Charles Bronson turned down a fortune in movie offers to nurse Jill when she was dying from cancer. He never left her side , she was the great love of his life .
I happened to be working near a medical facility they were frequenting during her medical care. He was glued to her and protected her throughout those episodes. She was obviously in distress. Bless both of them.
@@centralfloridagmrsYeah, bad habits don’t do anyone any favors. Did she deserve to die a horrible death as a result of the them though? (If cigarette smoking led to her cancer)
Comments like these make avoid thinking they past away. But they forever alive in my head. All his interviews are calm and cool..very Normal..i remember watching a marathon of watching Charles Bronson movies.
Somehow, these actors are part of our lives... and people in these comments remember them, some of have a preference for these actors, we like them or not...another thing these actors came from poor beginnings just like you and l. I thank them for the entertainment they to me. When you look at past actors the men and women, they represent a different humaness as compared to of those today. I don't know l can relate to Charles Bronson, and Jill and Richard... they are more down to earth.
For sure, one of my favorite actors of all time. I will occasionally read up on him and have read some bad stories about Bronson. One that comes to mind of James Garner talking about his bad attitude. But after watching this, it gives me hope that he was a good guy in person too.
I was just a married teenager when this aired and gave birth right after New Year's. Charlie's and Jill were always in the Celebrity Magazines and grew up watching them together with throughout the late 60s and 70s. But always thought Bronson was an ass hole and too full of macho 💩.
You don’t see too many interviews with Charles Bronson, but many people don’t know that during World War II he was an aerial gunner on a B-29 Superfortress bomber, flew on 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds in battle. He was the real deal. He also had a tough upbringing. His father died when he was 10 and he then went to work in the coal mines for $1 per week. Amazing.
@@mortalclown3812It tainted the vigilante genre for a character like Travis Bickle who was really a vigilante but the focus on loneliness was much more mesmerizing.
Bronson was in an episode of "Combat" where he plays a sculptor who does demolition. It's an excellent episode. I can see Bronson losing it over an elitist, inflexible, stubborn director.
Always liked his being cast in MASTER OF THE WORLD, where he played the hero (but for some reason everyone thought he was miscast). He was apparently somewhat difficult at the time and generally "crabby", tho maybe that's just the way his face structure and expression were interpreted. But the writer on that film said that even Vincent Price---who got along with pretty much everyone/was noted for that----couldn't get through to Bronson. Maybe because something was going on in Bronson's personal life at the time??
That's what I call a real Talk Show! Letting your guest to express his/her thoughts without interrupting them in every single couple minute by doing unfunny jokes! Dick Cavett was great!
Six months before Jill died of breast cancer , in 1990, their adopted son Jason died of a drug overdose .. What a blow for Charles, two people he loved taken within the same year .. He continued to live til 2003 ..that showed how strong a man he was Twenty films they made together.. Obviously didn't wish to be apart 😃❤️
@@Gitn2it- i am not so sure about that. David and Jill had a natural son called Valentine plus one other child (I think it was a girl), they never adopted.
Paul Newman, James Garner, James Coburn, Henry Fonda, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Charlton Heston, Charles Bronson -- these men were giants and any picture they were in was worth seeing just for their screen presence
@Keith Greenan - Dick Cavett & Tom Snyder were two of the best interviewers that I have ever seen on TV. They always make their guests comfortable . They always make it conversational. It's always a treat.
@@theolamp5312 Except when Dick interviewed black actors, he was really terrible at it. Check out Cavett's interviews with Eddie Murphy where he uses the N-word and Richard Pryor where he says he knows "how to sound black" and they're probably the most cringe-worthy interviews you'll ever see. In fact, in both those interviews Cavett came off as a clueless racist and I actually felt embarrassed for the man.
@@CaneFu Yes, unfortunately he was pretty tone-deaf with anyone not from his sphere. It's good for comedic value when it's cluelessness that he's willing to admit, about war or about the working classes, for example - like Bronson working in the coal mines or Lee Marvin's war experiences. But it's much more frustrating when he assumes he knows things he doesn't (as with some black guests) rather than being self-deprecating about it and asking sincere questions, which he could have done with those guests, like with Bronson, but didn't. Hard to watch those episodes where it comes off so poorly. Different times.
He was born in a mountain mining town east of Pittsburgh, PA. Received a Purple heart medal in WWII. (A lot of actors from that era fought in either WWII or Korea). James Arness, James Garner, William Conrad all were combat Veterans. The first two received Purple Hearts!
@@rogerrousco2921 you do that today you get scolded. I was exiting a bank a few years ago, and a woman came to enter as i took the door handle, so i opened the door and stepped aside to let her pass inside first and in return she gave me some 3 word bullshit i cant remember. Never done it for a woman since.
@@cognitivedisability9864 don't let one ungrateful bitch make you change what you are. I hold doors for women and men and never get an ungrateful comment.
@@edjackson4389 : I always figured she'd be snooty in real life, because of her looks and how she carried herself. I never much cared for her, to be honest. But as I learned more about her, I found she wasn't the person she projected on camera to me. A lot more down-to-Earth. Her love for a guy with rough edges, like Bronson, made her a lot more appealing to me.
I had a friend who was a pharmacist, at a Texas hospital where she was being treated for the cancer. She said he was the nicest man you’d ever wanna meet, and his love for her was obvious, even in her brief, but many interactions with him.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 She was married to David McCallum. They had at least one child together, I believe, and both remained friends. I'd heard from someone who knows quite a big about all 3 of them that David was somewhat relieved to be, uh, relieved of her!
