@Raffy Raffy, ostentatious adjective /ˌɒstenˈteɪʃəs/ /ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃəs/ (1) (disapproving) showing your wealth or status in a way that is intended to impress people SYNONYM showy (2) (of an action) done in a very obvious way so that people will notice it He gave an ostentatious yawn. Next time in doubt, just ask Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
@@fruticetum In fairness, he did give him a heads up. Also, he and Jill Ireland seemed genuinely in love and were together until her death. They didn't appear to be your average Hollywood couple. It seemed sincere. Things happen between couples. I don't think it makes one a bad person.
Charles Bronson had so much presence on screen, and in person. You just have to watch him if he's on screen. That kind of charisma and talent doesn't happen often, especially in Hollyweird.
True. I think half of Hollywood today go to Diddy type parties. No one was ever perfect no matter the time period, but the amount of sickos and frauds in Holly weird today is astonishing
Remember these good old days when you could have mostly sincere/revealing conversations without any annoying forced applause, background music, sanitized jokes, or hidden host agenda?
They're called podcasts. There have been more podcasts recorded in the last month than you can watch/listen to in a lifetime.. interviews with historians, actors, detectives, writers, athletes, etc.. it's all out there. We're living in better times.
Cavett was an erudite and overall wonderful interviewer. Too bad he was opposite one of the most popular shows in TV-- the Tonight show with Johnny Carson
@@MrChiffre Seems like someone has nostalgia for the Prohibition era, or during the period leading to WWII or during the cold war era (duck and cover). Or when the U.S. government thought it was ok to experiment on people without their permission (Project MKUltra), etc, etc, etc, etc... The past is so much more pleasant without the knowledge of what's going on around you at the time.
@@nomorepainbooks3856 Carson was classier than Cavette who often lowered the tone by making it political and racial which is antisocial rabble rousing at the end of the day, Carson made a point of trying to avoid politics as a host of his show so he's the winner if trying to compare them.
I've admired this man since I saw my first Bronson movie in 1975. Everything I've ever read or head about him has been honorable and strong. Miss this kind of real man.
A real man. He reminds me of my late father and that stern presence that commanded instant attention. You knew if you fought him you will have to kill him cause he’s not going to give up. RIP dad and say hello to mr. Bronson.
@@bigh6530 Deep weakness and low point about that generation, I'm afraid. They are to be praised for a lot but much too reserved. Kind of unhealthy. I'm sorry to hear that you and him couldn't be closer but glad you at least got a bit closer. I'm sure he still loved you and wanted the best for you.
That kind of masculinity came from an era when there were no safety nets, and you stood a good chance of going to war or fighting to survive. We'll prob see those days again, but we've had some relatively softer decades on the planet.
Jim Brown said in his book, that when he met Bronson for The Dirty Dozen, they were on the same flight. He said Bronson didn't say one word to him. Just stared straight ahead. When they arrived on the set, he was surprised at how much Bronson helped him. He said he liked guys he couldn't intimidate, and he liked Bronson.
An actor friend of mine's mentor used to run The Pasadena Playhouse when Bronson was taking classes there. He said one of the teachers was absolutely terrified of him, to the point where Bronson asked him one day, "I scare you, don't I?" The teacher stammered out a nervous "yes," to which Bronson replied, "I thought so." He then walked away and never gave that teacher an ounce of respect again, lol.
