Hollywood's Original Train Wreck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- John Derek’s life was a tangle of bad decisions, even worse relationships, and career moves that never quite panned out.
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I had the unfortunate experience of meeting John Derek I was working as I can executor at one of our local motion, picture rental houses here in Hollywood Mr. Derek walks in with his beautiful wife, and being impatient and privileged at the same time decided to verbally assault me. I will call his wife like hiding behind one of our posters in total embarrassment. I recalled without any provocation calling me an asshole my boss heard this and challenge Mr. Derek to apologize. He then told my boss to meet him outside for a round of fisticuffs mind you, my employer was in the 60s and not in very good health My employer immediately barred him on the premises. What a complete jerk.
Good for your boss standing up to him!
😮 Wow his true character really came through. Why Linda & Bo Continue to brag about him is truly mind boggling 4 me. U sound so nice too. Stay Strong ❤ & Happy!
Usually at such times this type of grunt likes to recite this stupid slogan: "Do you know who I AM?"
I always hope some guy will reply, "Yes, and I deeply regret it!"
My mother named me Derek after John Derek. She was a fan of his, not knowing what he was really like in person.
I may not be as "pretty" as he was, but I am also, not an asshole like he was!
Sounds like a fairy story. No proof just an attempt to claim some fame in a mediocre job.
And you will be expect to be believed. Sickening
Barbara Walters did an interview with Derek and Bo, and he clearly came across as someone who thought looks were everything. He was a complete narcissist and didn't even try to hide it. I felt sorry for Bo, who seemed nice.
Sounds like MAYBE Momma might of had something to do with that. Pushing him as a child because of his looks. Sad!!
@@bonniemoerdyk9809 His three wives looked almost identical to each other (but kept getting younger); I'll bet they looked just like his mother when she was young.
Please. Not so fast.
He, John Derek, lived in my hometown in Santa Ynez, CA. I even once had breakfast at a tiny breakfast place there ( Santa Ynez) with him and his wife and sister in law Whereby, sometimes you were sat down with strangers at a tiny 4 person table. Being ( I think) young, blond and surfer/ tennis player, I was sat having breakfast with John Derek, Bo Derek and her sister. Funny that nothing special occurred. Except small talk. Normal stuff.
I met Bo Derek again at their home later.
They were lovely normal people. Bo's sister was also incredibly beautiful . The Seventies were an extraordinary times in Santa Barbara County.
What I remember is that Bo Dereck and Ursula Andress were close friends
Bo seemed to really understand and accept him. As he was
"Not so fast"? What's your point?
Unfortunately, he didn't achieve the stardom of being a Hollywood A list actor/director. Yes, few remember John Derek. But, movie fans remember James Dean, Ursula Andress, & wow! Bo Derek. Tragic life of a handsome, troubled man. Well done, intriguing story, beautifully narrated☆♡.
RIP John Derek, now you are known🕊✨️🌟
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He, John Derek, lived in my hometown in Santa Ynez, CA. I even once had breakfast at a tiny breakfast place there ( Santa Ynez) with him and his wife and sister in law Whereby, sometimes you were sat down with strangers at a tiny 4 person table. Being ( I think) young, blond and surfer/ tennis player, I was sat having breakfast with John Derek, Bo Derek and her sister. Funny that nothing special occurred. Except small talk. Normal stuff.
I met Bo Derek again at their home later.
They were lovely normal people. Bo's sister was also incredibly beautiful . The Seventies were an extraordinary times in Santa Barbara County.
@lorenzo6mm sweet personal story, nice to know he wasn't a total train wreck after all. Thank you for sharing ~♡
Agreed!
And Linda Evans, another of his wives.
She's very beautiful still@@housemousell
"Grooming him" for the glitz of Hollywood was probably exactly what happened I'm afraid
Yes, that thought crossed my mind as soon as I heard that wording.
@@Johnconno You must be AI since you make no sense.
HAHAHAHAHA!! Thank you!!!
Same with Meghan Markle, her FATHER created a MONSTER .
@@Johnconno You wish. Pathetic ,response.
