Oliver Reed
Acting
Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the 1968 Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974); the lover and stepfather in Tommy (1975), Funny Bones (1995) and Gladiator (2000). For playing Antonius Proximo, the old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, in what was his final film, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2000. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth most popular star at the box office. The British Film Institute (BFI) stated that "partnerships with Michael Winner and Ken Russell in the mid-60s saw Reed become an emblematic Brit-flick icon", but from the mid-1970s his alcoholism began affecting his career, with the BFI adding "Reed had assumed Robert Newton's mantle as Britain's thirstiest thespian".
Known for
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movieCelebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Self (archive footage)
tvLiving Famously
2002
(archive footage)
movieHellraisers
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieGladiator
2000
Proximo
movieThe Real Oliver Reed
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieParting Shots
1999
Jamie Campbell-Stewart
movieMonster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Self (archive footage)
movieJeremiah
1998
General Safan
movieThe Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
Captain Cornelius Donovan
movieThe Bruce
1996
Bishop Wisharton
movieSuperbrain
1996
Professor Norbert Marcus
movieFunny Bones
1995
Dolly Hopkins
movieThe World of Hammer: Wicked Women
1994
Narrator (voice)
movieThe World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
Narrator (voice)
tvThe World of Hammer
1994
Narrator / Self (archive footage)
tvReturn to Lonesome Dove
1993
Gregor Dunnigan
movieSevered Ties
1992
Dr. Hans Vaughan
moviePrisoner of Honor
1991
Gen. de Boisdeffre
movieThat's Action
1990
General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieTreasure Island
1990
Billy Bones
moviePanama Sugar
1990
Generale
movieHired to Kill
1990
Michael Bartos
movieA Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
The Rajah
movieThe House of Usher
1989
Roderick Usher
movieThe Revenger
1989
Jack Fisher
movieCaptive Rage
1988
General Belmondo
movieThe Lady and the Highwayman
1988
Sir Phillip Gage
movieRage to Kill
1988
General Turner
movieSkeleton Coast
1988
Captain Simpson
movieBlind Justice
1988
Ian Ballinger
movieThe Misfit Brigade
1987
The General
movieMaster of Dragonard Hill
1987
Captain Shanks
movieDragonard
1987
Captain Shanks
movieGor
1987
Sarm
movieCaptive
1986
Gregory Le Vay
movieCastaway
1986
Gerald Kingsland
movieBlack Arrow
1985
Sir Brackley
tvChristopher Columbus
1985
Martin Pinzon
tvMasquerade
1983
Peter Serkov / Wolfen
movieTwo of a Kind
1983
Beasley
movieSpasms
1983
Jason Kincaid
movieThe Sting II
1983
Lonnegan
movieClash of Loyalties
1983
Colonel Leachman
movieFanny Hill
1983
Edward Widdlecome
movieVenom
1981
Dave Averconnelly
movieCondorman
1981
Krokov
movieLion of the Desert
1981
General Rodolfo Graziani
movieDr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
movieA Touch of the Sun
1979
Captain Daniel Nelson
movieThe Brood
1979
Dr. Hal Raglan
movieThe Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
Terence Sutton
movieThe Big Sleep
1978
Eddie Mars
movieTomorrow Never Comes
1978
Jim Wilson
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977
Miles Hendon
movieRansom
1977
Nick McCormick
movieBurnt Offerings
1976
Ben Rolf
movieThe Sell Out
1976
Gabriel Lee
movieRoyal Flash
1975
Otto von Bismarck
movieLisztomania
1975
Princess Carolyn's Servant
movieTommy
1975
Frank
movieBlue Blood
1974
Tom the butler
movieAnd Then There Were None
1974
Hugh Lombard
movieMahler
1974
Train Conductor
movieRevolver
1973
Vito Cipriani
movieDirty Weekend
1973
Fabrizo
movieOne Russian Summer
1973
Palizyn
movieThe Triple Echo
1972
Arthur, the Sergeant
movieZ.P.G.
1972
Russ
movieSitting Target
1972
Harry Lomart
movieThe Devils
1971
Father Urbain Grandier
movieThe Hunting Party
1971
Frank Calder
movieTake a Girl Like You
1970
Patrick Standish
movieThe Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
Michael Caldwell
movieWomen in Love
1969
Gerald Crich
movieThe Assassination Bureau
1969
Ivan Dragomiloff
movieHannibal Brooks
1969
Brooks
movieOliver!
1968
Bill Sikes
movieDante's Inferno
1967
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
movieI'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
Andrew Quint
movieThe Jokers
1967
David Tremayne
movieThe Trap
1966
La Bete
movieThe Brigand of Kandahar
1965
Ali Kahn
movieAlways on Sunday
1965
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Debussy Film
1965
Claude Debussy
R3
1964
Dr. Richard Franklin
movieThe System
1964
Tinker
movieThe Scarlet Blade
1963
Captain Sylvester
movieParanoiac
1963
Simon Ashby
tvThe Saint
1962
Joe Catelli / Aristides Koralis
movieCaptain Clegg
1962
Harry Cobtree
movieThe Pirates of Blood River
1962
Pirate Brocaire
movieThe Curse of the Werewolf
1961
Leon Corledo
movieThe Rebel
1961
Artist in Cafe
movieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
movieHis and Hers
1961
Oliver Borlinski
movieSword of Sherwood Forest
1960
Lord Melton (uncredited)
movieThe Bulldog Breed
1960
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Hello London
1960
Photographer (uncredited)
movieThe Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
movieBeat Girl
1960
Plaid Shirt
movieThe League of Gentlemen
1960
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
movieLife Is a Circus
1960
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
movieUpstairs and Downstairs
1959
Train Passenger (uncredited)
tvKnight Errant Limited
1959
Benny Falconer
movieThe Captain's Table
1959
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
movieThe Square Peg
1958
(uncredited)
movieValue for Money
1955
Extra (uncredited)