
A small theatre where I grew up had a friend of Ollie Reed playing a lead role. Ollie turned up with no ticket and sat on a bucket on the stairs. Then went the local pub and had a rip roaring time with the locals. An incredibly friendly man by all accounts.
another sad liar
Oliver Reed,Richard Harris,Peter O'Toole, all hard men but damned fine actors.
cliffedward qualifies statement, all hard men who came from the landed gentry.
Hard men??... I think the word is Alcoholic.
Peter Finch as well.
You forgot Richard Burton
All knighted too I think.
A friend of mine was once Oliver Reed's neighbour and he brought him to our local pub. He was warm, generous and a perfect gentleman and he let us in to secret. He worked hard and played hard, without apology, but he also played up to all the stories and rumours about him, because there is no such thing as bad publicity and because it was his job.
liar
@@mikehollingworth2262 😂 Do you really imagine your opinion is of any interest to anyone?
Just for clarification, the pub is the Three Tuns in Sutton Coldfield and the last time I went in they still had a photo on the wall taken that night. Why not pop along and take a look?
Have a lovely day.
@@Outspoken.Humanist Google Oliver Reed & Max Clifford
Really, i heard he came down the chimney as Father Christmas!
@@Ruth-w3h Oh here we go, yet another woke snowflake fantasist. Max Clifford made it his business to get around everybody, so don't tar Reed with Clifford's personal life. Reed met his women in bars and clubs, which automatically age-proofs them.
He was a great talent. So sad he died too young. He should still be around, giving us his greatest performances.
Ditto
Amazing that he could be so drunk and still speak so eloquently.
he is a drinking legend
He would have made a good MP.
I think he was acting
@@arrynbeacon8077 I think you're drunker than he is.
@@JimAllder11 c'mon, he did like to 'troll' a lot
What made ollie so entertainingly funny was the outlandish things he would say with such a upper class voice and a straight face
Hahaahahahah!!!!! CLASSIC FALL. The more interviews I watch, the more I find him to be one of the greatest trolls of all time. He clearly was brilliant and thoroughly enjoyed toying with mental midgets.
+velveetaslingshot Agreed. He never took life seriously.
Scott Morrison That's certainly reasonable, but have you watched a lot of Reed's interviews? He's often like shockingly sloppy drunk, but it's clear at the end of the day that he's just a difficult pain in the ass even when sober. I don't know what qualifies "troll" but like I said I think he's very aware they're offended and even laughing at him, he just doesn't give a s as he's too busy mocking them.
Scott Morrison You're definitely right in the sense that it's not fully realized or premeditated performance art, but would you classify Andy Kaufman as a troll? I might say Reed or especially Kaufman had "proto-troll" like characteristics, but I guess the idea of targeted trolling is kind of new.
Scott Morrison I agree. It's become more refined over the years but there were always people doing it intuitively. And, maybe I wouldn't put Kaufman and Reed in quite the same class of performer, but they both have that aspect of social disruption, sabotage. Kaufman in a more self-aware artistic way, Reed in a more of an abrasive character way. I mean, think about it, Reed is practically a real life embodiment of Tony Klifton. Hahaha!
Scott Morrison Yeah, good talk. Cheers brotha.
When he played Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist, he was incredible. His presence on the screen as a baddie, scared the shit out of a young generation. A brilliant man 😎
As someone who actually lived in that very part of London, it was a great portrayal. Those people are still out there but drive around Essex in *Range Rovers* now!
It's funny he said "Russell Harty had just started to speak to me," rather than Johnny Carson.
Yeah it was weird both loving and hating Bill Sykes at the same time.
I wouldn’t go fisticuffs with him. Well, maybe for Nancy😊
My favorite is probably everyone’s least favorite “Tommy” The Who. I loved his depiction of the mean stepdad and Ann Margret was perfect my favorite scene ever is her rolling around in “Rex beans” and chocolate in a white fur. “Do you hear or fear or do I smash the mirror”? The whole movie was perfect from start to finish. It’s like a fever dream I love it!
I can definitely see how Keith Moon and Oliver got on so well together!
Keith and his minder who had a reputation for doing some really over the top stuff, thought it would be good idea to buzz Oliver Reeds country house in a helicopter! Unfortunately for them Oliver came out with a 12 gauge shotgun and started shooting at them, whether he actually aimed at them is uncertain, but they literally shit themselves and the pilot landed as quickly as possible to avoid being blown out of the sky! It was after that they became good friends!
@@Tawny6702 There was a similar scenario with Ozzy Osbourne's then guitarist Randy Rhodes and an helicopter pilot . Playing a stunt like that, towards Ozzy & Sharon that ended fatally.