I once had to give the actor who played Uncle Leo on Seinfeld a ride home from the airport. He was pretty elderly at the time and to break the ice I asked him for old-school Hollywood stories and he was more than happy to oblige. He told plenty of amusing and very humanistic anecdotes about working with Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, James Garner, etc, etc. What I thought was going to turn out to be an either awkward or boring or awkwardly boring ride with a total stranger turned out to be quite entertaining and informative. But he did say that Charles Bronson was extraordinarily reserved, almost to the point of seeming shy. Len Lesser(Uncle Leo) said that Bronson never shook anyone's hand, and made it a point to say he didn't mean any offense, he just wouldn't shake anyone's hand. Basically not a buddy-buddy type schmoozer. And Jack Klugman, who roomed with Bronson when they were both staring out in the industry said Bronson was the best roommate he ever had because Bronson was a neat freak and kept the place spotless. From what we know of the brutal poverty of Bronson's childhood, the two anecdotes I've mentioned above(Lack of gregarious social skills or at least, unwillingness to use them, obsessive need for cleanliness and order), they seem to paint a picture of an adult child of alcoholics. This history of childhood trauma does not make me sad. What does make me sad is that because of these very same instances, Charles Bronson, if given the opportunity would have made a fantastic comedic actor had he been given more chances to play those types of roles, instead of being typecast in the mold of the American Toxic Male. Don't believe me? Think of a Mel Brooks or Neil Simon or Blake Edwards comedy and then think of what they would have been like with Charles Bronson in a supporting or leading role.
You've got that ass backwards, it was raw feminine, predatory feline, encapsulated darkness that contains the masculine, a bit player in the big picture
A lot of dudes in the 1970's loved this dude! Back then I didn't think much about him, but I loved him in the movie "The Mechanic" 1972. Then recently I was changing channels and saw him in a western and his shirt was off & I thought MAMA MIA! That dude was built! Oh, and I liked him in "Death Wish" also, 1974. But to see & hear him in this interview; he was a very interesting man! And the fact that he was a coal miner touched my heart. My paternal GrandFather was a coal miner for 52 years! He started out as a young boy 😕 But he lived to be 91! That fact is a miracle in itself. So rest well and in peace Mr. Bronson.🙏 You were a remarkable man. Thank you for entertaining us for so long. 😎✌
If you get the chance, catch him in Have Gun Will Travel and in The Magnificent Seven. The latter, I think it was, has him with his shirt off chopping wood effortlessly, and damn, that guy was incredibly built in an age before weight-lifting/body-building was common. Just the meanest kind of lean.
I inherited a love for Charles from my mother, I still have heaps of his movies and will never part from them, she always had a large picture of him and raved about what a good husband he was, even in her later years, her eyes would sparkle at the mention of his name, like a school girl crush, rest in peace Charlie, rest in peace ma. XX
Bronson has grown on me over the past 20 years or so. Seen him in the Death Wish films, two westerns (including Once Upon a Time in the West), The Mechanic, and The Great Escape. I haven't gotten around to some of his others. He is just so suave, to the point, dead-pan serious. A real honest-to-God anti-hero that can't be duplicated.
Try watching his movies co starring Alain Delon. The thriller "Adieu l'ami"(Farewell My Friend) a.k.a. "Honor Among Thieves" and the Spaghetti Western "Red Sun" which also co starred the great Toshiro Mifune and Ursula Andres.
Mr. Bronson's tv show, Man with a Camera, can be found here on TH-cam. The show only lasted 2 years (1958-1960). I remember watching him in the 1950's on tv. I grew to appreciate his body of work. Las Vegas, NV April 18, 2021
His Real last name was Buchalski,or something like that. He was a Boxer on the side while he served in The Army,plus the obvious Rough Childhood and Coal-Mining days,4-1/2 years of that job. Charles Bronson/Buchalski,was the epitome of Hard-Nosed Old-School Toughness. He was one of my Dad's Favorite Actors.
Charles Bronson was the real deal. Nothing fake about his patriotism and service to the United States of America. Like other actor William Smith, he lived it and even worked with Elvis Presley in a film both him and Elvis Presley were head cast in. He's done more the first 40 years of his life than most actors have done their whole life. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 during World War II.[3] He served in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and in 1945 as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam-based 61st Bombardment Squadron[17] within the 39th Bombardment Group, which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands.[18] He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.
That's because Richard just had been interviewed by Cavett right before. It was kind of "customary" to stay with the next guest for a while. Maybe they'd do it for the whole show or up until commercial break.
Incredible authentic, honest actor. He was just himself. Bronson ist simply smart and sovereign, while the host seems to try over and over agein to lure answers / statements out of him. Fascinating interview, strange encounter.
Absolute agreement! Just a terrific interviewer. An example of a host and guest just talking. Nothing like the scripted nonsense from the “Jimmy Fallons” that you see today.
