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16/04/2026 6:28 pm
Few actors lived as intensely as Richard Harris, and the details of his life reflect that. A major star of the 1960s and ’70s, he earned an Oscar nomination for This Sporting Life and later another for The Field. In between, his reputation off-screen rivalled his performances, with reports claiming he once drank up to two bottles of vodka a day. During that period, a luxury car he owned was effectively forgotten in a New York garage, left untouched for decades as storage fees quietly climbed into the tens of thousands.
By the 1980s, Harris had largely stopped drinking and began rebuilding his career, leading to a late resurgence with roles like Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films. Over a career spanning more than 40 years and 60 films, he remained a contradiction—at times chaotic, yet undeniably enduring.
His recording of MacArthur Park sold over a million copies and earned a Grammy nomination, making him one of the rare actors to achieve major chart success as a singer. Despite two Academy Award nominations, he never won, even with a career that stretched across four decades.
16/04/2026 7:01 pm
This is a true but little-known story. The car was recovered in 1997 and restored shortly thereafter; however, Harris didn't want it. I believe it went to auction. ??? One has to be PRETTY ****** UP to forget they own a Rolls Royce. 😬 😬 😬 😬
16/04/2026 7:26 pm
How messed up was his accountant to not say anything or write the storage fees ?
17/04/2026 5:42 am
SEE! That is the reason I tell everyone I know why I refuse to get drunk. Just in case I buy a new Roller and forget that I own it or where I put it.
I'm sorry, that is plain stupid - get THAT drink. Shame on him. (He got his due in, The Unforgiven!)
17/04/2026 6:30 am
@perrone1 This story does seem a bit far-fetched, but apparently, it's ALL true.
Honestly, it's happened to me. TWICE (there won't be a third time! ) I purchased a model ONLY to discover that I already OWNED IT!
I wasn't ****-faced, and it didn't involve "six-figures." So, I guess, the moral of this RR story is that the rich & famous are just like us - but on a larger scale. It's ALL relative, right? 😉 😉 😉
17/04/2026 6:41 am
@chris LOL! I forgot about models. Yeppers, I bought one not realizing I already had it and on display!!
But a Roller? That's like coming home with your new wife only to see the one you forgot that you married already. WHAT? Oops; sorry hon. 
17/04/2026 7:13 am
@chris Chris, I have bought models and upon receipt discovered I already had them. When I was younger this didn't happen. Today I blame it on numbers...too many models and too many years.
17/04/2026 7:50 am
"Today I blame it on numbers...too many models and too many years."
Makes sense, got it! 😉 I'm just stupid! 🙄
17/04/2026 8:11 am
In the late 1970s myself and many friends could party too hard by today's standard's. I was visiting NYC, staying with a friend who had just bought a new Mercedes S-class. He normally kept his car in a parking garage but for some reason I can not remember why he parked it on the street before we spent the evening at Studio 54. Late the next afternoon went to pick up the Merc at his parking garage and only then remembered we took a car service home sometime in the early morning hours. So his new car was parked on a street, but which street, and was it towed or stolen? Called another car service and drove up and down, street after street, and after more than an hour found his car. At least he remembered what color it was. To celebrate we went for cocktails, only after he put the car back in the parking garage. From what I can remember of my younger days I think I had some fun times.
17/04/2026 8:26 am
Tony, don't you just hate when that happens!@chris LOL! I forgot about models. Yeppers, I bought one not realizing I already had it and on display!!
But a Roller? That's like coming home with your new wife only to see the one you forgot that you married already. WHAT? Oops; sorry hon.
John Bono
North Jersey
17/04/2026 9:28 am
@abaucom When we think back on some of the STUPID antics we got up to as young men it's a miracle we are all here to joke about it!
17/04/2026 10:11 am
Tony, don't you just hate when that happens!@chris LOL! I forgot about models. Yeppers, I bought one not realizing I already had it and on display!!
But a Roller? That's like coming home with your new wife only to see the one you forgot that you married already. WHAT? Oops; sorry hon.
ALWAYS!! Ha! 
17/04/2026 10:12 am
How right you are...I think back to my days as a "YOUTH" and I shake my head and thank God he saved me.@abaucom When we think back on some of the STUPID antics we got up to as young men it's a miracle we are all here to joke about it!
John Bono
North Jersey
17/04/2026 10:31 am
"When we think back on some of the STUPID antics we got up to as young men it's a miracle we are all here to joke about it!"
Truer words were never spoken! I don't know how I made this far; what did I do right? I must have TWO Guardian Angles! 😇 😇 😇
17/04/2026 11:41 am
Funny this is posted today. Last week I had a nightmare where a parked a white SUV on a side street back home and couldn’t find it. Now I know why my car is red.
Also purchasing three models I had already made me create a spreadsheet that I check when ever an older model begins to interest me.
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