He was the number one actor in Italy, Germany, France and throughout Europe. He was also an educated man. Look at all his work in French - I Loved Rider on The Rain and the movie they are talking about is Behind The Door.
I have known numerous people who I wanted to grab and shake by the collar and do even worse to. And fortunately a few times I actually did do that years ago and nothing was more satisfying than to put a jerk in his place. However, none of that is allowed today unless one doesn't mind going to jail. It's too bad we got so "civilized" because people's behavior has gotten so much worse because they face no consequences today for bad behavior.
@@kajgenell Purple Heart in WWII, coal miner while he was a minor, told the guy Jill Ireland was previously married to that he was going to steal her (and then did that), and of course, the 'stache.
Correct. Contrary to what Bronson says, the director (Nicolas Gessner) was Hungarian, not Swiss. This installment of the Dick Cavett Show was broadcast on Tuesday 3 Oct 1972.
Jill’s effect on Mr. Bronson is magical to witness. Bronson grew up in desperately poor conditions in a PA steel town with an immigrant family - his rise to fame was as enormous as say Chaplin’s rise from desperate poverty and an insane mother in the slums of London to world-famous actor-director within a couple of decades - amazing. The stories about Bronson became ridiculous later.
He was in some real turkeys towards the end of his career. I mean I thought "The Men Who do Evil" was really awful until Death Wish 4 and Death Wish 5 came out.
I agree. Just look at the way she is dressed. More often than not, actresses or celebrities that I see on talk shows, etc., try to show as much skin as possible. If they only realized that most of us don't want to see that much of them. The old saying, "less is more" does not apply to clothes ladies...
I had no idea Jill Ireland was British and spoke with perfect Queen's English. I remember seeing her in the movie "Hard Times" and she spoke with a low class American accent; but of course that's what actresses learn to do when the part calls for it.
I absolutely adored them! Did you know Jill Ireland was cremated and her ashes were put in a cane and the cane was placed over his arm (per her request)? They were truly LOVE personified … from Noon til Three…best movie Ever!
Before I came here, I looked her up on Wikipedia. Charles had that cane buried with him. They were a bit of an odd couple - but so wonderful together (so close they're in the same grave! I always admired Jill for the way she so bravely faced her cancer.
I'm convinced Bronson had great comedic timing and would've been outstanding in a sitcom. I know it's slumming for an international star to work the small screen, but his timing is spot on in Breakout.
I find watching both Charles and Jill fascinating. She is so elegant and classy in her manner and speech when she outright contradicts him and he doesn't get angry or offended. He just seems to find it amusing. If he was abusive to her in private I doubt she would dare to be so bold. I think she was a calming force in his life. I loved them both in 'Three In The Afternoon.'
This is a once in a lifetime interview with Charles Bronson--he's open, relaxed, funny, and a damned good raconteur, mainly because he's sitting with his wife and a good friend (Attenborough.) For the record, the name of the film with the Swiss director is 'Someone Behind The Door' (1971) and the director was someone named Nicholas Gessner.
Opposites do attract, Jill is calm, Bronson is All man!! Damn, he's so Good looking, she was lucky, they had a wonderful & loving marriage till she died from cancer. Rest in peace, both of you, lovely people
She was a real beauty with an amazing figure - I can’t help feeling sorry for David mccallum and for both of this couple too. It’s a hard thing to bear losing your true love.
There is a book (or 2?) that talks about that relationship. Ireland could be a handful. My ex knew a lot about the three of them. We had a live-in housekeeper who lived next to Ireland and Bronson for a while, and had a few tales to tell. Nothing horrendous, but just the same, not as "placid" as they are here (of course, the personal tales were observed some 10 or so years later into their marriage).
Charles Bronson also made an excellent Twilight Zone episode (original series) with Elizabeth Montgomery ("Bewitched"). It was set in an apocalyptic, post war era where each played soldiers that were from opposite sides. They discover each other in a war ravaged town and have to decide whether to fight or make peace. It was very good. The title of the episode was "Two" (1961).
That was an excellent episode, though one could say that about most of them. Rod Serling was an unique talent. Served in the battle of the Philippines which gave him great insight.
It wasn't until The Great Escape was mentioned that it dawned on me that Bronson & Attenborough worked together on that fabulous movie. Jill Ireland is delightful to listen to. No wonder Bronson adored her.
I'm a 80's child so i come back to old video to reminisce how actor were, as compared to now.. it's like actor back then were just normal people. As now people want to milk of as possible. It's all about the drama
Dick Cavett...I’m an Australian and am only viewing these interviews now on you tube. They are a treat .. I hope you continue to share both interviews and personal experiences because you have a unique perspective which informs your questions and style
@@patrickbushong7028 Indeed though in lockdown to neighbours it has become shall I get my jump leads? Car battery manufacturers must be doing a roaring trade.
A lot of them had mixed feelings about acting as a profession. Some were sort of embarrassed to be actors. Marlon Brando said "acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It’s a bum’s life.." Olivier said "acting is not quite the occupation of an adult.", etc... a lot of actors in those days considered acting a childish profession, or un-manly or un-womanly or whatever. Nowadays we're probably not as critical, if you want to compare those days with today. “Show me a great actor and I’ll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you’ve seen the devil.” ― W.C. Fields
Bronson was the epitome of cool tough guy. He had the perfect look and carry and I was quick to buy a ticket for whatever picture he made. His wife Jill personified English elegance and beauty. Bronson's greatest gift in life was having her by his side.
