Oliver Reed
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 13 February 1938 · Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- Died
- 2 May 1999
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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- 2012Director of Devils as Self
- 2012The Devils Original on-set footage
- 2005Strength and Honor: Production Pods as Self (Archival footage)
- 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
- 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
- 2002L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
- 2000Orpheus & Eurydice as Narrator
- 2000Hellraisers as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Gladiator as Proximo
- 2000The Real Oliver Reed as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Parting Shots as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
- 1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
- 1998Jeremiah as General Safan
- 1998The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Captain Cornelius Donovan
- 1996The Bruce as Bishop Wisharton
- 1996Superbrain as Professor Norbert Marcus
- 1995Funny Bones as Dolly Hopkins
- 1995Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
- 1995Luise knackt den Jackpot as Matthias
- 1994The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time as Narrator
- 1994The World of Hammer: Chiller as narrator
- 1994The World of Hammer: Trials of War as Narrator
- 1994The World of Hammer: Wicked Women as Narrator (voice)
- 1994The World of Hammer: Vamp as Narrator (voice)
- 1992Severed Ties as Dr. Hans Vaughan
- 1991Prisoner of Honor as Gen. de Boisdeffre
- 1991The Pit and the Pendulum as Cardinal
- 1991Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel as Self
- 1990That's Action as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990Treasure Island as Billy Bones
- 1990Panama Sugar as Generale
- 1990Hired to Kill as Michael Bartos
- 1990A Ghost in Monte Carlo as The Rajah
- 1989The House of Usher as Roderick Usher
- 1989The Return of the Musketeers as Athos
- 1989The Revenger as Jack Fisher
- 1988Captive Rage as General Belmondo
- 1988The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Vulcan
- 1988The Lady and the Highwayman as Sir Phillip Gage
- 1988Rage to Kill as General Turner
- 1988Skeleton Coast as Captain Simpson
- 1988Blind Justice as Ian Ballinger
- 1987The Misfit Brigade as The General
- 1987Master of Dragonard Hill as Captain Shanks
- 1987Dragonard as Captain Shanks
- 1987Gor as Sarm
- 1987The Best of Max Headroom as Self
- 1986Captive as Gregory Le Vay
- 1986Castaway as Gerald Kingsland
- 1985Black Arrow as Sir Brackley
- 1983Two of a Kind as Beasley
- 1983Spasms as Jason Kincaid
- 1983The Sting II as Lonnegan
- 1983Clash of Loyalties as Colonel Leachman
- 1983Fanny Hill as Edward Widdlecome
- 1981Venom as Dave Averconnelly
- 1981Condorman as Krokov
- 1981Lion of the Desert as General Rodolfo Graziani
- 1980Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
- 1979A Touch of the Sun as Captain Daniel Nelson
- 1979The Brood as Dr. Hal Raglan
- 1978The Class Of Miss MacMichael as Terence Sutton
- 1978The Big Sleep as Eddie Mars
- 1978Tomorrow Never Comes as Jim Wilson
- 1977US Against the World as Self
- 1977The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
- 1977The Ransom as Nick McCormick
- 1976Burnt Offerings as Ben Rolf
- 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Joe Knox
- 1976The Sell Out as Gabriel Lee
- 1975Royal Flash as Otto von Bismarck
- 1975Lisztomania as Princess Carolyn's Servant
- 1975Tommy as Frank
- 1974Blue Blood as Tom the butler
- 1974The Four Musketeers as Athos
- 1974And Then There Were None as Hugh Lombard
- 1974Mahler as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1973The Three Musketeers as Athos
- 1973Revolver as Vito Cipriani
- 1973Dirty Weekend as Fabrizo
- 1973One Russian Summer as Palizyn
- 1972The Triple Echo as Arthur, the Sergeant
- 1972Z.P.G. as Russ
- 1972Sitting Target as Harry Lomart
- 1971The Hunting Party as Frank Calder
- 1971The Devils as Father Urbain Grandier
- 1970Take a Girl Like You as Patrick Standish
- 1970The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Michael Caldwell
- 1969Women in Love as Gerald Crich
- 1969The Assassination Bureau as Ivan Dragomiloff
- 1969Hannibal Brooks as Brooks
- 1968Oliver! as Bill Sikes
- 1967Dante's Inferno as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- 1967I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Andrew Quint
- 1967The Shuttered Room as Ethan
- 1967The Jokers as David Tremayne
- 1966The Trap as La Bete
- 1965The Brigand of Kandahar as Ali Kahn
- 1965Always on Sunday as Narrator (voice)
- 1965The Debussy Film as Claude Debussy
- 1965The Party's Over as Moise
- 1964The System as Tinker
- 1963The Scarlet Blade as Captain Sylvester
- 1963Paranoiac as Simon Ashby
- 1962The Damned as King
- 1962Captain Clegg as Harry Cobtree
- 1962The Pirates of Blood River as Pirate Brocaire
- 1961The Curse of the Werewolf as Leon Corledo
- 1961The Rebel as Artist in Cafe
- 1961No Love for Johnnie as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
- 1961His and Hers as Oliver Borlinski
- 1960Sword of Sherwood Forest as Lord Melton (uncredited)
- 1960The Bulldog Breed as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
- 1960Hello London as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1960The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
- 1960Beat Girl as Plaid Shirt
- 1960The League of Gentlemen as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
- 1960The Angry Silence as Mick
- 1960Life Is a Circus as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
- 1959Upstairs and Downstairs as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- 1959The Captain's Table as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
- 1958The Square Peg as (uncredited)
- 1955Value for Money as Extra (uncredited)