@@nutcracker2916 another kind of funny or not story that Keith’s minder wrote in his book, is that they stopped in a holiday chalet in Wales, at the end of their week stay, the holiday chalet owner said to them “I can’t understand it, you have this reputation for smashing things up wherever you stay, but you haven’t broken as much as a wine glass here all week” Keith promptly turned to his minder and said “Dougal, the XJ6 the patio doors!” To which Dougal got in the Jag and drove it straight through the holiday chalet patio doors! The owner went ballistic with them and unfortunately died a week later of a massive heart attack!
"She an entertainer and I'm an entertainer" Love them both. Sadly these days we just have actors
Or hacks than actors??
@@lorddioslivinglike.overrated.people.like.beyonce
These days we just have people that want to be famous.
kardashanistas.
Oli Oli Oli come back mate, you were a tough bugger and i enjoyed your movies.Hardly any old descent legends left now.The world is a lesser place without Oliver Reed.
And Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Alan Bates, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins and so on and so forth!! Never, ever forgetting the stallion of them all, Richard Burton!
Hanora Brennan yes l just mentioned Burton to my husband ,he loved the others but Burton a step above ,
Lol : descent legend. Quite.
He was a fuckin hilarious guy. So straight-faced you never knew if he was joking around or really getting irked, but I think 99% of the time everything was in fun. The slip off the chair looked totally intentional to me...this is the guy who could drink 30 beers and balance on one hand on top of the bar. He was nowhere near drunk enough to fall out of a studio chair. But those 70s chairs like that were such a weird design, anyone could fall out of one, drunk or sober. They were like getting out of a hammock.
It was a stunt, a prank.
I dont think he gave 2 fucks what anyone thought
Ollie was rat-arsed there, look at his eyes. He hardly slurred so it was difficult to tell how pissed up he was. Very is how much lol.
Setup clearly, if he had fallen for real the interviewer would have gone to his assistance
Yes, he'd go on 4day benders even dragging along random people in bars - one guy can;t remember 4days of his life due to being dragged onto a Reed bender!
He had a drinking game with Keith Moon, were he would poor a whisky, put the glass on the back of his pet tortoise, the tortoise would walk across the table were Keith would down it, turn the tortiose around and do the same back to Oli, He loved that tortoise.
@beachie670 keith moon also bought oli a full size fibre glass rhino that he kept on his drive leading to his mansion lol
Where....not were
Derek Barnes The place WHERE you studied English, WERE they certified?
@@roymcgaw7431 Curse Of The Werewolf?
@beachie670 wasnt it a pill overdose that killed keith moon?
Fabulous, sexy guy, warm, wonderful voice and magnetic eyes
Sexy beast!
absolutly...
pretty tame interview by his standars - then he falls off the chair, brilliant!
+Joe Navajo Did it on purpose
+Apollogamer I was going to say that too.
Ollie was known for his deliberate pratfalls, he said he just wanted to make people laugh! God love him he was a wonderful human being when all's said and done.
From the look of shock on his face, there is no way that he did that on purpose.
@Therin Chilnsford I am not sure that he was ever that good an actor though.
I loved that guy, he even went out in character by dropping dead while doing the movie Gladiator.
He went out challenging sailors to a drinking contest in the pub near the set. Amazing
Did Oliver really call Johnny Carson Russell Harty? Man, he was sauced.
its ok johnny carson was probably as drunk as him. although never had the capacity for honesty that oliver had.
really amazing actor and individual. fantastic in The Three Musketeers.
Reid, O'Toole, Harris, Burton, Nicholson etc etc the true hellraiser's.
Brando?
I saw the interview, it was on the tonight show, and what Shelley did was just plain rude even Johnny Carson was not pleased at all, but Oliver handled the situation very well, he could have made minced meat of her but he acted as a gentleman. I wonder if this happens today what will be the reaction
Oliver Reed would have been banned no doubt; had this been today. I am grateful I grew up during the years that I did; that I got to see and hear these people through their films, writing, music and other mediums...
Who'd you all pick for a dinner evening?
Oliver Reed
Don Rickles...
Not one of these people were racist or prejudice; they were honest, polite, courteous... may life continue to bless their memories!
OMG I love him even more now lol R I P Mr Reed XXX
Ah the much missed Oliver Reed. A real one off. They don't make entertainers like that anymore. From a time when the guest was more important than the host.
Great man and a member of my old corps RAMC
What an epic performance!!! I wonder at what point in his mind did Ollie decide that he was going to fall out of his chair, while making his exit!! lol 😂. The man was a complete genius.
Wonderful man and a glorious actor. The world is much emptier without him.