👏💯 EXCELLENT Biography 💯👏
Of John Derek!! I am 66 yrs old and have a history of deep dives into actors historical movies along w/a "fascination" of movies that I LOVE!! Excellent - show!!!
Me too🎉
So obviously his mother raised a self-centered monster . Sounds redundant and cliché' to me . The narrator said that " to say he was a bad father was an understatement " . Typical .
.This video is far from the entire story and true conclusions of his life.
He was actually a down to earth man
Middle Class and a Father to his children and wives and exes. He was indeed .
Surrounded and raised by vain sexed obsessed liberated celluloid women
and Hollywood exploiters.He survived. And, not unloved or unsuccessful.
@@virgilkane7369 genetic.
Loved him as Joshua in the Ten Commandments.
So did I!! I have watched The Ten Commandments nearly every year and always looked forward to seeing and sighing over Joshua 🥰 🧑🏻🦰🇨🇦
We all did.🍿🥤
Yes as Joshua but I didn’t like him in any thing else.
Anytime I watch The ten commandments I was always taken by his character. But never knew his backstory
For a short time John & Bo were the "It Couple" after their success in the movie "10". That faded fast after there was no further follow-up of successful films.
John seemed to be plagued with bad decision making throughout his life.
10 was a Bo Derek film, John was not in it. Indeed, John & Bo's films were DREADFUL.
Sounds to me like he was plagued with undiagnosed mental illness, he seemed very lost. A tragedy of the times.
The man couldn't accept that he had no talent as a writer or director!! That's how he wasted his money!
That's because Derek had nothing to do with the movie...Blake Edwards wrote and directed it.
@@FayeKramer-rl9xz True, but her success in 10 renewed John's being in the spotlight. (I was 17 years young then, familiar with all of the important actors over the previous decades, but had never previously heard of him.) He couldn't capitalize on it, and Bo never came near the success she had with 10. There was a lot of hype with Tarzan and Bolero, but neither of them were successful. As you wrote - DREADFUL
I recall Bo talking about her barely getting by existence with John and living in a beat-up RV.
Who talked her into wearing dreadlocks in "10"? Bad decision.
@@JMARTIN1947 They weren't dreadlocks; they were cornrows. And I agree they were awful.
Either way, she's lucky it was the 1970s, today it would be called, "cultural appropriation", and she'd be,"canceled".
I wish we were still content with simply saying how bad it looked.
The narrator speaks clearly its almost surreal. Thanks
Don’t forget Linda Evans. First Baers, then Andress dumped her for being “old”, then Evans, and finally Bo. But then look at how he was raised.
He definitely had a type.
What a messed up selfish life .
What a sacntimonious, judgmental troll.
.He, John Derek, lived in my hometown in Santa Ynez, CA. I even once had breakfast at a tiny breakfast place there ( Santa Ynez) with him and his wife and sister in law Whereby, sometimes you were sat down with strangers at a tiny 4 person table. Being ( I think) young, blond and surfer/ tennis player, I was sat having breakfast with John Derek, Bo Derek and her sister. Funny that nothing special occurred. Except small talk. Normal stuff.
I met Bo Derek again at their home later.
They were lovely normal people. Bo's sister was also incredibly beautiful . The Seventies were an extraordinary times in Santa Barbara County.
At the Longhorn Cafe. Me too!
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Yes. When the Beaulieau folks still owned and operated it. You could order from Mavericks saloon in the mornings even. They would send it over. Good days. " Blue Bayou" Linda Ronstadt on the radio days. "Asleep at the Wheel" playing on a flatbed truck during
Old Santa Ynez Days. 1970's....
Nice! Over 15 years ago, I used to wait tables at Mattie's Tavern in Los Olivos (I lived in Santa Ynez, too) and would wait on Bo Derek and her then boyfriend John Corbett (I think they've gotten married since). She LOVED the Tuesday specials, Filet Mignon tacos. They were both were such nice people. I'm sure they still are.
Love John Derek named my son after him❤
Thank you so much for this amazing story. He was great in the Ten Commandments. Bo Derek was certainly beautiful. ❤
What a screw-up! The guy had no awareness of his limitations, and his affairs with increasingly younger women showed a severe lack of moral compass. He was actually too pretty to be taken seriously as a leading man, plus he had no real onscreen presence like James Dean did.