Bronson grew up in extreme poverty in a family with 15 kids. After his father died he had to work in a coal mine at age 10. In WWII he flew 25 missions in a B-29 Super Fortress earning a Purple Heart. When he played a tough guy in movies he was not acting. Wouldn't it be great to have some men like this and women like Jill Ireland in Hollywood today?
Ok, so you want little to poor birth control, extreme poverty, child labor, and a world war just so you can have more movie stars you like? Careful what you wish for. We're closer than you think.
I loved The Dick Cavett show! When I was a kid I used to watch Dick and Mike Douglass a lot, they both always had such great guests. But I never realized how small Dick Cavett is!
I watch a lot of old movies as opposed to the crap coming out today. I've never seen Deathwish but he was wonderful in the Great Escape. I love these two actors and I am so thrilled that they were married. You can see the love and respect they have for each other. Bronson's really funny!
The original Death Wish was a good film but Death Wish 2 was a lazy sequel from Michael Winner who was capable of making good films but as I said I think he was a lazy director sometimes ! 👍🇬🇧
In '53 Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckle, and Steve Reeves often worked out together at Burt Goodrich's Gym on Hollywood Boulevard (the gym was upstairs; the Cinema Bowling Lanes was downstairs). I also used the gym facilities to get ready for football. I was a junior at Hollywood High. As a side note: David Nelson (Ozzie & Harriet's oldest son) was the quarterback and I played and end position on the "B" team. We were considered too small for the varsity team. David threw a good spiral. Ozzie and Rickie came to one of our practice sessions. Another "high profile" name was Mason Alan Dinehart, Jr. who also played on the B team. He also was the first Bat Masterson on the original TV show before Gene Barry got the role. And while I am "name dropping" there was Glenn Larson of Glenn Larson productions who was a classmate and one was one of the original Four Preps (quartet singers).
Charles Bronson died of dementia. He was very poor as a child. There were 13 children in the family of Roman Catholics from Lithuanian immigrants. His father and the boys worked in the Pennsylvania coal mines. Charles born 1921, died 2003. Jill Ireland died age 54 from breast cancer. Born 1936. Died 1990.
Mister Bronson outfitted his nieces and nephews with fishing tackle for years. For three of those years I helped him select the proper gear for their age and what they were fishing for. I found him to be a quiet and reserved man. I knew he had a reputation for being difficult. The first year the kids were all young and had no fishing experience. He had selected four expensive rod and reels for the kids. I suggested the inexpensive push button reels would be a better choice for them. That's what he went with. The next two years he sought me out at the store because he knew I would make appropriate recommendations. For being a "difficult" man, it was a joy to see him chat up one of out young employees and offer him hunting advice. His wife was being treated for cancer at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at that time.
Wow this interview is so cool and rare. Bronson has always been one of Mt favorite actors, I worked for the Actors Union for 16 years and one of the highlights is when I got to speak to him regarding his pension and when I told him I was a huge fan he told me he would send me an autographed photo and he did I still have from many years ago. He was a nice guy at on the phone he was. This interview is great.
What people don't clock about Charlie is that he was a functioning Introvert ... many artistic people are this way. It means they can and do function quite easily in the world but prefer their own company and keep their own council by preference. I should know ...
I watched Charlie working for two weeks on Death Wish 2 for a PR magazine. He kept almost entirely to himself and only spoke to Michael Winner. He went off in to the shadows and whittled on a stick for long periods. I think he was bored. He was definitely introverted.
That argument about the script reminds me of working for a construction crew once where an architect kept saying, "It's in the plans right here." And the superintendent says, "I can draw a horse on a chalkboard as pretty as you please, but it ain't gonna jump off that board and run around the room!"
Could u imagine an interview like this today? The internet would blow up with stories of jill ireland being abused, the police would want 2 talk with him, the swiss would b protesting outside his house. A scandal.
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Charles Bronson turned down a fortune in movie offers to nurse Jill when she was dying from cancer. He never left her side , she was the great love of his life .
Yeah in the movie 'Die hard 'he turned down as well
I happened to be working near a medical facility they were frequenting during her medical care. He was glued to her and protected her throughout those episodes. She was obviously in distress. Bless both of them.
Smoking didn't help her
@@centralfloridagmrsYeah, bad habits don’t do anyone any favors. Did she deserve to die a horrible death as a result of the them though? (If cigarette smoking led to her cancer)
❤
Charles Bronson is a "man's man" a legit tough guy, a private family man. Jill was a sweetheart. May they both RIP
“Man’s man” never meant violent. FYI.
@@ziggy33399 Cutting through the crap isn’t violent.
@MrBrenman assuming I’m female. Interesting 🧐 mindset.
Comments like these make avoid thinking they past away. But they forever alive in my head. All his interviews are calm and cool..very Normal..i remember watching a marathon of watching Charles Bronson movies.
Yeah truly
I’m just glad to see people in the comments still interested in these people like I am.
Somehow, these actors are part of our lives... and people in these comments remember them, some of have a preference for these actors, we like them or not...another thing these actors came from poor beginnings just like you and l. I thank them for the entertainment they to me. When you look at past actors the men and women, they represent a different humaness as compared to of those today. I don't know l can relate to Charles Bronson, and Jill and Richard... they are more down to earth.
Oh grew up on his movies love him.
