It was always clear where the actor stood Apr 7, 2008
Richard Harris once said of the actor, "Heston's the only man who could drop out of a cubic moon, he's so square." But who wants a hip Moses. Who wants to see a finger-popping El Cid, the medieval Spanish hero, in the 1961 epic of that name. (Boston Globe)
Hooked on classics Apr 5, 2008
MacArthur Park, Richard Harris, 1968; Donna Summer, 1978. Webb It's true that Richard Harris sang "MacArthur's Park" instead of "MacArthur Park". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
What's ahead Mar 28, 2008
The film is about King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot stars Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave. Coming next week. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Adult goads boys into web fight Mar 27, 2008
Det Sgt Richard Harris, Sussex Police ... Det Sgt Richard Harris of Sussex Police said: "This appears to be a case of child cruelty and criminal behaviour by any adult involved in the making of this appalling video. "Sussex Police child protection team and West Sussex Young Persons' Services team will be working together to safeguard the welfare of the children and prosecute any adults involved in criminal behaviour. (BBC News -- UK)
Hunt on for Man Who Urged Schoolboys to Fight on Video Mar 27, 2008
" The footage emerged on the day that Ed Balls, the Children s Minister, announced a new initiative to curb cyberbullying. The government s cyberbullying task force includes representatives of the NSPCC as well as YouTube, MySpace and Bebo. The group will publish a report into the phenomenon in July; on Wednesday, Balls asked for the bullying of teachers to be added to the study. Sussex Police Detective Sergeant Richard Harris said authorities were investigating the video posted on YouTube this... (Fox News)
It's all about the story| Mar 8, 2008
The two-time Emmy winner clearly impressed her co-star, the late Richard Harris, when they filmed on the set of 'Camelot' together. "It was a big studio musical, perhaps the last of its kind, and we were over budget and getting a lot of pressure from Jack Warner each day to hurry up and do better," Harris said in an interview before his death in 2002. (iAfrica.com)
Accountants in the movies. By Rob Lewis Mar 5, 2008
Highpoint (1982) Christopher Plummer is a businessman who rips off both the mafia and the CIA and then frames unemployed accountant Louis Kinney, played by famed thespian boozer Richard Harris. Tongue-in-cheek thriller with notable MGB GT chase scene and the highest stunt fall ever (1170 feet). (Accounting Web, UK)
Getting a rush Mar 1, 2008
"Russell [Crowe] and Richard Harris sat me down early on, because I was so nervous," Phoenix recalls. "I was so nervous in fact on the first night of filming that we shot for two hours without running any film through 00004000 the camera. Literally my entire body was shaking. So they just said to me, 'Calm the f--- down! It's just a f---ing movie. Relax!". (Sydney Morning Herald)
New on DVD: An eclectic collection of classics Jan 25, 2008
This week's picks include an overlooked performance by Anita Bjork; early Oscar recognition for Richard Harris; and a collection of box sets that includes some rare titles from Akira Kurosawa ... This Sporting Life* * * 1/2, 1963, Criterion, unrated, $40 Not every acting Oscar nod of yore seems deserved today, but the nominated performances of Richard Harris (his breakthrough) and Rachel Roberts still have it. (USA Today -- Life)
DVD watch: An invasion of 'Body Snatchers' Jan 22, 2008
New Tuesday: Criterion releases Richard Harris' This Sporting Life and the 1951 version of Miss Julie. The Young Savages premieres in a John Frankenheimer box. (USA Today -- Life)
Cloverfield is a Cant Miss film Jan 21, 2008
One of his best is This Sporting Life, which stars a young Richard Harris as a sullen coal miner who excels at rugby. Even though he begins to fall in love, he has trouble finding happiness in his bleak surroundings. (MSNBC -- News)
Barrymore to play Spike Milligan Jan 21, 2008
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New on DVD: Running, running everywhere Jan 18, 2008
Due Tuesday: Richard Harris' breakout This Sporting Life; the 1951 version of August Strindberg's Miss Julie; Burt Lancaster's The Young Savages premieres in a John Frankenheimer box. Posted. (USA Today -- Life)
Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Jan 5, 2008
Hoskins, who has starred in films including Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday, won the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor ... The Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to British film. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Love comes calling yet again for the nations darling Dec 30, 2007
They apparently harboured sour memories of Emilia s wedding to Jared Harris, son of the late Richard Harris, being splashed across four pages of Hello. magazine two years ago, despite the family turning down a deal. (Times Online)
