The Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages!

Hello all - sorry I don't get a chance to update this site that often. I've added a new gallery of images of O'Toole from around the web here:

http://realitymouse.com/otoole/pictures/otoolepics2010/

Enjoy! Remember if you find anything interesting about O'Toole, be it a link to a review, a photo, shots of him on set or performing, personal reminiscences, etc... Please feel free to send them in to me here at

bigdaddyhame@gmail.com

or post them to the Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages Facebook Page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Unofficial-Peter-OToole-Pages/143210999044144

Posted by Hamish at 11:48 AM | Permalink

Just for the heck of it I've added a page to Facebook for The Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages. Feel free to go there and add stuff, post comments, links, etc.. to be added to the website!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Unofficial-Peter-OToole-Pages/

Cheers,
Hamish

Posted by Hamish at 07:55 PM | Permalink

Our favourite actor, Peter O'Toole, turns 78 today. Congratulations Peter!

While his schedule hasn't been exactly *busy* for the past few years, he continues to contribute great roles to 1-2 films a year, as well as television appearances. In the next year Peter is slated to appear in the following:

Eldorado (Narrator) - completed
Cristiada - filming
Katherine of Alexandria - filming
Mary Mother of Christ - in production
You can see more details about these films at imdb.com.

Posted by Hamish at 04:13 PM | Permalink

Hope everyone had a nice holiday - I have two winners to announce in the Hellraisers book contest: Gina and Judith!

I'd like to thank the publishers, St. Martin's Press, once again for providing the books for the contest.

Happy New Year everyone!

Posted by Hamish at 08:56 AM | Permalink

Hey everyone! As promised, we have a little Hellraisers-related contest for you over the holidays.

I have a copy of Robert Seller's Hellraisers:The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed, (courtesy of St. Martin's Press) to give away to the first two readers who email me after 4pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) with the correct answer to the following question:

What are the names of Peter's children?

One book per winner, contest is limited to postal addresses in North America (Canada or the US please). You will be notified if you win and I will post the names of the winners here.

Contact me via bigdaddyhame AT gmail DOT com, after 4pm Eastern Standard Time.

Good luck!

Posted by Hamish at 07:00 AM | Permalink

Peter turns 77 today. Best to you, sir!

Readers of the site should feel welcome to extend their wishes to Peter via our guestbook.

Posted by Hamish at 12:00 AM | Permalink

Fans will be interested to know that LIFE Magazine and Google have teamed up to put the magazine's image archive, dating back to 1750, online for the first time. 20% of the archive is online now so I thought I would head over and see if they had any Peter O'Toole images. Sure enough, they do!

Link to Peter O'Toole Images at Google's LIFE Magazine archive

Lots to see. 4 pages so far. Enjoy!

Posted by Hamish at 10:45 AM | Permalink

OK! So, in the spirit of the season, and due to the generosity of Lionsgate Films, I am pleased to announce a little contest! I have four brand-new, shrinkwrapped copies of the DVD release, "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage" to give away.

Nothing comes for free so entries need to include an answer to the following question:

"What sport has Peter O'Toole coached in his spare time?" - he may not currently be doing so but we know he has in the past!

The first FOUR correct entries will win a DVD of "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage".

****** THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING! Our winners: Brenda, Jamie, Connie and Greg!

Phew!

Posted by Hamish at 03:30 PM | Permalink

I just realized that my birthday message for Peter (back on August 2nd) was rerouted to another blog I post to. Silly me! Anyway August 2nd was Peter's 76th birthday. Happy belated, Peter!

Also, I notice in an announcement released yesterday that Peter is listed as an attendee at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. I haven't been able to determine which of his upcoming films he will be in town to promote but when I do I'll post it here.

http://www.tiff08.ca/press/pressreleases/default.aspx?newsId=583 for more details.

UPDATE: Ok. So Peter will be in town to promote the film "Dean Spanley", which is one of the 11 gala films being presented. Peter plays Fisk Senior in the film, directed by Toa Fraser.

Posted by Hamish at 09:08 AM | Permalink

*Ahem* ... been a little busy what with kids and Easter and all. Finally got around to posting about this. As of Monday, the Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages have been in operation for 10 years! A whole decade. WTF!

This board has never had banner advertising, never will - it's all about Peter and that's all it's about and I hope you like it and continue to use it.