@@fritula6200 yes we grew up with them.
For sure, one of my favorite actors of all time. I will occasionally read up on him and have read some bad stories about Bronson. One that comes to mind of James Garner talking about his bad attitude. But after watching this, it gives me hope that he was a good guy in person too.
I was just a married teenager when this aired and gave birth right after New Year's.
Charlie's and Jill were always in the Celebrity Magazines and grew up watching them together with throughout the late 60s and 70s. But always thought Bronson was an ass hole and too full of macho 💩.
You don’t see too many interviews with Charles Bronson, but many people don’t know that during World War II he was an aerial gunner on a B-29 Superfortress bomber, flew on 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds in battle. He was the real deal.
He also had a tough upbringing. His father died when he was 10 and he then went to work in the coal mines for $1 per week. Amazing.
I'm cutting him more slack because of that, but I still hated his Death Wish films.
@@mortalclown3812It tainted the vigilante genre for a character like Travis Bickle who was really a vigilante but the focus on loneliness was much more mesmerizing.
So what
@@mortalclown3812 Hated Death Wish films? He took them to help pay for Jill Ireland's medical expenses when she had breast cancer.
@@mortalclown3812the first two were great.
Miss Charles Bronson So bad ass. A real man’s man Jill was a classy lady RIP to both of them.
Charles Bronson was a good guy and a very normal guy. Hollywood doesn’t have too many actors like him anymore.
No he wasn't normal. What's your version of normal pal? He beat her. Emotionally and physicaly abused her for yrs. - God will sort em' out!!
@@chadporter5907 shut up chad, you sound like a miserable person
Bronson was in an episode of "Combat" where he plays a sculptor who does demolition. It's an excellent episode. I can see Bronson losing it over an elitist, inflexible, stubborn director.
@Bobby Sternlicht stop being such a soy boy Bobby
Always liked his being cast in MASTER OF THE WORLD, where he played the hero (but for some reason everyone thought he was miscast). He was apparently somewhat difficult at the time and generally "crabby", tho maybe that's just the way his face structure and expression were interpreted. But the writer on that film said that even Vincent Price---who got along with pretty much everyone/was noted for that----couldn't get through to Bronson. Maybe because something was going on in Bronson's personal life at the time??
That's what I call a real Talk Show! Letting your guest to express his/her thoughts without interrupting them in every single couple minute by doing unfunny jokes!
Dick Cavett was great!
Yes, unlike today's late night geniuses.
Or not having a host who tries to interject far-Left ideology every other sentence!
Charles Bronson, we need him back today!
Six months before Jill died of breast cancer , in 1990, their adopted son Jason died of a drug overdose ..
What a blow for Charles, two people he loved taken within the same year ..
He continued to live til 2003 ..that showed how strong a man he was
Twenty films they made together..
Obviously didn't wish to be apart 😃❤️
Jason was David McCallum and Jill's adopted son. David practically abandoned his children with Jill after she left him for Charles.
@@Gitn2it- i am not so sure about that. David and Jill had a natural son called Valentine plus one other child (I think it was a girl), they never adopted.
@@Gitn2it- I apologise. Having researched, they had two sons Valentine and Paul, Jason was adopted and died of an overdose.
Paul Newman, James Garner, James Coburn, Henry Fonda, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Charlton Heston, Charles Bronson -- these men were giants and any picture they were in was worth seeing just for their screen presence
Maybe a little older but I'd throw Robert Mitchum in there too! Enemy Below!
@@TheProphetJoshua Mitchum was 12 years younger than Fonda
nobody today can hold a candle to any of these guys listed...
Joshua Dausch The Enemy Below! Great movie!!
Add to that list John Wayne, William Holden, Kirk Douglas, George C Scott, and a legend who is thankfully still with us...Clint Eastwood.
Bronson did not like doing interviews this is best interview I seen of him
@Keith Greenan - Dick Cavett & Tom Snyder were two of the best interviewers that I have ever seen on TV. They always make their guests comfortable . They always make it conversational. It's always a treat.
@@theolamp5312 Except when Dick interviewed black actors, he was really terrible at it. Check out Cavett's interviews with Eddie Murphy where he uses the N-word and Richard Pryor where he says he knows "how to sound black" and they're probably the most cringe-worthy interviews you'll ever see. In fact, in both those interviews Cavett came off as a clueless racist and I actually felt embarrassed for the man.
@@CaneFu Yes, unfortunately he was pretty tone-deaf with anyone not from his sphere. It's good for comedic value when it's cluelessness that he's willing to admit, about war or about the working classes, for example - like Bronson working in the coal mines or Lee Marvin's war experiences. But it's much more frustrating when he assumes he knows things he doesn't (as with some black guests) rather than being self-deprecating about it and asking sincere questions, which he could have done with those guests, like with Bronson, but didn't. Hard to watch those episodes where it comes off so poorly. Different times.
I can see that, wow.
@@CaneFuTotally agree with your statement on him and black actors and athletes maybe not all the time but a lot of times he was ridiculous.
I love it that he did not care about being political correct. He said what he felt. A tough guy all around. RIP.
That’s how good life was till the sissys took over! Those were great days!
ya and he wasn't an obnoxious asshole either and therein is the difference.
When men were actually men and the women loved it!
He was born in a mountain mining town east of Pittsburgh, PA. Received a Purple heart medal in WWII. (A lot of actors from that era fought in either WWII or Korea). James Arness, James Garner, William Conrad all were combat Veterans. The first two received Purple Hearts!
