Oliver Reed
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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
Credits
Gladiator (2000)
as Proximo
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
as Vulcan
The Devils (1971)
as Father Urbain Grandier
The Three Musketeers (1973)
as Athos
The Four Musketeers (1974)
as Athos
Oliver! (1968)
as Bill Sikes
Lion of the Desert (1981)
as General Rodolfo Graziani
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
as Cardinal
Treasure Island (1990)
as Billy Bones
Tommy (1975)
as Frank
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
And Then There Were None (1974)
as Hugh Lombard
The Big Sleep (1978)
as Eddie Mars
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
as Ivan Dragomiloff
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
as Miles Hendon
The Brood (1979)
as Dr. Hal Raglan
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
as The General
Women in Love (1969)
as Gerald Crich
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
as Athos
Burnt Offerings (1976)
as Ben Rolf
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
as Leon Corledo
Jeremiah (1998)
as General Safan
Gor (1987)
as Sarm
Funny Bones (1995)
as Dolly Hopkins
The Hunting Party (1971)
as Frank Calder
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
The Damned (1962)
as King
The Bruce (1996)
as Bishop Wisharton
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Spasms (1983)
as Jason Kincaid
Two of a Kind (1983)
as Beasley
Captain Clegg (1962)
as Harry Cobtree
Castaway (1986)
as Gerald Kingsland
Venom (1981)
as Dave Averconnelly
Mahler (1974)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970)
as Michael Caldwell
Paranoiac (1963)
as Simon Ashby
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
Condorman (1981)
as Krokov
The Angry Silence (1960)
as Mick
The Bulldog Breed (1960)
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The Shuttered Room (1967)
as Ethan
Parting Shots (1999)
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
The Jokers (1967)
as David Tremayne
Fanny Hill (1983)
as Edward Widdlecome
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
as Pirate Brocaire
Lisztomania (1975)
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
Sitting Target (1972)
as Harry Lomart
Dirty Weekend (1973)
as Fabrizo
The Trap (1966)
as La Bete
The Sting II (1983)
as Lonnegan
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
as Sir Phillip Gage
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
as Patrick Standish
The Square Peg (1958)
as (uncredited)
US Against the World (1977)
as Self
The Rebel (1961)
as Artist in Cafe
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Dragonard (1987)
as Captain Shanks
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
as Brooks
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
as Joe Knox
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
as Ali Kahn
Revolver (1973)
as Vito Cipriani
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
as Jim Wilson
Hired to Kill (1990)
as Michael Bartos
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
as The Rajah
Captive Rage (1988)
as General Belmondo
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' (2005)
as Self
The Best of Max Headroom (1987)
as Self
Z.P.G. (1972)
as Russ
The Triple Echo (1972)
as Arthur, the Sergeant
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
as Captain Sylvester
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore") (2002)
Actor
Black Arrow (1985)
as Sir Brackley
His and Hers (1961)
as Oliver Borlinski
The House of Usher (1989)
as Roderick Usher
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
Hello London (1960)
as Photographer (uncredited)
Rage to Kill (1988)
as General Turner
Beat Girl (1960)
as Plaid Shirt
The Revenger (1989)
as Jack Fisher
Master of Dragonard Hill (1987)
as Captain Shanks
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel (1991)
as Self
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
as Andrew Quint
Royal Flash (1975)
as Otto von Bismarck
The System (1964)
as Tinker
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
Value for Money (1955)
as Extra (uncredited)
The Sell Out (1976)
as Gabriel Lee
Severed Ties (1992)
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
Skeleton Coast (1988)
as Captain Simpson
The Party's Over (1965)
as Moise
The Real Oliver Reed (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 (1995)
Actor
One Russian Summer (1973)
as Palizyn
Dante's Inferno (1967)
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Panama Sugar (1990)
as Generale
Ransom (1977)
as Nick McCormick
Blind Justice (1988)
as Ian Ballinger
Clash of Loyalties (1983)
as Colonel Leachman
A Touch of the Sun (1979)
as Captain Daniel Nelson
Blue Blood (1974)
as Tom the butler
The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1978)
as Terence Sutton
Life Is a Circus (1960)
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
That's Action (1990)
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hellraisers (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Debussy Film (1965)
as Claude Debussy
Captive (1986)
as Gregory Le Vay
Always on Sunday (1965)
as Narrator (voice)
Luise knackt den Jackpot (1995)
as Matthias
Orpheus & Eurydice (2000)
as Narrator
The Devils Original on-set footage (2012)
Actor
Director of Devils (2012)
as Self
Superbrain (1996)
as Professor Norbert Marcus
The World of Hammer: Chiller (1994)
as narrator
The World of Hammer: Vamp (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Trials of War (1994)
as Narrator
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time (1994)
as Narrator