Oliver Reed
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".
Born: 13 February 1938 • Died: 02 May 1999
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Director of Devils
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The Devils Original on-set footage
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Living Famously
(archive footage)
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
Orpheus & Eurydice
Narrator
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
Gladiator
Proximo
The Real Oliver Reed
Self (archive footage)
Parting Shots
Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
Jeremiah
General Safan
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Captain Cornelius Donovan
The Bruce
Bishop Wisharton
Superbrain
Professor Norbert Marcus
Funny Bones
Dolly Hopkins
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Matthias
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
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The World of Hammer: Chiller
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The World of Hammer: Trials of War
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The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
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The World of Hammer: Vamp
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The World of Hammer
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The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Return to Lonesome Dove
Gregor Dunnigan
Severed Ties
Dr. Hans Vaughan
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. de Boisdeffre
The Pit and the Pendulum
Cardinal
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Self
That's Action
General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
Panama Sugar
Generale
Hired to Kill
Michael Bartos
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
The Rajah
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
The Return of the Musketeers
Athos
The Revenger
Jack Fisher
Captive Rage
General Belmondo
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Vulcan
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Phillip Gage
Rage to Kill
General Turner
Skeleton Coast
Captain Simpson
Blind Justice
Ian Ballinger
The Misfit Brigade
The General
Master of Dragonard Hill
Captain Shanks
Dragonard
Captain Shanks
Gor
Sarm
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
Captive
Gregory Le Vay
Castaway
Gerald Kingsland
Black Arrow
Sir Brackley
The Max Headroom Show
Self
Christopher Columbus
Martin Pinzon
Masquerade
Peter Serkov / Wolfen
Two of a Kind
Beasley
Spasms
Jason Kincaid
The Sting II
Lonnegan
Clash of Loyalties
Colonel Leachman
Fanny Hill
Edward Widdlecome
Venom
Dave Averconnelly
Condorman
Krokov
Lion of the Desert
General Rodolfo Graziani
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
A Touch of the Sun
Captain Daniel Nelson
The Brood
Dr. Hal Raglan
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Terence Sutton
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
Tomorrow Never Comes
Jim Wilson
US Against the World
Self
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
Ransom
Nick McCormick
Burnt Offerings
Ben Rolf
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Joe Knox
The Sell Out
Gabriel Lee
Lisztomania
Princess Carolyn's Servant
Royal Flash
Otto von Bismarck
Tommy
Frank
Blue Blood
Tom the butler
The Four Musketeers
Athos
And Then There Were None
Hugh Lombard
Mahler
Train Conductor
The Three Musketeers
Athos
Revolver
Vito Cipriani
Dirty Weekend
Fabrizo
One Russian Summer
Palizyn
The Triple Echo
Arthur, the Sergeant
Z.P.G.
Russ
Sitting Target
Harry Lomart
Film '72
Self
The Devils
Father Urbain Grandier
The Hunting Party
Frank Calder
Take a Girl Like You
Patrick Standish
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Michael Caldwell
Women in Love
Gerald Crich
The Assassination Bureau
Ivan Dragomiloff
Hannibal Brooks
Brooks
Oliver!
Bill Sikes
Dante's Inferno
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Andrew Quint
The Shuttered Room
Ethan
The Jokers
David Tremayne
The Trap
La Bete
The Brigand of Kandahar
Ali Kahn
Always on Sunday
Narrator (voice)
The Debussy Film
Claude Debussy
The Party's Over
Moise
R3
Dr. Richard Franklin
The System
Tinker
The Scarlet Blade
Captain Sylvester
Paranoiac
Simon Ashby
The Damned
King
The Saint
Joe Catelli
The Saint
Aristides Koralis
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Captain Clegg
Harry Cobtree
The Pirates of Blood River
Pirate Brocaire
The Curse of the Werewolf
Leon Corledo
The Rebel
Artist in Cafe
No Love for Johnnie
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
His and Hers
Oliver Borlinski
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Lord Melton (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Hello London
Photographer (uncredited)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Beat Girl
Plaid Shirt
The League of Gentlemen
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
The Angry Silence
Mick
Life Is a Circus
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Knight Errant Limited
Benny Falconer
The Third Man
Pepi
The Captain's Table
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
The Square Peg
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Value for Money
Extra (uncredited)