One thing I like about Cavett is that when he doesn't know something, even if it might be somewhat embarrassing to be unaware of, he admits it without compunction.
"If you have to do something, you do it!" Something today's generations have NO clue about. Bronson was quite a man, and a much better actor than most realize.
I wasn't a miner, I was a telephone man. I didn't mind stepped poles, I didn't mind ladders, but hooks? That was terrifying every time I did it. I helped my Brother through the hooks (gaffs) part of his training when he went to plant school. He was having a hard time. He said, "You make it look easy...." I said, "It's not, it's terrifying, but I just do exactly what they told me to do." "You are terrified?" "Yes." Apparently that helped my Brother... knowing his little brother was terrified but did it anyway.
Wages were better (relative to inflation) in Bronson's day, sadly. It was easier to survive back then, as long as you weren't born desperately poor and one of 15 kids (like Bronson was).
@@jemcnair76 Same thing: I saw a documentary recently, interviews with the Native American workers (Mohawk Steel Workers) who built the skyscrapers in NYC.. one question was "how were you not scared, working without harnesses on girders 1,000 feet in the open air?" and the answer was like you said, "we were terrified".
@@linusp9316 Correct! And employers had excellent health care programs that covered 100% at a LOW monthly charge to the worker. Definitely times were better then across the board!
Charles Bronson was the real deal...I remember when I was a kid Mad Magazine had a lot of fun with him after he made the 1st 'Death Wish'...what an actor...what a man!
When Bronson mentioned a genetic link to Genghis Khan it all made sense. One of my favorites . As a kid , I watched him with my parents play " Mr. Majestyk" . It was at that moment that I learned that fear is just a choice.
When he said he probably has black lung from working in the coal mines... this is how his Wiki says he died in 2003: Although pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been cited as his cause of death, neither appears on his death certificate, which cites "respiratory failure", "metastatic lung cancer", with, secondarily, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and "congestive cardiomyopathy" as the causes of death
Trouble is your not allowed to be a real man anymore you're supposed to be in touch with your feminine side or at least that's how kids are being brainwashed in school here in the UK ! 😫👍🇬🇧
shout out to the old people who figured out how to find old interviews of actors they grew up with. lots of old people are missing these great old shows cause they cant use the web \
Charles Bronson must have been the tallest 5 foot 8 inch man that ever lived, his army physical when he joined to fight in WW2 described him as in excellent physical condition, 22 years old 5 foot 8 inches tall ,he was a life long athlete dumbbells wherever he lived, squats, knee lunges and dips between chairs plus a frequent gym guy.
Does anybody remember him in Twilight Zone with Elizabeth Montgomery. If you watch Alfred Hitchcock he is in some of the movies where he got his big break at
One of the Greatest actors to ever live and perform, he came from absolutely just about nothing but thank God a big family with strong values. He reminds me now of the actor they used in the HBO show about Chernobyl. He seemed to have traits that weren’t typical European or Nation People American but Bronson was one of my Pops favs and mine too because of Pops respect and admiration for Bronson, he especially loved “Hard Times”, and I did too. I grew up watching it on VHS. Much respect for the actor that called himself Charles Bronson, for I know, we will never see his like again .
Bronson as shown here would never give anything up, but never hold back when asked a question. Several movies like "Chino's Land" He actually kills more people than speaks words in the film. Try and find anyone who can make money like that anymore. WW2 vet and you got no second chances with him. Life was hard and so was he. One of the best!
Bronson was so cool. Effortlessly graceful and powerful, without being arrogant or ostentatious.
@Raffy Raffy I have no idea.
@Raffy Raffy It Means To Be Over The Top, Or Gaudy Even.PrayersNLuv To ALL WWG1WGA 👼👼💝💝🙏🙏✝️✝️💘💘
Excellent way to describe Bronson. Thank you.
@Raffy Raffy If you knew about google, you wouldn't have to ask. Or are you just trying to be funny.