@@DarkLady13 Now days we men get our knickers in a twist over a Barbie movie.
I so loved Charles Bronson. I wish there were more men in the world like him.
After watching this again, you can really tell that Charles and Jill really loved one another and were very close.
He waited until she sat down before he sat. A real gentleman.
She got cancer and died fairly young.
Indeed. A true gentleman. She was beautiful & who wouldn't fall for a classy British lady.
I love this couple. Bronson is very down to earth and honest. Wish more actors had his courage.
Soo cool. He waited until Jill Sat before he did. Miss him
I'm so glad so many of us spotted that! Total touch of being a classy male!!! Beautiful to see in action!!! Charles, and Jill were so cool!
@@dantapedeck3642 men of that era had that type of class, pulling a chair for a woman to sit, or opening a door for the lady etc.
amazing .people will never see these displays of humanity on shows today.as in 2021 era.
@@rogerrousco2921 you do that today you get scolded. I was exiting a bank a few years ago, and a woman came to enter as i took the door handle, so i opened the door and stepped aside to let her pass inside first and in return she gave me some 3 word bullshit i cant remember. Never done it for a woman since.
@@cognitivedisability9864 don't let one ungrateful bitch make you change what you are. I hold doors for women and men and never get an ungrateful comment.
Im 45 years old. I saw most of Bronson's movies when I was a kid in the 80's. To this day, I'm a huge Charles Bronson fan. 👍
Bronson really loved her, it's a shame that cancer took her away from him.
That was very sad.
She was so beautiful
@@edjackson4389 : I always figured she'd be snooty in real life, because of her looks and how she carried herself. I never much cared for her, to be honest. But as I learned more about her, I found she wasn't the person she projected on camera to me. A lot more down-to-Earth. Her love for a guy with rough edges, like Bronson, made her a lot more appealing to me.
I had a friend who was a pharmacist, at a Texas hospital where she was being treated for the cancer. She said he was the nicest man you’d ever wanna meet, and his love for her was obvious, even in her brief, but many interactions with him.
But he was with her for twenty-two beautiful years! From 1968 - 1990. ❤️
Love the way she calls him Charlie . They exude elegance and class 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Even though his film name was Charles everyone called him Charlie.
The love of a good marriage. A legendary couple.
MR Bronson scored a 10 on finding a great wife, Always been a fan of his movies.
Oh, he found one. On a movie set. The wife of another man.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 She was married to David McCallum. They had at least one child together, I believe, and both remained friends. I'd heard from someone who knows quite a big about all 3 of them that David was somewhat relieved to be, uh, relieved of her!
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 Yeah but he didnt pursue her when she was married.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 get lost hater
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 he took what he wanted, like a man.
Startlingly classy compared to today’s talk shows.
yes thats true todays talk shows are so bad I won't watch
This is who we were back then. Miss it.
Yes, really enjoy these Dick Cavett Show interviews..
Conan O’Brien is a respectful, intelligent, fun, and good humored man.. w a good show.
I think Dick Cavett was the best by a mile.
100 percent agree.
My favorite Bronson scene of all times was at the start of Once Upon A Time in the West, when he said they brought two too many horses.
Yep !! Took the smirk CLEAN OFF Woody Strode's face !! 😂
Best movie ever.. leaves Eastwood in the dust. Great story.
The honesty and not trying to sell anything or present an image and just being yourself is unimaginable today. A true escape into the past.
Such an underrated actor,best part of it,he seemed to just be,being himself...
RIP,you two,your legacies are alive and well.
I still am a great fan of Charles Bronson. Continue to rest in power.
He was the number one actor in Italy, Germany, France and throughout Europe. He was also an educated man. Look at all his work in French - I Loved Rider on The Rain and the movie they are talking about is Behind The Door.
I dont know about underrated. he was a top level movie star at least in the 70´s and 80´s too i guess.
I don't care who you are, we've all known someone that we've wanted to take by their collar and shake sense into them. RIP Charles and Jill.
When they dressed properly
Every month of the year, I'm sad to report.
I have known numerous people who I wanted to grab and shake by the collar and do even worse to. And fortunately a few times I actually did do that years ago and nothing was more satisfying than to put a jerk in his place. However, none of that is allowed today unless one doesn't mind going to jail. It's too bad we got so "civilized" because people's behavior has gotten so much worse because they face no consequences today for bad behavior.
HE shook/ beat his wife alot
Charles Bronson was a true bad ass in every sense of the word
Because they shot up his watermons
@@kajgenell Purple Heart in WWII, coal miner while he was a minor, told the guy Jill Ireland was previously married to that he was going to steal her (and then did that), and of course, the 'stache.
Damn right he was!
I agree 100%.
He was a scorpio. Who don't take fools gladly.
The Picture was Called
"Someone Behind the Door" (1971). We Love Charles Bronson forever!
Correct. Contrary to what Bronson says, the director (Nicolas Gessner) was Hungarian, not Swiss. This installment of the Dick Cavett Show was broadcast on Tuesday 3 Oct 1972.
Cobb ETL PROGRAMMER; Thank You :)
Jill’s effect on Mr. Bronson is magical to witness. Bronson grew up in desperately poor conditions in a PA steel town with an immigrant family - his rise to fame was as enormous as say Chaplin’s rise from desperate poverty and an insane mother in the slums of London to world-famous actor-director within a couple of decades - amazing. The stories about Bronson became ridiculous later.
