How Much Did He Used To Drink A Day?

That would get him through breakfast.

I don't remember the specific amounts now, but I remember reading about Reed, Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton (four bottles of vodka a day whilst making Where Eagles Dare apparently, according to actor Derren Nesbitt), Richard Harris, and it's frightening what these guys would put away.

I read a biography about him years ago. He managed to be pretty reliable professionally somehow despite how he was living. Even if he'd spent the whole night getting hammered with Keith Moon, he'd be ready to go. Some people are just built differently.

I guess that's not too surprising, though. He couldn't have had the long career he had otherwise.

I think his drinking exploits have to be exaggerated. How did his liver handle that much?

By Irish standards he was a tea totaler.