@Raffy Raffy,
ostentatious adjective
/ˌɒstenˈteɪʃəs/
/ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃəs/
(1) (disapproving) showing your wealth or status in a way that is intended to impress people
SYNONYM showy
(2) (of an action) done in a very obvious way so that people will notice it
He gave an ostentatious yawn.
Next time in doubt, just ask Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
Charles Bronson isn't just a physical badass, he had a serious mind as well. Great actor and person.
I don't know. He stole another man's wife. I don't respect that.
I don't know that story but maybe
I don't know about that. The woman is also responsible though.@@fruticetum
@@fruticetumIt takes two to tango, she accepted his proposal and they were together until her passing in 1990.
@@fruticetum In fairness, he did give him a heads up. Also, he and Jill Ireland seemed genuinely in love and were together until her death. They didn't appear to be your average Hollywood couple. It seemed sincere. Things happen between couples. I don't think it makes one a bad person.
Never can get enough of Charles Bronson. Probably have seen most of his films.
Tremendous presence on screen.
Once Upon A Time In The West is my favorite movie of all time, he was just perfect in that
Hard Times!
I did a binge watching few years back. A true legend! A badass!
The Mechanic
@@bigles9083 Excellent movie. Also Telefon and See No Evil.
Charles Bronson had so much presence on screen, and in person. You just have to watch him if he's on screen. That kind of charisma and talent doesn't happen often, especially in Hollyweird.
VISITED HIS TOMB IN VERMONT WITH HIS WIFE JILL
OFF 1-91 IN WINDSOR,VT
Today's celebrities don't have no where near the charisma that Charles Bronson had.
Real Man
But talk show hosts today do 😂
True. I think half of Hollywood today go to Diddy type parties. No one was ever perfect no matter the time period, but the amount of sickos and frauds in Holly weird today is astonishing
This has to be the only time I’ve seen Charles Bronson on a talk show! This is so rare to me.
Remember these good old days when you could have mostly sincere/revealing conversations without any annoying forced applause, background music, sanitized jokes, or hidden host agenda?
Nobody in the audience won a car or a 6 months supply of adreochrome
They're called podcasts. There have been more podcasts recorded in the last month than you can watch/listen to in a lifetime.. interviews with historians, actors, detectives, writers, athletes, etc.. it's all out there. We're living in better times.
Cavett was an erudite and overall wonderful interviewer. Too bad he was opposite one of the most popular shows in TV-- the Tonight show with
Johnny Carson
@@linusp9316 Greetings.
Living in "better times"?? You are joking...right?
Sincerely.
@@MrChiffre Seems like someone has nostalgia for the Prohibition era, or during the period leading to WWII or during the cold war era (duck and cover). Or when the U.S. government thought it was ok to experiment on people without their permission (Project MKUltra), etc, etc, etc, etc...
The past is so much more pleasant without the knowledge of what's going on around you at the time.
R.I.P Charles Bronson, One of a kind, cut from a different cloth. Grew up Enjoying his movies.
I love how Dick Cavett would let his guest's answers land and wouldn't rush the next question.
Carson fails at that more than people cared to admit.
@@nomorepainbooks3856 Carson was classier than Cavette who often lowered the tone by making it political and racial which is antisocial rabble rousing at the end of the day, Carson made a point of trying to avoid politics as a host of his show so he's the winner if trying to compare them.
@@nomorepainbooks3856 Still better than ANY of those late night clowns today!
I've admired this man since I saw my first Bronson movie in 1975. Everything I've ever read or head about him has been honorable and strong. Miss this kind of real man.
That suit fits Bronson perfectly.
Bronson was an actor that you never thought of as an actor.....he was that good! I miss those days, wish I could go back!
That's because he wasn't acting.
A real man. He reminds me of my late father and that stern presence that commanded instant attention. You knew if you fought him you will have to kill him cause he’s not going to give up. RIP dad and say hello to mr. Bronson.
I just lost my dad this hits home rip
BIG H Bronson definitely had a quiet but commanding presence. Were you and your dad close?
@baby mammoth in the last year we got a bit closer but he was old school and reserved his emotions. But I’ve made my peace with it.