He was in some real turkeys towards the end of his career. I mean I thought "The Men Who do Evil" was really awful until Death Wish 4 and Death Wish 5 came out.
If painting couldn’t make Charlie placid, I’m sure Jill Ireland did. What a calm, intelligent woman she seems to be.
I'll bet she sorted his ass out more than once.
She died from breast cancer in the 70s I think. Bronson died about 20yrs later.
@@TAROTKATREADINGS she died in 1990. He died in 2003
@@alrivers2297 , He had alzheimer's.
@@TAROTKATREADINGS in 1990, he passed in 2003.
Back then you went to see Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Stallone, etc. Those were OUR superheroes.
Remember Jan Michael Vincent Movies back then. I liked him too.
Steve McQueen is/was my SUPERhero.
That's right
Could have left Stallone out of that, he's a modern hollywood douchebag.
The House of wax. Bronson.
Very classy lady. A missing characteristic with today's female celebrities. RIP. They are both together again
I agree. Just look at the way she is dressed. More often than not, actresses or celebrities that I see on talk shows, etc., try to show as much skin as possible. If they only realized that most of us don't want to see that much of them. The old saying, "less is more" does not apply to clothes ladies...
I had no idea Jill Ireland was British and spoke with perfect Queen's English. I remember seeing her in the movie "Hard Times" and she spoke with a low class American accent; but of course that's what actresses learn to do when the part calls for it.
Yea now we got Cardi B and Kim K
@@paulden3158 Neither of them are actresses.
@@deejin25 Did the op say actresses? They said celebrities, which is what the 2 aforementioned women are.
A real Hollywood couple! Their love for each other was immense! Read both of her books. Wonderful woman, so lovely with quite a story!
I absolutely adored them! Did you know Jill Ireland was cremated and her ashes were put in a cane and the cane was placed over his arm (per her request)? They were truly LOVE personified … from Noon til Three…best movie Ever!
Before I came here, I looked her up on Wikipedia. Charles had that cane buried with him. They were a bit of an odd couple - but so wonderful together (so close they're in the same grave! I always admired Jill for the way she so bravely faced her cancer.
@@LearnerChess I couldn’t remember who passed away first, but you are right. They were so romantic!
Very refreshing to enjoy genuine people who are actors and actresses. Rest in peace Charles and Jill from Patrick
Loved Jill total class act and super pretty ... Charles is the man love all his movies , check out hard times is one of his best !!.
Great movie. So gritty and realistic.
My favourite
I'm convinced Bronson had great comedic timing and would've been outstanding in a sitcom. I know it's slumming for an international star to work the small screen, but his timing is spot on in Breakout.
@@char524He was also in a show about a crime photographer. I think it's called Man with a Camera. Good show.
Someone Beyond the Door, according to IMDB. Directed by Nicolas Gessner, for anyone who was curious.
He isn't even Swiss, he's Hungarian.
@@obbzerver same thing. They both have pyramids.
@@mikef2813 Um, yeah that makes them the same - suuuure thing.
@@obbzerver now I’m Hungary for some Turkey.
@@mikef2813 you’re wasting your jokes on that one.
Big fan of Charles Bronson. I love people that do not put on an act when coming onto a show. Very original man.
The man loved his wife. I love my wife. I'm 60.
You guys got a lot in common!
@Stanly Stud Highly doubtful. She wouldn’t have been played like that to stick around.
Happy Valentines Day to you both!
True...Charles Bronson told the man that Jill Ireland was married prior to him that one day he would marry his wife!
The only thing that I didn't like is that he STOLE her from David McCallum. When he met David's wife Bronson said "I'm going to marry your wife"
I find watching both Charles and Jill fascinating. She is so elegant and classy in her manner and speech when she outright contradicts him and he doesn't get angry or offended. He just seems to find it amusing. If he was abusive to her in private I doubt she would dare to be so bold. I think she was a calming force in his life. I loved them both in 'Three In The Afternoon.'
From Noon till 3
@@davidkeeton6716 I’m sure you’re right; I was somewhere in the ballpark, but still out of bounds. 😂
She was a real classy lady!!
This is a once in a lifetime interview with Charles Bronson--he's open, relaxed, funny, and a damned good raconteur, mainly because he's sitting with his wife and a good friend (Attenborough.) For the record, the name of the film with the Swiss director is 'Someone Behind The Door' (1971) and the director was someone named Nicholas Gessner.
but Gressner was Hungarian not Swiss
`thanks i wanted to know the nane of the picture..for some reason the did not let us know...
@@manicoptio9305 Yes, but Gressner is German/Swiss.
@@larsondarcy101 That makes it even worse
@@martinhosper2990 Nicholas Gessner, the "Swiss director" was Hungarian. Lol. @Manic Optio is correct. Look it up on his Wikipedia page and elsewhere.
Opposites do attract, Jill is calm, Bronson is All man!! Damn, he's so Good looking, she was lucky, they had a wonderful & loving marriage till she died from cancer. Rest in peace, both of you, lovely people
I would say he was lucky from a man's view. She was absolutely stunning. They deserved each other and were rivalled in looks!
She was gorgeous absolute knockout
I’ll say!!!! Wow! Charles is the man!
@@TheWopper78 What a lovely woman.
You have good taste she’s all lady!
She had a great role opposite of Leonard Nimoy on a Star trek episode. 1967.
@Micro of the Month yeah right! No crying game here mate
Shocking how honest stars still were in those days.
