Richard Harris 1994 | Camelot, Brando & Why He Quit Hollywood for 5 Years | Dini Petty

Richard Harris, star of Camelot and Unforgiven, sits down with Dini Petty in March 1994 at the exact midpoint of one of Hollywood's greatest comebacks. After a decade of forgettable films and semi-retirement, Harris had clawed his way back with an Oscar nomination for The Field and a scene-stealing turn in Unforgiven. Here, promoting Wrestling Ernest Hemingway with Robert Duvall, he tells the full story of how he did it, including the lie he told to knock Marlon Brando out of The Field and the hotel room transformation that won him the role of Bull McCabe. Harris passed away in 2002 at 72. A generation knows him as Dumbledore. This conversation, unseen for 30 years, captures the real man behind the legend. CHAPTERS 0:45 Full nudity and an unimpressed aerobics class 2:30 42 days on a Tarzan set with Bo Derek 3:45 Touring Camelot from Australia to Toronto 4:48 Talking his way into The Field 6:10 The lie that knocked Brando out of the picture 6:55 Becoming Bull McCabe in a hotel room 8:05 19th on the list for Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 9:30 The script his mother snuck into his briefcase 10:55 Film clip: a birthday no one came to 12:25 Walking out of his own premiere 13:05 Bogart and the Barrymore pub crawl 14:00 The tell-all he threw away 15:15 Tuberculosis, Van Gogh, and Dickens at 15 ABOUT THE DINI PETTY SHOW The Dini Petty Show was a Canadian daytime talk show that aired from 1989 to 1999. Broadcast from Toronto, the show ran for ten years and featured in-depth conversations with Hollywood legends, music icons, politicians, and cultural figures. Dini Petty's warm yet probing interview style earned the show multiple Gemini Award nominations and a loyal audience across Canada. This channel is the official archive of The Dini Petty Show. Most of these interviews have not been seen since their original broadcast. New conversations from the vault are uploaded weekly. Subscribe to never miss a piece of television history. #RichardHarris #Dumbledore #HarryPotter #TheField #Camelot #Unforgiven #WrestlingErnestHemingway #DiniPetty #ClassicHollywood #RareInterview