Final Curtain Calls Dec 28, 2007
" Robert Goulet The star of "Camelot," "The Happy Time" and countless lounges from Atlantic City to Las Vegas, Goulet spoke openly about his boozing. In 1981, he swore off the sauce, telling The Post: "Richard Harris, who's also stopped drinking, was telling me about a conversation he had with Richard Burton. Harris said: 'We decided we slept one-third of our lives, and we were drunk one-third of our lives, and the other third we were nursing hangovers trying to remember what we did when we were... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Trailer Trash Dec 2, 2007
Ray Winstone was visibly moved by the standing ovation he received when accepting his Richard Harris award at the BIFAs. Ray was surrounded by his family - his wife, Elaine, and his two daughters, Lois and Jamie. (The Observer)
Control Wins Five Awards Dec 1, 2007
Sam Riley as Ian Curtis in Control Elsewhere, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten was named best documentary and The Lives of Others best foreign film, while Ray Winstone picked up the Richard Harris award for outstanding contribution by an actor ... The Richard Harris Award Ray Winstone. (IGN FilmForce)
Ray Winstone honoured for outstanding contribution Nov 29, 2007
Fifty-year-old Ray Winstone, who was honoured last night with the Richard Harris award, is the East End, former champion schoolboy boxer, who took his punchy talents out of the ring and transferred them to the stage. Despite being expelled from drama school for puncturing the headteacher's car tyres, he went on to a BBC audition and landed a role in one of the corporation's most notorious dramas: the 1977 play, Scum, which is set in a borstal and directed by Alan Clarke. (Guardian Unlimited)
Joy Division biopic scoops five prizes Nov 29, 2007
Ray Winstone, who won the best actor gong at the first Bifa event in 1998, was given the Richard Harris award for outstanding contribution by an actor ... The Richard Harris Award. (Guardian Unlimited)
Every inch a king Nov 24, 2007
"Gandalf. Of course. People say to me, don't you wish you'd played Dumbledore? I say no! I played Gandalf! The original. There was a question as to whether I might take over from Richard Harris [Gambon's predecessor in the Dumbledore role], but seeing as one of the last things he did publicly was say what a dreadful actor he thought I was, it would not have been appropriate for me to take over his part." He smiles icily. "It would have been unfair.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Actor Patrick Mynhardt dies Oct 26, 2007
He worked with, among others, Tyrone Power, Sir Donald Wolfitt, Peter Sellers, Terry Thomas, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Sir Michael Caine and Dame Judy Dench. He returned to South Africa at the end of 1960, becoming well known for his one-man shows A Sip of Jerepigo, More Jerepigo, Just Jerepigo and Another Sip of Jerepigo. (iAfrica.com)
* Planet Pop Oct 22, 2007
" she told her fans. In the Potter films, Dumbledore was played by the late Richard Harris and then by Michael Gambon. Rowling, 42, who has become a billionaire from the Potter phenomenon, was on a US book tour and Friday's event was for 1,000 fans who won tickets in a sweepstakes organized by the US publisher of her books, Scholastic. The first in the boy wizard series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, was published in 1997 and the final and seventh novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The pot boils over Sep 22, 2007
Vicious feud threatens to split Britain s most famous authors and their agents - Times Online. Free with tomorrow's Sunday Times, the essential Uni guide. (The Sunday Times)
'La Bamba' star helms 'Camelot' national tour Sep 21, 2007
La Bamba' star helms 'Camelot' national tour Preview - North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News - NCTimes. Editions of the North County Times Serving San Diego and Riverside Counties. (North County Times)
Hollywood Gang flocks for 'Geese' Sep 20, 2007
Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris starred in the original, which was based on Daniel Carney's unpublished novel "The Thin White Line.". New deal came out of a conversation between Nunnari and Sanders in which each recalled the original as a favorite film. (Variety)
Home suite home Sep 13, 2007
The hotel's most famous permanent resident was Richard Harris, who lived there while in London. Hotel archivist Susan Scott recounts an anecdote that when he was being taken out of the building on a stretcher shortly before his death he raised his hand and told the diners "it was the food". (BBC News -- UK)
CD's Connect The Dots... September Song Sep 2, 2007
