As Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady he won the hearts of millions around the world. Known for his magnificent self-obsession and monumental egotism, Rex Harrison was also a film and stage star of devilish charm whose portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady won him legendary fame around the world. He was known for his urbane style, his mordant wit, his numerous wives, and his truly appalling temper. Patrick Garland, the noted English director, first met Harrison fourteen years before he died in 1990. In 1980 Garland produced and directed the revival of My Fair Lady with Harrison on Broadway. Rather than write a conventional biography, Garland chose to pen an affectionate memoir of his years of personal and professional friendship with one of the truly great and charismatic figures of the cinema and stage.