Charles Bronson was an absolute 💯great actor . What a great loss. Rest in peace Mr. Bronson and your beautiful wife.
She was a real beauty with an amazing figure - I can’t help feeling sorry for David mccallum and for both of this couple too. It’s a hard thing to bear losing your true love.
There is a book (or 2?) that talks about that relationship. Ireland could be a handful. My ex knew a lot about the three of them. We had a live-in housekeeper who lived next to Ireland and Bronson for a while, and had a few tales to tell. Nothing horrendous, but just the same, not as "placid" as they are here (of course, the personal tales were observed some 10 or so years later into their marriage).
@@RSEFXtks bob
I loved Jill Ireland beautiful actress @nd Professional WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY MYHEART BROKE RIP BEAUTY JILL PEASE 😊
Charles Bronson also made an excellent Twilight Zone episode (original series) with Elizabeth Montgomery ("Bewitched"). It was set in an apocalyptic, post war era where each played soldiers that were from opposite sides. They discover each other in a war ravaged town and have to decide whether to fight or make peace. It was very good. The title of the episode was "Two" (1961).
@Lee McBride Jill Ireland was in Star Trek episode This Side of Paradise. Had a thing for Mr. Spock.
I saw that episode of twilight zone
That was an excellent episode, though one could say that about most of them. Rod Serling was an unique talent. Served in the battle of the Philippines which gave him great insight.
It wasn't until The Great Escape was mentioned that it dawned on me that Bronson & Attenborough worked together on that fabulous movie. Jill Ireland is delightful to listen to. No wonder Bronson adored her.
The Great Rscape IS a classic! I've watched it ..a dozen..times?? More to come.
I love how Dick always got down to the "nitty gritty" - he loved challenging everyone and made us all feel human.
True Legend! You don’t get actors or men like Charles anymore!
Charles Bronson was 51 years old in 1972 when this show was made | 2023 He would be 102 years old. R.I.P. Charles and Jill..
Nobody does interviews better than Cavett. RIP Richard I miss ya !!
He’s still alive.
he may be referring to Richard Attenborough ! 👍
Charles Bronson was one of my FAVORITES. Tough as nails.
She seems so lovely.
What an interesting couple. So 'real' as opposed to todays celebrity fakes.
Yes, genuine love , not just because they 'look good' together like the so called 'stars' of today , empty vessels most of them.
Old Hollywood had class an character.🕶🛍👠💄💋....👓🧣🎩
@@blancamiranda7424 Agree they have this calm and cool attitude about them..
I like how they reply to each other with simple straight forward answers and don't feel they have to elaborate
I'm a 80's child so i come back to old video to reminisce how actor were, as compared to now.. it's like actor back then were just normal people. As now people want to milk of as possible. It's all about the drama
She was absolutely stunning
Great actor and humanitarian. Definitely a real tough guy!!!!!!
What a classy lady. Not many like her anymore.
Yeah.....not many adulteresses like her any more.
Loved this, great actor and actress’s RIP
Charles may have stole her from David , but nobody ever stole her from Charles .
Illia kuriaken !!
--- Very true, he just was against her getting a mastectomy so her breast cancer killed her. He’s a real peach.🙄😏
@@judywright4241 u were her oncologist???
@@judywright4241 if not then you have NO idea if she would have survived even with that procedure.
Judy Wright she did have a mastectomy. I think you should probably chill out.
Wow, she was gorgeous!
the movie he was talking about was "someone behind the door" made in 1971, .
Tks bob
Dick Cavett...I’m an Australian and am only viewing these interviews now on you tube. They are a treat .. I hope you continue to share both interviews and personal experiences because you have a unique perspective which informs your questions and style
Hollywood are crying out for people with common sense now.
I think the public lost the ability to recognize and appreciate individualism, sincerity, and class. "Product" has replaced art.
@@robjohnson8214 😁
My most often spoken words over the years is "Don't be afraid to use your common sense!
@@patrickbushong7028 Indeed though in lockdown to neighbours it has become shall I get my jump leads? Car battery manufacturers must be doing a roaring trade.
Hollywood now is full of a bunch of radical idealogue Marxists with no common sense and no class. And very little talent.
See, that's when actors were actors and didn't mind being actors.
A lot of them had mixed feelings about acting as a profession. Some were sort of embarrassed to be actors. Marlon Brando said "acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It’s a bum’s life.." Olivier said "acting is not quite the occupation of an adult.", etc... a lot of actors in those days considered acting a childish profession, or un-manly or un-womanly or whatever. Nowadays we're probably not as critical, if you want to compare those days with today.
“Show me a great actor and I’ll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you’ve seen the devil.” ― W.C. Fields
@@linusp9316tks bob
Bronson was the epitome of cool tough guy. He had the perfect look and carry and I was quick to buy a ticket for whatever picture he made. His wife Jill personified English elegance and beauty. Bronson's greatest gift in life was having her by his side.
When men were men.
True
And women were women.
Yeah, i miss those days when you can slap a woman around and get away with it
@@benwaballs8833 If you slap a woman you are not a man
@@VOD713 Sean Connery did and he's an alpha male
Bronson grew up in extreme poverty in a family with 15 kids. After his father died he had to work in a coal mine at age 10. In WWII he flew 25 missions in a B-29 Super Fortress earning a Purple Heart.
When he played a tough guy in movies he was not acting.
Wouldn't it be great to have some men like this and women like Jill Ireland in Hollywood today?