" They answered the Phillie call for help in ways that might not seem completely apparent until the final verses has been written on the 2007 song. Sport often takes a phan on its own Beatle's version of a "Magical Mystery Tour", and this year has been nothing if not that for the Phightins' from Philadelphia. Yet, when did it begin? At what point did this team and this season cross over that realm that usually so filters the images of a club and its personality that one season seemingly mirrors... (Philadelphia, TheInsiders.com)
Keystone State on silver screen: my Top 10 Aug 26, 2007
"The Molly Maguires'' (1970): Irish coal miners blow things up in 1876 Pennsylvania. Sean Connery and Richard Harris have a terrific brawl. That's entertainment. "Trading Places" (1983): Poor guy gets rich; rich guy gets poor. It may fall short as a statement on race and class, but Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd beating a pair of Philadelphia bluebloods out of a fortune remains very funny. "The Bread, My Sweet'' (2001): It's likely I wouldn't have liked this romantic fairy tale so much were it not... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Opinion: Merv Griffins influence Aug 14, 2007
The episodes plot served as a sharp juxtaposition to the set Griffin inhabited and the world he left behind; where the actual Griffin once exchanged genialities with Richard Harris, in the Clinton era, the Merv set was destroyed by a skirmishing hawk and squirrel after Kramer changed his show's format to the Fox-sounding "Scandals and Animals." Jerry lost a girlfriend when Kramer urged him to admit a certain dating crime, then produced the furiously wronged lady who was listening... (MSNBC -- News)
Blow-Up's Hemmings dies Aug 1, 2007
I met him four weeks ago at Richard Harris' memorial concert," Winner said, "We hugged each other and said that we must have lunch and now it's very sad we won't be. " "He was wonderful company, very witty, very charming, very light, bright, and I'll never have that reunion we planned to have, which was very sad. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Potter-Pedia: Albus Dumbledore Jul 24, 2007
Dumbledore was portrayed by the late Richard Harris in the first two "Harry Potter" films. After Harris passed away, Michael Gambon, right, took over the role. (Pensacola News Journal)
The last laugh: your favourite 50 Jul 22, 2007
Richard Harris, London. We say: Will Ferrell's post-Saturday Night Live career was assured after the success of this first solo comic film. (Guardian Unlimited)
Your fave 'Potter' teacher? Jul 17, 2007
But, Richard Harris was much better at the character ... And I agree, Richard Harris was, by far, the greater Dumbledore. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New Harry Potter in theaters Jul 14, 2007
Author J.K. Rowling demanded that the principal cast be kept strictly British, nonetheless allowing for the inclusion of many Irish actors such as the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and for casting of French and Eastern European actors in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where characters from the book are specified as such. -- Courtesy Wikipedia. (The Palm Beach Post)
Review: You wouldn't like him when he's angry Jul 12, 2007
As in the book, the blitz of action comes at the end, and Phoenix has a cracker of a wand duel between Voldemort (over-the-top Ralph Fiennes) and Dumbledore (Michael Gambon, man do I miss Richard Harris). The depiction of the Ministry of Magic didnt match the one in my head; its actually more impressive, with that Fudge portrait a nice Big Brother-esque touch. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Harry Potter's 'Phoenix:' Movie Vs. Book Jul 11, 2007
He has never been able to capture the character the way Richard Harris did. Gambon's Dumbledore is not the modestly powerful and intelligent yet understanding and whimsical headmaster described in the books. (NBC 10.com)
'No, I'm not getting my clothes off' Jul 11, 2007
Reassuringly for the cast, Storey says he isn't especially worried about precisely where the voices land on the map: "On This Sporting Life, Anderson was worried that Richard Harris had an Irish accent, but it turned out that it was fine. I'm much more interested in characters than accents.". The new version of In Celebration rehearsed at the National Youth Theatre's rooms in north London, a nostalgic location for Bloom: it was at the NYT that he did his first serious acting, as a spear-carrier... (Guardian Unlimited)
Play catch-up Jul 10, 2007
Enrolled at magic boarding school Hogwarts, run by headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Richard Harris), Harry becomes pals with classmates Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) ... And Michael Gambon, replacing the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and giving the headmaster a sly, countercultural funkiness. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Gandalf voted more wiz than Potter Jul 9, 2007
His long-bearded lookalike Prof Albus Dumbledore, brought to life by Sir Michael Gambon and previously by Richard Harris in the Harry Potter films, came second. Potter came only third with 9% of the vote. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