@@bigh6530 Deep weakness and low point about that generation, I'm afraid. They are to be praised for a lot but much too reserved. Kind of unhealthy. I'm sorry to hear that you and him couldn't be closer but glad you at least got a bit closer. I'm sure he still loved you and wanted the best for you.
That kind of masculinity came from an era when there were no safety nets, and you stood a good chance of going to war or fighting to survive. We'll prob see those days again, but we've had some relatively softer decades on the planet.
Charles Bronson was a boss.
So true. He was da goat.🐐
Badass.
Boss ☺️
Jim Brown said in his book, that when he met Bronson for The Dirty Dozen, they were on the same flight. He said Bronson didn't say one word to him. Just stared straight ahead. When they arrived on the set, he was surprised at how much Bronson helped him. He said he liked guys he couldn't intimidate, and he liked Bronson.
ya they dont make em like that anymore. amazing man really.
With those two "heavies" on the same flight, the plane must have been near max payload!
@@THE-HammerMan hahaha no kiddin right! Legends...
An actor friend of mine's mentor used to run The Pasadena Playhouse when Bronson was taking classes there. He said one of the teachers was absolutely terrified of him, to the point where Bronson asked him one day, "I scare you, don't I?" The teacher stammered out a nervous "yes," to which Bronson replied, "I thought so." He then walked away and never gave that teacher an ounce of respect again, lol.
I once had to give the actor who played Uncle Leo on Seinfeld a ride home from the airport. He was pretty elderly at the time and to break the ice I asked him for old-school Hollywood stories and he was more than happy to oblige. He told plenty of amusing and very humanistic anecdotes about working with Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, James Garner, etc, etc. What I thought was going to turn out to be an either awkward or boring or awkwardly boring ride with a total stranger turned out to be quite entertaining and informative. But he did say that Charles Bronson was extraordinarily reserved, almost to the point of seeming shy. Len Lesser(Uncle Leo) said that Bronson never shook anyone's hand, and made it a point to say he didn't mean any offense, he just wouldn't shake anyone's hand. Basically not a buddy-buddy type schmoozer. And Jack Klugman, who roomed with Bronson when they were both staring out in the industry said Bronson was the best roommate he ever had because Bronson was a neat freak and kept the place spotless. From what we know of the brutal poverty of Bronson's childhood, the two anecdotes I've mentioned above(Lack of gregarious social skills or at least, unwillingness to use them, obsessive need for cleanliness and order), they seem to paint a picture of an adult child of alcoholics. This history of childhood trauma does not make me sad. What does make me sad is that because of these very same instances, Charles Bronson, if given the opportunity would have made a fantastic comedic actor had he been given more chances to play those types of roles, instead of being typecast in the mold of the American Toxic Male. Don't believe me? Think of a Mel Brooks or Neil Simon or Blake Edwards comedy and then think of what they would have been like with Charles Bronson in a supporting or leading role.
I swear Bronson doesn't seem any different in his movies than he does in real life
I agree.
Moonleos does not have to act...
Bronson had a very strong masculine presence and raw charisma that was captivating.
Had a real presence. Looks great here.
All of that toxic masculinity! Cavitt was the Anti - Bronson.
Does he ever. Bronson appears so centered and grounded. This is the first anything I have seen of him. He masculinity is undeniable. Love seeing it.
You've got that ass backwards, it was raw feminine, predatory feline, encapsulated darkness that contains the masculine, a bit player in the big picture
To me, he was always sexy! Yum
We forget how big he was in the 70s and early 80s . He was the top box office guy for a few years.
A lot of dudes in the 1970's loved this dude! Back then I didn't think much about him, but I loved him in the movie "The Mechanic" 1972. Then recently I was changing channels and saw him in a western and his shirt was off & I thought MAMA MIA! That dude was built! Oh, and I liked him in "Death Wish" also, 1974. But to see & hear him in this interview; he was a very interesting man! And the fact that he was a coal miner touched my heart. My paternal GrandFather was a coal miner for 52 years! He started out as a young boy 😕 But he lived to be 91! That fact is a miracle in itself. So rest well and in peace Mr. Bronson.🙏 You were a remarkable man. Thank you for entertaining us for so long. 😎✌
If you get the chance, catch him in Have Gun Will Travel and in The Magnificent Seven. The latter, I think it was, has him with his shirt off chopping wood effortlessly, and damn, that guy was incredibly built in an age before weight-lifting/body-building was common. Just the meanest kind of lean.
