Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Richard St John Harriswas an Irish actor, singer, songwriter, producer, director, and writer. He appeared on stage and in many films, appearing as Frank Machin in This Sporting Life, and King Arthur in the 1967 film Camelot and the subsequent 1981 revival of the show. He played an aristocrat and prisoner in A Man Called Horse, a gunfighter in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven, Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator, and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films: The...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 October 1930
CityLimerick, Ireland
CountryIreland
I don't drink because I have problems or I want to escape. I just love drinking and being drunk.
I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.
I turned Hamlet down because it was going to take up too much of my drinking time.