It's a Potter primer Jul 8, 2007
Richard Harris played a frail-seeming Dumbledore in two films before his death in 2002, when Michael Gambon took over, and seems more in tune with the books. I don't have that much time, either. (Akron Beacon Journal)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Jul 7, 2007
Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint shine as Harry and Ron, with Emma Watson as cute as a kitten in corduroy playing Hermione and robust supporting work from Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith and Richard Harris. an error occurred while processing this directive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Utah AG Touts Chick Flick as Way to Get Girls Jun 15, 2007
Speaking on Wednesday at , the annual convention of high school students interested in civics, praised the film starring Richard Harris as King Arthur and Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere. Watch it with a heartthrob and "she will be your girlfriend after this movie," said Shurtleff, 49. (Fox News -- Politics)
Local heroes miss the cut in filmmaking Jun 9, 2007
There have been movies about athletics (Chariots Of Fire), golf (Follow The Sun: The Ben Hogan Story), American football (the Marx Brothers' Horse Feathers), tennis (Wimbledon, a poorly received 2004 movie), and at least two about rugby league (the recent Australian film Footy Legends and a 1963 British movie, This Sporting Life, starring the late Richard Harris, a rugby union diehard). There have also been several movies about motor racing, most notably James Garner's 1966 Grand Prix, but... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Christine Ebersole's triumphant odyssey Jun 4, 2007
She continued to land roles that made good use of her trained voice, from co-starring with Richard Burton and Richard Harris in a revival of "Camelot" to matching wits with Kevin Kline in "On the Twentieth Century." Despite "the amazing family of show business" she had so easily fallen into, Ebersole decided to make the break for Los Angeles and cultivate her television and film career, one that began with her single, rather forgettable season (1981-82) as a regular cast member of "Saturday... (Chicago Tribune)
If only Anderson were here ... May 19, 2007
Anderson famously asked Diana, "Have you ever thought of becoming an actress?" Her reply was devastating: "I am an actress." With Never Apologise, Anderson is again back in Cannes, which he loved; which he first covered as a critic; where all his major films had their international premieres; where Richard Harris won the best actor award for This Sporting Life; where Anderson took the Palme D'Or for If. In other words I like to think of him as back in full force, cheering us on. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Brilliant spat: filmmakers brawl over Australian classic May 13, 2007
Australian Directors Guild executive director Richard Harris said: "I had to say I was pretty shocked that Fink wasn't willing to allow us to do a screening of the film. Gillian just found it a very sad thing.". send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Tax carrot to get film cameras rolling Apr 21, 2007
Association, Richard Harris. Other support measures are expected in the budget, including raising a tax offset for foreign films produced in Australia from 12. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Let pop culture be a stepping-off point to an invaluable past Apr 17, 2007
I want my kids to see the tremendous grief in Richard Harris' King Arthur in Camelot, the musical. I want them to pick up a little English history from Anne of a Thousand Days, Becket and The Lion in Winter. (Orlando Sentinel)
Mining a Musical Apr 15, 2007
Nearly 40 years ago, a film crew led by Sean Connery and the late Richard Harris engulfed the Hazleton area to bring cinematic life to the story of Pennsylvania s infamous Molly Maguires. Now, following in the footsteps of The Producers and Hairspray, the renegade Irish anthracite coal miners are getting the musical-theater treatment. (Scranton Times, PA)
Savage Hearts Apr 14, 2007
Not surprisingly, this doesn't go down a treat with the head mobster (Richard Harris), who resolves to recover the missing loot. The glamorous terminator hides out in a luxury hotel where she encounters a couple of scammers who don't know what they're dealing with when they give her a hand. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Broadcasting policies offer no clear vision Apr 13, 2007
Richard HarrisApril 13, 2007 ... Richard Harris is executive director of the Australian Screen Directors Association. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Best on-screen battles: Your views Apr 4, 2007