The Mechanic was such a great film
Going to guess that western was Chato's Land
Charles Bronson,one of the greatest actors of all time .He definitely earned his stripes in the movie industry and in life .
The ability to discuss his movies and relate stories of his life makes his interviews some of the most interesting on TH-cam.
I inherited a love for Charles from my mother, I still have heaps of his movies and will never part from them, she always had a large picture of him and raved about what a good husband he was, even in her later years, her eyes would sparkle at the mention of his name, like a school girl crush, rest in peace Charlie, rest in peace ma. XX
A mans man. Love all of his work.
Charles bronson is amazing in this interview strong presence and very sure of his himself which I admire
"You have to do something You Do It" Legend
The secret to all real tough guys: they are traumatized! But they keep trucking onward because they HAVE TO . . . .
I loved watching Charles Bronson movies when I was young.
My favourite actor being interviewed by my favourite talk show host. I really enjoyed this.
Once Upon A Time In The West my favorite Western.
Bronson was a man of short straight forward sentences in any interview but so talented on screen.
Bronson has grown on me over the past 20 years or so. Seen him in the Death Wish films, two westerns (including Once Upon a Time in the West), The Mechanic, and The Great Escape. I haven't gotten around to some of his others. He is just so suave, to the point, dead-pan serious. A real honest-to-God anti-hero that can't be duplicated.
Hard Times, Rider on the Rain, From Noon Til Three, and Breakout, are a few more i'd recommend 😀
From Noon Til Three is one I'd suggest as an off-beat comic style Bronson film, but the quintessential Bronson film is probably Hard Times.
Try watching his movies co starring Alain Delon. The thriller "Adieu l'ami"(Farewell My Friend) a.k.a. "Honor Among Thieves" and the Spaghetti Western "Red Sun" which also co starred the great Toshiro Mifune and Ursula Andres.
Death hunt is excellent too, with Lee Marvin in the movie also!
@@michaelnorman3393Hard Times great movie, great acting and directing
Mr. Bronson's tv show, Man with a Camera, can be found here on TH-cam. The show only lasted 2 years (1958-1960). I remember watching him in the 1950's on tv. I grew to appreciate his body of work. Las Vegas, NV April 18, 2021
Bronson was a fascinating man. His slow demise from alzheimers was absolutely tragic.
I always wondered how he was going to go. He was such a physical phenomenon for most of his life, it was hard to picture his body ever failing him.
They say towards the end of his life, he didn't know that he was an actor. Yes, tragic.
Everyone dies from some illness. And we come in drooling and simple minded and usually leave that way.
When you have Alzheimer's, you don't know anything about anything ...
scott eastwood is gonna be the Toughest guy that ever lived .....
His toughness earned him the respect of Jim Brown in The Dirty Dozen
Wow, what a 'no nonsense' guy this man was!
.....real!
No doubt. He had that aura.
an ancient race
@@phillytheflyerable Nice!
His Real last name was Buchalski,or something like that. He was a Boxer on the side while he served in The Army,plus the obvious Rough Childhood and Coal-Mining days,4-1/2 years of that job. Charles Bronson/Buchalski,was the epitome of Hard-Nosed Old-School Toughness. He was one of my Dad's Favorite Actors.
Such a well fitted suit. I read that he had a walk that demanded respect when he entered a room.
One of the greatest actors ever.
Bronson, one of a kind! He comes out there, tough, fit, Charley Bronson style, and gives Attenborough a hug years before hugs were fashionable.
Brilliant interview . A grounded , cool great Star ...deserved his success 👏.
What a nice voice Charles Bronson used to have. God bless him.
Charles Bronson was the real deal. Nothing fake about his patriotism and service to the United States of America. Like other actor William Smith, he lived it and even worked with Elvis Presley in a film both him and Elvis Presley were head cast in. He's done more the first 40 years of his life than most actors have done their whole life. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 during World War II.[3] He served in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and in 1945 as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam-based 61st Bombardment Squadron[17] within the 39th Bombardment Group, which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands.[18] He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.