Good point. I have watched a LOT of old films and can't recall seeing him as a standout in any of them. Ashton Kutcher pretty, he didn't have the intellectual or emotional skills to become a successful businessman while he was still young, like Kutcher did. From this brief bio I just don't like the guy at all.
FANTASTIC WORK!! WE VERY MUCH ENJOYED ❤YOUR DOCUMENTARY! THANK U😊
All of his wifes Loved him and took care of him till the end of his life.
.Exactly. Like Rod Stewart. He had good faults and bad. I believe he was actually a normal guy. Reminds me of Brad Pitt.
These guys are surrounded their entire lives by relentless hordes of women who will do virtually anything to get them into their beds.
Ursula, Linda, and Bo we're friends as well. Yes, they spoke of how much they loved him. He couldn't have been all that bad.
*wives*
*wives*
He definitely has a “type” Ursella, Linda and Bo have that same look.
I never knew all this. I only knew the name as the director husband of Bo Derek.
I didn't either!
Google his name and see the beautiful ladys he had as partners
He and his wife at the time linda Evans are the ones who filmed the infamous level kneival Caesars palace jump
Wow. What a pos for leaving his wife and kids. No sympathy for that.
Wowww..... I thought I was looking at that picture of his last wife and was like 'she looks familiar'. Had no clue he married Bo Derek, I thought her entire name was made up! John Derek was not a good person. Great video!
If you only know JD from this awful video your judgment is as bad as the video.
I have read a book or two about James Dean but I didn't know he and Ursula Andress were once an item. I DID know, however, that he was head over heels in love with Piere Angeli (sp?) and that Angeli's mother hated James Dean and married her off to singer Vic Demone.
Your my fav narrator on this channel! Love the videos as well.
James Dean was set up with Ursulla. He was not into her. He still was in love with Pier Angeli.
I saw an old movie magazine said that Dean was at the sneek premiere of Rebel in Westwood a week before he died with Ursula and they were making out in their seats!
@@billyshepard5514I may be wrong but I don’t think he was ever with Pier Angeli , she was married to Vic Dimone. They divorced later.
@@drlucy1137Wrong..James and Pier were madly in love but her Italian mother disapproved of him..She was bullied into marrying Vic Damone who was Italian..they did divorce later. Pier died of a drug overdose in 1968.😢😢
I only ever saw him in the ten Commandments and then I thought he just was an old man producer type!
I love this this young man who does the narration. The accent is amazing but the clarity at how he tells the story is almost intoxicating!
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@@sunshine3914 Absolutely NOT AI. This is probably a man from Edinburgh, Scotland
Blah blah blahhhhh
His encounter with Dean had nothing to do with Dean's death. Dean was going to race up in Salinas and was driving his new Spyder up to break it in. Another driver did not see Dean with dusk approaching and turned right in his path. An accident. Pier Angeli, Ursula Andress, did not matter. Dean lived his own life.
@smilanesi98 I had no idea you were a witness! So glad you were unhurt..🙄
@@Kerry-uo6ogThat's exactly what happened..you can read it in James Dean's biographies.🙄🙄
He had nothing to do with James Dean life
I could see them mixing about as well as oil and water.
The saying, "He traded her in for a younger model" is what comes to mind. How did he keep finding so many doppelgangers?
Derek sent them to the same cosmetic surgeon.
An interesting and professional biography but I must point out that all Derek's mother's grooming and wishes for Derek to be comely had no affect on Derek's looks. It was pure genetics.
Thank you for this video. John Derek was an a very handsome man. I often wondered what was his story. I first saw him in the excellent movie The Ten Commandments. After that I looked for news about him but unsuccessfully.
He looked like a male Elizabeth Taylor!
He reminds me of a cross between Erroll flynn and Allan delon, very irresponsible, selfish ,monsterous type of person 😮
So true so very true..
Bad luck was with him. He didn't seem like a decent person so no sympathy for him.