"From: John C. Suart, Kingston, Ontario Date: 2 April 2007 Comment: I'm a war movie buff. Here's my picks.BESTGettysburgh, 1993, Action at Little Round TopJeff Daniels gives a great performance of this battle at Gettysburg that nearly lost the Union the war. Gritty and non-stop, the fighting shows just how close the battle was and the determination that saved the day. Very realistic.All Queit on the Western Front, 1979, Trench BattlesThis TV version of the famous black and white movie was... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Rose McGowan shoots from the hip in 'Grindhouse' Apr 2, 2007
("I don't think anyone would describe me as the little brown wren," she says, "but I would have had a career much more like hers, in terms of probably being suspended a lot.") Describing working with Peter O'Toole on the horror film "Phantoms," she notes "all the stories I sponged off of him about working with Richard Harris or whatever.". "I saw him this year at the Oscars," she says, "and for some reason I thought he might not remember me. But he grabbed me and started singing 'Sweet Rosie... (calendarlive.com)
A little of everything Mar 18, 2007
"Confronting reality "Desert" opens with a cameraman who has two names (Haskell Wexler, after the real-life cinematographer, and Glen Chick, after the real-life operator of the Three Mile Island control room) shooting away. Cut to a woman crying, a man working out, and another woman reading a Raymond Carver book with her cancer-stricken friend, named William Faulkner, in the room. Another character, called Richard Harris, is the son of the man who designed the reactor at Chernobyl.What does it... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Leprechauns, Boxers And Jennifer Aniston: Best St. Patrick's Day Films Mar 16, 2007
He's best known these days as Hogwarts' Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films, but Richard Harris scored one of his two Oscar nominations for his work as Bull McCabe, a farmer put out by an American investor, in "The Field." Remarking on the old man's tragic ending, Harris would later call "The Field" his "King Lear." Uh-oh, somebody better warn that IMDB user. "Riverdance: The Show" (1995). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Potter casts spell at premire Mar 3, 2007
A who's who of British stars feature in the movie, including John Hurt, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters and Zoe Wanamaker. Actor Stephen Fry, who narrates the audio books of Harry Potter, said he was "as excited as all the children around the world". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Men hunt, women watch "What Not to Wear" Feb 28, 2007
According to research by Richard Harris, a professor at Kansas State University, this may not be as true as most people think. On a seven point scale, men gave average ratings of 4. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Seniors show you folly good time | video Feb 23, 2007
"That led to private scene study with Moorehead for six months."I did one national tour of 'Camelot' with Richard Harris," he said. "The guy was great. A very nice man. (Florida Today)
O'Toole Time Will it be eighth time lucky? Feb 23, 2007
" In 1952 he won a scholarship to London's famed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied alongside some of the era's greats including Alan Bates, Albert Finney and Richard Harris. The actor's love hate relationship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began ten years later when he received his first Academy award nomination for his remarkable portrait as Lawrence of Arabia.He went on to receive further nominations for Becket, The Lion In Winter, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The... (Sky News)
Men, too, are moved by mushy movies Feb 1, 2007
Thursday, February 1, 2007. Asian News International. (Hindustan Times, India)
Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Jan 31, 2007
Hoskins, who has starred in films including Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday, won the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor ... The Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor to British film. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Study: More Than 'Chicks' Like 'Chick Flicks' Jan 31, 2007
According to research by Richard Harris, professor of psychology at Kansas State University, guys like romantic movies, too. Harris said his survey results are surprising and go against common stereotypes. (Click2Houston, TX)
Study by K-State professor shows romantic films not just for women Jan 31, 2007
Contact: Richard Harris ... According to research by Richard Harris, professor of psychology at Kansas State University, guys like romantic movies, too. (EurekAlert!)
The Last King of Scotland Jan 26, 2007
Nicholas' fate and efforts to escape Uganda are linked to the pro-Palestinian hijacking of an Air France and the subsequent Israeli raid on Entebbe Airport, during which he suffers cruel and unusual punishment of the same nature as that endured by Richard Harris in "A Man Called Horse.". In the end, "The Last King of Scotland" is much better when it plays it cool and amusing than when it tries to ramp up outrage and indignation. (Variety)