As normal, Dickie Attenborough was the ultimate gent. He didn't try to interrupt the interview.
So very true, let the other man have his own moment. True gent
Yes indeed
That's because Richard just had been interviewed by Cavett right before. It was kind of "customary" to stay with the next guest for a while. Maybe they'd do it for the whole show or up until commercial break.
He was very economical with words. I read an article where he said he liked to learn by listening.
Incredible authentic, honest actor. He was just himself. Bronson ist simply smart and sovereign, while the host seems to try over and over agein to lure answers / statements out of him. Fascinating interview, strange encounter.
One of a kind.
Excellent actor & old school tough guy from back in the day🤩
The perception is Charles Bronson has the kind of presence. That he walks the walk and talks the talk.
no actors like him anymore.. he was inteligent and a real man
That is why they don't like him.
yes.
He is so attractive to me.
Declining male testosterone levels are to blame. And it's deliberate with the chemicals in plastics etc
May he rest such a memory in my childhood such a great actor
I've just read The road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell. Interesting what he had to say about his mining experience.
Bronson was super cool to Kurt Russel as a kid, which make me respect him even more.
Cavett....the greatest host and interviewer of all time. Genius.
Absolute agreement! Just a terrific interviewer. An example of a host and guest just talking. Nothing like the scripted nonsense from the “Jimmy Fallons” that you see today.
Charles Bronson, one of my all time favorite actors! Talk about a real life tough guy ( who was actually super nice lol )
Great actor who was in so many great movies.
bronson as a teenager plated in my grandfather old saloon in erinfield pa how cools that!
Plated what, metal?
@@roderickstockdale1678 I think he meant played
Old school actor and realife tough guy. Bronson had the best physique in Hollywood and a genuine nice guy too.
This guy was a real tough guy. Miss Charlie. Great actor and talent. Period.
What an interesting man and a fantastic actor!
Loved Charlie Bronson great presence on the screen
Love these old interviews no PC or cutting out what the people had to say. The world is a very different place now.
One thing I like about Cavett is that when he doesn't know something, even if it might be somewhat embarrassing to be unaware of, he admits it without compunction.
"If you have to do something, you do it!"
Something today's generations have NO clue about. Bronson was quite a man, and a much better actor than most realize.
@john wesson exexexxx(buzzer). I'm right; you're mistaken.
...What? You know "you g people" from another planet maybe? LOL!
I wasn't a miner, I was a telephone man. I didn't mind stepped poles, I didn't mind ladders, but hooks? That was terrifying every time I did it.
I helped my Brother through the hooks (gaffs) part of his training when he went to plant school. He was having a hard time. He said, "You make it look easy...."
I said, "It's not, it's terrifying, but I just do exactly what they told me to do."
"You are terrified?"
"Yes."
Apparently that helped my Brother... knowing his little brother was terrified but did it anyway.
Wages were better (relative to inflation) in Bronson's day, sadly. It was easier to survive back then, as long as you weren't born desperately poor and one of 15 kids (like Bronson was).
@@jemcnair76 Same thing: I saw a documentary recently, interviews with the Native American workers (Mohawk Steel Workers) who built the skyscrapers in NYC.. one question was "how were you not scared, working without harnesses on girders 1,000 feet in the open air?" and the answer was like you said, "we were terrified".
@@linusp9316 Correct! And employers had excellent health care programs that covered 100% at a LOW monthly charge to the worker.
Definitely times were better then across the board!
Charles Bronson was the real deal...I remember when I was a kid Mad Magazine had a lot of fun with him after he made the 1st 'Death Wish'...what an actor...what a man!
Let me guess... the title was 'Dead Fish'?
When Bronson mentioned a genetic link to Genghis Khan it all made sense. One of my favorites . As a kid , I watched him with my parents play " Mr. Majestyk" . It was at that moment that I learned that fear is just a choice.
And some are just dying to choose it when bad actors of one type or another say, "Boo!"
