Orson Welles on Merv Griffin (pt 1 )

[Jessyleppert]

RIP Orson Welles & Merv Griffin.

[incrediblehulkmovies]

Yul Brynner was dying the same day.

[98bigbutt]

He and George Carlin died at the same age.

[98bigbutt]

If he had been alive,he would have definitely been a guest star in the Simpsons.

[MrLunitunz]

Perhaps Welles was feeling very 'expansive' because he knew he was going to die. Perhaps that's why he did this interview, so people would know his mind before he finally dropped dead.

It was a great loss.

[kolchak1974]

Thank you for posting this.

[MrTopBanana9]

In regard to Welles dying 2 hours after this video was shot -- there's a lot of talk during this interview of Welles having just celebrated his 70th birthday. That would've placed the video in May of 1985, and he didn't die until the following October. Maybe Merv meant that he died 2 hours after it aired?

[beau99]

@MrTopBanana9 Nope. He did indeed die two hours after taping this.

[anitasseo]

... evidentemente el canoso es yeta!! : / (orson, rita)

[cuttock]

The fact he died 2 hours after this is ver moving. The interview was the last thing he did. It's powerful.

[UTubeOfficialSite]

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[thomaswolfgang81]

rest in peace orson welles something that you passed 2 hours after

[UTubeOfficialSite]

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[thomaswolfgang81]

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[UTubeOfficialSite]

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[MSproductions23]

@UTubeOfficialSite Hahahahaha. I think you got it backwards dude.

[JacksonOssea]

He was a brilliant artist, but I bet he was a pain in the ass to work with.

[35FILMPROJECTION11]

Thank you very much for this

[DyneVan]

I was there that night. I worked on the Merv Griffin Show and helped Orson Welles with his wardrobe.

I remember it very well.

[aeroforce9609]

To me it is just crazy that he die just 2 hours after this interview.

[lellius]

You could at least spell his name correctly. It's WELLES!

[Mhario666]

who is the guy that functioned only "from the waist up"?

[AtlantaFiend]

@Mhario666 George Burns

[anakinthehutt]

Citizen Kane is a piece of art.

[anakinthehutt]

Citizen Kane is a piece of art.

[anakinthehutt]

Citizen Kane is a piece of art.

[GordonMorrice]

It's a shame that he died before he wrote his autobiography as that would have been an AMAZING book. He was a superb thinker, stylist and wit.

[jennifersman]

@GordonMorrice In a way he DID write his memoirs, there's a book called "This is Orson Welles" that consisted of interviews Peter Bogdanovich did with him in the early 70's where they discussed his life and films.

[makutateridax200]

@GordonMorrice i think he knew that in 2 hrs. that he was going to die so he allowed merv to ask questions of the past

[ewilliams247]

@GordonMorrice he did write a bio of sorts. "This Is Orson Wells" by Wells and Peter Bogdanovich is good.