Ok, so you want little to poor birth control, extreme poverty, child labor, and a world war just so you can have more movie stars you like? Careful what you wish for. We're closer than you think.
@@spam7797 WOW😳
Charles & Jill were such lovely people! They are 4ever missed.💞
Charles Bronson just made my day with his anti-Swiss slurs. 😀
she made him laugh! what a monumental achievement.
Charles was a man of iron. Tough childhood. Unbelievable military career. A true hero.
What an outstanding actor he was
Love these interviews. Its nice to see the actors in real life
I loved The Dick Cavett show! When I was a kid I used to watch Dick and Mike Douglass a lot, they both always had such great guests. But I never realized how small Dick Cavett is!
I really liked to watch the Mike Douglas show,he was a sweet guy
I watch a lot of old movies as opposed to the crap coming out today. I've never seen Deathwish but he was wonderful in the Great Escape. I love these two actors and I am so thrilled that they were married. You can see the love and respect they have for each other. Bronson's really funny!
The original Death Wish was a good film but Death Wish 2 was a lazy sequel from Michael Winner who was capable of making good films but as I said I think he was a lazy director sometimes ! 👍🇬🇧
Death wish is an all time favorite.
@@Joel-wh5hp yes unlike Death Wish II when Michael Winner became what I call a lazy director ! 👍
Once Upon A Time In The West makes Deathwish look like a school project
These are two of the nicest and kindest people I have ever known. My only regret is not showing my appreciation.
In '53 Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckle, and Steve Reeves often worked out together at Burt Goodrich's Gym on Hollywood Boulevard (the gym was upstairs; the Cinema Bowling Lanes was downstairs). I also used the gym facilities to get ready for football. I was a junior at Hollywood High. As a side note: David Nelson (Ozzie & Harriet's oldest son) was the quarterback and I played and end position on the "B" team. We were considered too small for the varsity team. David threw a good spiral. Ozzie and Rickie came to one of our practice sessions. Another "high profile" name was Mason Alan Dinehart, Jr. who also played on the B team. He also was the first Bat Masterson on the original TV show before Gene Barry got the role. And while I am "name dropping" there was Glenn Larson of Glenn Larson productions who was a classmate and one was one of the original Four Preps (quartet singers).
The film in question (with the name blanked out in this clip) directed by the Swiss (Nicholas Gessner) was "Someone Behind the Door."
Charles Bronson died of dementia. He was very poor as a child. There were 13 children in the family of Roman Catholics from Lithuanian immigrants. His father and the boys worked in the Pennsylvania coal mines. Charles born 1921, died 2003.
Jill Ireland died age 54 from breast cancer. Born 1936. Died 1990.
Thought he was Polish..??
Awesome many thanks Bronson was a great guy
The film with the "thick" director Bronson is referring to is 'Someone Behind the Door'. The director - Nicolas Gessner.
Attenborough and Bronson, co stars in The Great Escape.
DANNY AND BIG X
@RustyBob Skillet hes talking about the guys in the video
Jeez , tks bob, this just in...
So many memories of enjoying his movies with my father. Loved him.
One of my favorite actors......especially in Hard Times. 50 years old in that movie, and in great shape.
Mister Bronson outfitted his nieces and nephews with fishing tackle for years. For three of those years I helped him select the proper gear for their age and what they were fishing for. I found him to be a quiet and reserved man. I knew he had a reputation for being difficult. The first year the kids were all young and had no fishing experience. He had selected four expensive rod and reels for the kids. I suggested the inexpensive push button reels would be a better choice for them. That's what he went with. The next two years he sought me out at the store because he knew I would make appropriate recommendations. For being a "difficult" man, it was a joy to see him chat up one of out young employees and offer him hunting advice. His wife was being treated for cancer at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at that time.
Charles Bronson has his own unique genre in film beyond compare. Miss ya Charlie!
Wow this interview is so cool and rare. Bronson has always been one of Mt favorite actors, I worked for the Actors Union for 16 years and one of the highlights is when I got to speak to him regarding his pension and when I told him I was a huge fan he told me he would send me an autographed photo and he did I still have from many years ago. He was a nice guy at on the phone he was. This interview is great.
What people don't clock about Charlie is that he was a functioning Introvert ... many artistic people are this way. It means they can and do function quite easily in the world but prefer their own company and keep their own council by preference. I should know ...
I watched Charlie working for two weeks on Death Wish 2 for a PR magazine. He kept almost entirely to himself and only spoke to Michael Winner. He went off in to the shadows and whittled on a stick for long periods. I think he was bored. He was definitely introverted.
Dick is not faking his discomfort with Charlie.
Not Charlie as an interview subject, as he's pretty open here.
But Charlie as a person.
Dick told you this?
Hard Times...with James Coburn...is my fav C.Bronson film.Just fantastic acting..directing..fight scenes.
He was surprisingly talkative and quite funny... very enjoyable!!!
That argument about the script reminds me of working for a construction crew once where an architect kept saying, "It's in the plans right here." And the superintendent says, "I can draw a horse on a chalkboard as pretty as you please, but it ain't gonna jump off that board and run around the room!"
RIP Jill Ireland 1990 & Charly Bronson 2003, great couple, great stars.
Could u imagine an interview like this today? The internet would blow up with stories of jill ireland being abused, the police would want 2 talk with him, the swiss would b protesting outside his house. A scandal.
RIP to Charles and his lovely missus.
Charles 1 of my favorites legend...He belongs to the best of the best on acting 👊