One of my favorites of all time!!!
Iam really enjoying this,
Bronson was such a class act, miss him very much.
The great Charlie Bronson love him so much
Loved him in Once Upon a Time in the West
Charles Bronson was THE MAN...
Bronson’s moustache was manlier than I’ll ever be.
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Not only was Charles Bronson the greatest action hero of all time he was highly articulate intelligent & eloquently spoken man
real opinions ,real ?s & answers .Real enough compared to now. Who else knew this would be a treasure trove of old information.
When he said he probably has black lung from working in the coal mines... this is how his Wiki says he died in 2003: Although pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been cited as his cause of death, neither appears on his death certificate, which cites "respiratory failure", "metastatic lung cancer", with, secondarily, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and "congestive cardiomyopathy" as the causes of death
Janet McWilliams do?
Yes. He was also a heavy smoker. He threw a pack on the table next to him when he first came on stage.
Dick Cavett always made the star the star of the show.
He was a master interviewer...He had a subtle wit, and was well respected.
A real man, a great actor, a far cry from the pathetic "actors" today.
Trouble is your not allowed to be a real man anymore you're supposed to be in touch with your feminine side or at least that's how kids are being brainwashed in school here in the UK ! 😫👍🇬🇧
What a legend! Bronson!!!
Bronson acting style wasn't even saying a word.Nobody better at this
What a great actor one of the best all his movies are exciting
Bronson was just the real thing. Looked tough and was tough.
shout out to the old people who figured out how to find old interviews of actors they grew up with. lots of old people are missing these great old shows cause they cant use the web \
Charles Bronson must have been the tallest 5 foot 8 inch man that ever lived, his army physical when he joined to fight in WW2 described him as in excellent physical condition, 22 years old 5 foot 8 inches tall ,he was a life long athlete dumbbells wherever he lived, squats, knee lunges and dips between chairs plus a frequent gym guy.
Does anybody remember him in Twilight Zone with Elizabeth Montgomery. If you watch Alfred Hitchcock he is in some of the movies where he got his big break at
Legitimately tough and cool.
Young people today have no idea what they are missing out on.
CB e' stato un gigante, nella sua semplicita'. era genuino e quel carisma che lo avvolgeva lo rendeva un gigante.
Excellent Television such a great actor
Charles Bronson is so f****** cool
RIP
LOVE HIS ACTING.
CHARLES BRONSON AND
STEVE MCQUEEN.
TWO COOL GUYS
Great actor - one of my favourite stars of my youth. A true badass. Sadly missed.
"If you have to do something, you do it!"
A great many people these days have no understanding of those words. RIP Charles Bronson.
I had no idea he was such a man of few words during talk shows.
Real deal tough guy no bs
Him forcing the host to sit down before him was such a power move.
Bronson is revead here as being even more attractive more, manly, more powerful a presence than in his on-screen appearances.
He was a man among men. A real man in real life.
Bronson was one of my favorite actors .....
Greatest Hollywood tough guy OF ALL TIME ! Change my mind. Real last name was Buchinsky. So 5 years in the mines is the ticket to Hollywood.
definitely in the discussion. i'd throw in Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood & honorable mention Gene Hackman, Toshiro Mifune
One of the Greatest actors to ever live and perform, he came from absolutely just about nothing but thank God a big family with strong values. He reminds me now of the actor they used in the HBO show about Chernobyl. He seemed to have traits that weren’t typical European or Nation People American but Bronson was one of my Pops favs and mine too because of Pops respect and admiration for Bronson, he especially loved “Hard Times”, and I did too. I grew up watching it on VHS. Much respect for the actor that called himself Charles Bronson, for I know, we will never see his like again .
What a beautiful classy guy, stylish and effortless sexy!
I have loved him since the first time I saw him in the early 70s.
Bronson as shown here would never give anything up, but never hold back when asked a question. Several movies like "Chino's Land" He actually kills more people than speaks words in the film. Try and find anyone who can make money like that anymore. WW2 vet and you got no second chances with him. Life was hard and so was he. One of the best!
Bronson one smooth man