I knew a guy who was given a ride sitting behind James Dean on his motorcycle. This guy didn't even own a car or even know how to drive one. Dean sure loved to give hair-raising rides.
Andress, Evans, and Collins had similar physical similarities. They were even more cut-out-copycats after Derek glammed them up (makeup, hair color change, weight loss, etc.).
People would stop and look at my son and daughter, especially remarking about their eyes, but our son has the gorgeous eyelashes. Both had beautiful blue eyes that they passed on to their children. My spouse and I would never think of inflicting our kids to the Hollywood scene no matter how much money could have been made. Now that all of these unfortunate child stars have spoken out It is confirmation that we make the right decision. I mean even the kids doctor tried to get us to take them. Truthfully though we also did not want to send the message that looks are everything because they are not.
wow... did you teach your kids how to virtue signal as well
@smartbomb7202 being proud of how you raised your kids is not remotely virtue signaling.
I'm sorry you're so unhappy that you have to be so hateful to complete strangers online. I hope things get better for you .
Sigh. The sense of possession turns sand into gold. I remember a world famous soprano, now in her eighties, once commented that the most boring dinner party was when the hostess herself professed to have a beautiful voice, but - tadaaaah - gave it up for marriage and children. Slyly intimidating that HER career would have surpassed even the soprano's.
@@JennaLeigh So many people (mis)use terms they've heard but whose meaning they don't grasp: virtue signalling, woke, critical race theory. Smartbomb7202 is much more bomb than smart.
@@DarqJestor easily the most accurate comment I've read in ages. See also feminism, simp, cuck, and all the idiocy of that ilk. The internet can be a cesspool of ignorance. ***sigh***
Dereck, sadly, a totally messed up human❤
John Derek acted like an SVENGALI with beautiful women who existed to be used and manipulated by him.
He didn't seem like a nice person. He didn't want to talk to his daughters and had them estranged to shack up with Bo. Told Bo she looked like sh--- on some days and almost told Barbara Walters he would leave Bo if she got in an accident and lost her looks.
My ex told me the same thing
A sad life.(Why didn't he take classes or observe other directors, study and learn to be good at what he wanted to do?)
"Live fast, Die young. And leave a Pretty Corpse" - John Derek
He kept leaving one wife for another one I first remember him being married to Linda Evans and he left her for Bo. It's seem he wasn't never satisfied or happy
Linda Evans and Bo Derek looked like twins.
There's nothing glamorous about Hollywood.
if he was really "groomed" then he was probably messed up from it.
Yes. Indeed.
Everyone in Hollywood is groomed.
And, they love that. And know that's how you get on with a career in Hollywood.
Some know how to navigate that Truth better than others. Who pretend otherwise. Acting by definition is a self absorbed profession.
Exactly! As they all were and still are. This "mini-doc" was shallow crap.
I loved him as Joshua in The Ten Commandments, but in reality, John was a callous, self entitled, vain man. He never thought of anyone but himself. He sure was beautiful to look at though.
Thanks for the review
All I can say about him, is that he was not a very nice man!
I think he did a good job of alienating his own children himself.
I think I was about 12 when I saw Knock on Any Door on TV. I thought he was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. I was too young to know anything about him at the time. In later years, of course I knew about Ursula Andress and Bo Derrick, but I don't follow actors or care much about their personal lives. For me it was just a moment in time, a little girl's first peak into the birds and the bees.
I don't see how he played any role in Dean's death.
My Mum watched all his films. A very Handsome Man. I’d heard rumours about his dark side. watching the video now. Thank you. Edited later. His “dark side” wasn’t quite what i imagined. It’s very sad that he never truly found happiness in his life. And the media had it in for him, making fun of him at every opportunity, almost to the extent of character assassination at one point. I had forgotten about his marriage to Bo Derek.
Let us know what you think!
His dark side- well, he just didn’t have good decisions. His beauty probably got in his way.
@@Factinate he couldn't handle the fact that his 2nd wife Linda Evans would light up when anyone entered the room, not just for him!!So he traded her in for her younger version who thought he was a god.
JD makes one happy to be just a plain dude!