On that note - I'll repeat my infrequent request for anecdotes, stories, photos, scans, etc. of your experiences with Peter O'Toole. It's nice to have a repository of reference material about the man but he is such a charmer it's always fun to read and publish how he interacts with people in real life.

Looking ahead, Peter's still busy with film and television work and the ever possible third volume of his memoirs, "Loitering with Intent" will hopefully be published in the next couple of years. All good!

Thanks for reading this site and thank you again to the many contributors who have made it the best place on the web for everything Peter O'Toole!

Cheers,
Hamish

Posted by Hamish at 04:17 PM | Permalink

Today (August 2nd) is Peter O'Toole's 75th birthday! Happy Birthday, Peter!

I have to wonder what he's doing with himself today... 75 is a nice number - one of those birthdays they get the Queen to send a card for.

Posted by Hamish at 09:01 AM | Permalink

As of March 24th, the Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages is Nine Years Old! March 24th, 1998 was the day I put this site online for the first time. Woot! Thanks everyone for coming here and checking stuff out and especially to those who have contributed stories, links and photos over the years.

Posted by Hamish at 08:08 AM | Permalink

Ok so O'Toole's been making lots of appearances on television these last few days... I succeeded in taping his appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night and I'll put it online very soon. If anyone has youtube links for his other interviews, please forward them to me ASAP.

As an aside, typing "peter o'toole" into YouTube's search window produces a lot of really good videos. Interviews, outtakes, favourite scenes... incredible.

Posted by Hamish at 08:59 AM | Permalink

I've added about 30 or 40 new images to the 'unsorted' area (see the side bar)... courtesy of Marie-Noëlle, who has been kind enough to scan some of her collection of French entertainment magazines from the 60's, apparently! Thank you SO much, Marie! There are lots of images I've never seen before - particularly showing O'Toole's relationship with Sian Phillips, and pictures of his daughters Patricia and Katherine when they were very young.

Posted by Hamish at 11:29 PM | Permalink

I just received word from the publicist for VENUS that Peter will NOT be attending the Toronto International Film Festival this year. I'm crushed! The roundtable interview I was supposed to be part of has been cancelled. Ah, well. And that means he won't be there for the premiere, either. I'm still going to go check out the film but once AGAIN! I miss a chance to meet him in person. :-(

Posted by Hamish at 04:49 PM | Permalink

I've been remiss in adding pictures that I've either found or been sent over the past while. This is due to time constraints mostly but, given O'Toole's recent upsurge in activity I will be attending to this site much more frequently. While I ramp up my input level, I've decided to create a 'holding pen' for images of O'Toole that I haven't slotted into the photographical area yet. It's on the sidebar to the left there, just above the hit counter. Click it, and you will see a quick-and-easy directory of the 84 images in my 'inbox'. Feel free to send me anything you might have for inclusion on the site.

I would like to reiterate my request for any and all anecdotes, stories, pictures, scans, recordings, etc. that you might have relating to O'Toole, that you think might make a good addition to the site. This place is nothing without the users - over the past eight years this site has been running, I've heard from so many of you and so many of you have made tremendous additions! Thanks again to all of you for making this site so terrific. It's the number one site for O'Toole stuff on the web!

Posted by Hamish at 08:53 AM | Permalink

Today is Peter's 74th birthday!

Photo Credit: Peter in the upcoming film, "Venus" by Nicola Dove Photography

Posted by Hamish at 10:16 AM | Permalink

August 2nd is Peter O'Toole's 73rd birthday. Raise a glass and put an O'Toole film in the player and enjoy the day!

Posted by Hamish at 12:00 AM | Permalink

Hey, if you've got something you want to add to an entry you see here, go ahead and make a comment (click comments below). All comments have to be approved by the moderator (me), but if it's appropriate, it will be made public within 12-24 hours of posting... Note: I don't think that posters will make inappropriate comments - it's spam that I have to be concerned with.

Posted by Hamish at 07:14 AM | Permalink

The Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages turns 7 years old today. What a long strange trip it's been. Almost 140,000 hits, too.

Posted by Hamish at 12:01 AM | Permalink

Welcome to the new look of the Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages' Main page... Over the coming weeks/months I'll be updating other areas of the site but for the time being the main page is being fixed first. Comments are welcome - if you find something that used to work but doesn't, let me know. Thanks!

Posted by Hamish at 04:20 PM | Permalink