Roger Lewis

The utter vileness of Richard Harris

The actor took pride in brutish behaviour, styling himself ‘the king of infidelity’, and treating wives and girlfriends as his private property

Richard Harris as the worn out rugby player in This Sporting Life (1963)

  • Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven

    Joe Jackson

    Merrion Press, pp. 358, £22

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