Exactly what "role" did John Derek play in James Dean's death? That he rode in his Porsche the day before his accident? (Which, btw, took place in broad daylight.)
I love your voice and accent.
Shallow, so very shallow.
Oh Joshua! Thts how i remember him. 😊
I remember, when "10" came out. It was as if John Derek had resurfaced out of nowhere. My mother & her cousin remembered him from the movies of the late '40's & early '50's. He must have had a well curated image in thise days, because they remembered him as a nice guy & were like "I wondered, whatever happened to him?".
Sad that Hollywood destroys so many lives.
Hollyweird seems to prey on good looking but troubled people. They all seem to have had abused childhoods, or parents missing from their lives. And the abuse continues once Hollyweird gets their claws in them.
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Yes, very sad. There's a big price for the so called fame and stardom. So many stories like this...
I had a childhood crush on him watching "Frontier Circus," which lasted only one season - 26 episodes. I still remember a grade school assignment to write a fan letter to a famous person. Half the class wrote to Caroline Kennedy, but I wrote to John Derek, c/o Revue Studios. My letter probably went right in the circular file. No matter - my infatuation was soon shifted to "Destry" (John Gavin) which lasted a mere 13 episodes! Thank heavens for John Astin's Gomez Addams, my next crush and a much bigger TV success! 🤣
I don’t think he was Hollywood’s original train wreck but he certainly was among them. Unfortunately, like his last wife, his talent was more modest than his physical beauty.
Dude was hyper-handsome for sure.
He was no Alain Delon for sure. He seems like a horrible person husband and father.
Oh forget it, Delon blows wimpy little Derek out of the water.
i wonder if all his ex wife went to his funeral since he was friendly with all of them
They all attended his funeral.
My hero of all-time is James Dean. I'm 64 and 'found' Jimmy in 1975 when I was 15. I've read so many books on him. I read many times that Jimmy asked a friend to introduce him to Ursula. But although they dated quite briefly, Ursula told Jimmy that she was waiting for her lover, John Derek to take her back. He had of course split up with Pier Angel. A couple of his pals said that Jimmy had told them that he was falling in love with Ursula. Had he lived, I wonder if she would have stayed with Jimmy, and maybe they would have married? Lucky girl, having 2 handsome men vying for her!! I think Jimmy was the better catch though!! 😊But of course, had he known me, I'd have stolen his heart, I'm sure😮😅
I remember seeing Ursula Andreas in H. Rider Haggard’s “She” (1965) but had no idea of her involvement with J Dean or Derek. I also had no idea that he was Bo Derek’s husband…. Having seen “10” and been rather unimpressed by the film. I think Ravel’s “Bolero” figured in the film and have always thought it to be boringly repetitive. Thanks for a revelatory expiosé
Derek sounds like the kind of guy that serially marries younger and younger women reflecting his inability to grow up.
He was pretty good in All the King's Men, but mediocre in everything else. Rather than relying on his looks and chasing young girls, he should have hired a good acting coach.
There is no such thing as a "porsh".The car's name is pronounced "Por-shuh"....a two syllable word. I worked for the company when I was young, owned one, and have met members of the family. They are extremely protective of the family's name.
And they were Nazis
well Hollywood is a difficult place for anyone to navigate and this kid did not sound
like he was well raised or guided as a child. The fact that he kept trying to survive and excel is commendable in a town rife with failure, humiliation, intense competition and chance
Absolutely 100% dead on.. if you noticed one thing about all of these stories is Hollywood killing another person..
He has got to be the best looking 'being' in Hollywood even if he were competing with Paul Newman, Tony Curtis.and Kirk Douglas.
Not at all handsome in my eyes !
Isn't it funny how women's taste in men is so different ?!?
I totally agree, and so did my Mother.
Ooooh and Tony Curtis? I’d have to say it’s at least a tie. You have excellent taste btw!!
Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas weren't all that good-looking. Neither was Newman, except for those remarkable blue eyes.
The package was ok on the outside but why be nice when ugly will suffice 😢
Click bait there was no real link with james dean death as your title and initial comment suggests. He just rode in thr same car, how is that an involvment in james deans death.
