I only have one story, but it's not flattering so I won't share it on such an occasion.

At any rate, he was a titanic movie star, and at times a good actor when he had something to work with and a good director (Orson Welle's
Touch of Evil comes to mind)... he was an icon of my childhood. A real Movie Star; a legend.
Rest in piece, you irascible old SOB... :'(