Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

13 Feb 1938 (86 years old) in Wimbledon, London, England, UK

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Credits

  • 2012 · Director of Devils as Self
  • 2012 · The Devils Original on-set footage as
  • 2005 · Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
  • 2002 · Living Famously as (archive footage)
  • 2000 · Orpheus & Eurydice as Narrator
  • 2000 · Hellraisers as Self (archive footage)
  • 2000 · Gladiator as Proximo
  • 2000 · The Real Oliver Reed as Self (archive footage)
  • 1999 · Parting Shots as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
  • 1999 · Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
  • 1998 · Jeremiah as General Safan
  • 1998 · The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Captain Cornelius Donovan
  • 1996 · The Bruce as Bishop Wisharton
  • 1996 · Superbrain as Professor Norbert Marcus
  • 1995 · Funny Bones as Dolly Hopkins
  • 1995 · Luise knackt den Jackpot as Matthias
  • 1995 · Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 as
  • 1994 · The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time as Narrator
  • 1994 · The World of Hammer: Wicked Women as Narrator (voice)
  • 1994 · The World of Hammer: Vamp as Narrator (voice)
  • 1994 · The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead as Narrator
  • 1994 · The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing as Narrator
  • 1994 · The World of Hammer as Narrator
  • 1993 · Return to Lonesome Dove as Gregor Dunnigan
  • 1992 · Severed Ties as Dr. Hans Vaughan
  • 1991 · Prisoner of Honor as Gen. de Boisdeffre
  • 1991 · The Pit and the Pendulum as Cardinal
  • 1990 · Hired to Kill as Michael Bartos
  • 1990 · That's Action as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1990 · The Lady and the Highwayman as Sir Phillip Gage
  • 1990 · Panama Sugar as Generale
  • 1990 · A Ghost in Monte Carlo as The Rajah
  • 1990 · Treasure Island as Billy Bones
  • 1989 · The House of Usher as Roderick Usher
  • 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Athos
  • 1989 · The Revenger as Jack Fisher
  • 1988 · Captive Rage as General Belmondo
  • 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Vulcan
  • 1988 · Rage to Kill as General Turner
  • 1988 · Skeleton Coast as Captain Simpson
  • 1988 · Blind Justice as Ian Ballinger
  • 1987 · The Misfit Brigade as The General
  • 1987 · Master of Dragonard Hill as Captain Shanks
  • 1987 · Dragonard as Captain Shanks
  • 1987 · Gor as Sarm
  • 1986 · Captive as Gregory Le Vay
  • 1986 · Castaway as Gerald Kingsland
  • 1985 · Black Arrow as Sir Brackley
  • 1985 · Christopher Columbus as Martin Pinzon
  • 1983 · Masquerade as Wolfen
  • 1983 · Two of a Kind as Beasley
  • 1983 · Spasms as Jason Kincaid
  • 1983 · The Sting II as Lonnegan
  • 1983 · Clash of Loyalties as Colonel Leachman
  • 1983 · Fanny Hill as Edward Widdlecome
  • 1981 · Venom as Dave Averconnelly
  • 1981 · Condorman as Krokov
  • 1981 · Lion of the Desert as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
  • 1980 · Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
  • 1979 · The Brood as Dr. Hal Raglan
  • 1979 · The Class Of Miss MacMichael as Terence Sutton
  • 1979 · A Touch of the Sun as
  • 1978 · The Big Sleep as Eddie Mars
  • 1978 · Tomorrow Never Comes as Jim Wilson
  • 1977 · US Against the World as Self
  • 1977 · The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
  • 1977 · The Ransom as Nick McCormick
  • 1976 · Burnt Offerings as Ben Rolf
  • 1976 · The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Joe Knox
  • 1976 · The Sell Out as Gabriel Lee
  • 1975 · Lisztomania as Princess Carolyn's Servant
  • 1975 · Royal Flash as Otto von Bismarck
  • 1975 · Tommy as Frank
  • 1974 · Blue Blood as Tom the butler
  • 1974 · The Four Musketeers as Athos
  • 1974 · And Then There Were None as Hugh Lombard
  • 1974 · Mahler as Train Conductor
  • 1973 · The Three Musketeers as Athos
  • 1973 · Revolver as Vito Cipriani
  • 1973 · Dirty Weekend as Fabrizo
  • 1973 · One Russian Summer as Palizyn
  • 1972 · The Triple Echo as Arthur, the Sergeant
  • 1972 · Z.P.G. as Russ
  • 1972 · Sitting Target as Harry Lomart
  • 1971 · The Devils as Father Urbain Grandier
  • 1971 · The Hunting Party as Frank Calder
  • 1970 · Take a Girl Like You as Patrick Standish
  • 1970 · The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Michael Caldwell
  • 1969 · Women in Love as Gerald Crich
  • 1969 · The Assassination Bureau as Ivan Dragomiloff
  • 1969 · Hannibal Brooks as Brooks
  • 1968 · Oliver! as Bill Sikes
  • 1967 · Dante's Inferno as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  • 1967 · I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Andrew Quint
  • 1967 · The Shuttered Room as Ethan
  • 1967 · The Jokers as David Tremayne
  • 1966 · The Trap as La Bete
  • 1965 · The Brigand of Kandahar as Ali Kahn
  • 1965 · Always on Sunday as Narrator (voice)
  • 1965 · The Debussy Film as Claude Debussy
  • 1965 · The Party's Over as Moise
  • 1964 · R3 as
  • 1964 · The System as Tinker
  • 1963 · The Scarlet Blade as Captain Sylvester
  • 1963 · Paranoiac as Simon Ashby
  • 1962 · The Damned as King
  • 1962 · The Saint as Joe Catelli
  • 1962 · The Saint as Aristides Koralis
  • 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
  • 1962 · Captain Clegg as Harry Cobtree
  • 1962 · The Pirates of Blood River as Pirate Brocaire
  • 1961 · The Curse of the Werewolf as Leon Corledo
  • 1961 · The Rebel as Artist in Cafe
  • 1961 · No Love for Johnnie as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
  • 1961 · His and Hers as Poet
  • 1960 · Sword of Sherwood Forest as Lord Melton (uncredited)
  • 1960 · The Bulldog Breed as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
  • 1960 · Hello London as Photographer (uncredited)
  • 1960 · The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
  • 1960 · Beat Girl as Plaid Shirt
  • 1960 · The League of Gentlemen as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
  • 1960 · The Angry Silence as Mick
  • 1960 · Life Is a Circus as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
  • 1959 · Upstairs and Downstairs as Train Passenger (uncredited)
  • 1959 · The Third Man as Pepi
  • 1959 · The Captain's Table as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
  • 1958 · The Square Peg as (uncredited)
  • 1955 · Value for Money as Extra (uncredited)
  • 2024 · The World of Hammer: Chiller as narrator