What’s so “incredibly messed up” about the childhood you described? That his father deserted them? That’s NOTHING!!!! compared to an actual incredibly messed up childhood. You must be young and haven’t learned what real hardship is.
Sounds like a typical Hollywood life.
My dad named me after him…
why on earth would he do that??
Very cool!
That's neat!
Did he ever say why? Not exactly a role model for manhood...😮
Well.. the way my life turned out.. 😞 doesn’t really matter now…
That's Hollywood folks! One day you're on the D list and the next you have a smash "10" hit.
Wow! I never knew he was SO HANDSOME! 🥰😍🤩
He had nice eyes but I don't think he was all that.
I remember he had a reputation for being this Svengali like guy, controlling Bo and making sure she was the perfect weight and toned. Each of his last three wives were gorgeous, so you knew he chose them for their beauty and to be the beautiful couple.
Ole John had a lot of trouble keeping the little guy in his pants. Poor kids, "The sins of the father".
John made all the financial decisions for the couple and lived far beyond his means. Bo naively believed him when he told her they could afford a. When he died she learned that he had second and third mortgages on everything they owned. It all had to be sold to clear the debt. For awhile she lived with her sister until she got on her feet financially
Really great documentary! Great film drops!
" Alcoholic mothers " ! It's always " alcoholic mothers " .
I'd say that's one of the problems, yes. But there are many, many more.
and alcoholic sister's.. they're the monster's I used to tell my mom about that came into my room late at night and did horrible things to me while my mother was away working, and trying and keep us all together. My mother was a saint compared to those two monsters. R.I.P Mither you are truly missed and loved by me.
EVERYONE STOP MY MOM AND THEY HAD TO TAKE A PICTUE OF ME......GO FIGUREEEEE
The car was a Porsche, not a "Porsch" 8:19.
I remember him. He groomed young beautiful blond girls. Poor Bo Derek but at least she's happy now with a normal loving relationship.
Never put the actor and the director as the same person.Duh
I never liked him, not even in The Ten Commandments and especially not in westerns. He had an aura that didn't appeal to me at all
Same here! Yes, handsome, well chiseled, but gave off this superficial narcissistic vibe, apparently real.
I have watched several interviews with him and found him arrogant, and then I began to read how he treated and left his wives...and knew he was a terrible person. He made his OWN bad luck...he should have studied the craft and not been so stubborn and maybe he would have made a director of himself? I never understood the blind devotion of his wives to such a man?
So much for looks……
As a teen, I thought he was handsome, a pretty boy. Since then, I see him as a self-centered, narcissistic person who threw his chances and life away.
The problem with very beautiful people is that others are always accommodating and generous to them. Most of the time they don't hear negative things about themselves to make them try to improve. John Derek as a person, husband, father, actor and director are examples of the judgement of those around him being clouded by his looks.
First remember him in a 1954 movie called Hajji Baba he was fantastic in that movie....
If you had to make movies like that you would be warped, too. Takes more than muscles, makeup and oil to make a star.
So the bottom line is that John Derek was a spoiled mommies boy who consistently made bad choices . Definitely cliche' if ya ask me .
Ursula Undress, Linda Evans, Bo Derek. Nice.
Wow. So much I didn't know. What a sad life. It probably could have been different. I know it wasn't a huge part, but I'm surprised there was no mention of him playing Joshua in "The Ten Commandments".
He was a beautiful man, especially as Joshua in the "Ten Commandments". Didn't know he had such a strange life. I guess beauty isn't everything
Some people can be their own worst enemy. Derek certain proved that while taking a handful who believed and gave him a second chance brought them down as well. I've seen mention of other actors and one in particular Tony Curtis was far from being a gentleman.
Good video, I would've put James Dean's fatal crash earlier in the video since he died in 1955.
"The objectification was mortifying", welcome to the world John. Actresses since the beginning of time have dealt with it and still do. Quite frankly most women do at one point or another.
HIS MOTHER RUINED HIM FROM THE START
I walked into a Malibu party one evening and when Derek saw me he started calling out my measurements...how droll and unoriginal...😴