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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 13, 1938
Place of Birth:
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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Oliver Reed
Biography
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".
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Director of Devils | Self |
| 2012 | The Devils Original on-set footage | |
| 2005 | Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' | Self |
| 2005 | Strength and Honor: Production Pods | Self (Archival footage) |
| 2002 | L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore") | |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Proximo |
| 2000 | The Real Oliver Reed | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Hellraisers | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Orpheus & Eurydice | Narrator |
| 1999 | Parting Shots | Jamie Campbell-Stewart |
| 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Jeremiah | General Safan |
| 1998 | The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo | Captain Cornelius Donovan |
| 1996 | Superbrain | Professor Norbert Marcus |
| 1996 | The Bruce | Bishop Wisharton |
| 1995 | Funny Bones | Dolly Hopkins |
| 1995 | Luise knackt den Jackpot | Matthias |
| 1995 | Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 | |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time | Narrator |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer: Vamp | Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer: Wicked Women | Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer: Chiller | narrator |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer: Trials of War | Narrator |
| 1992 | Severed Ties | Dr. Hans Vaughan |
| 1991 | The Pit and the Pendulum | Cardinal |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor | Gen. de Boisdeffre |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Billy Bones |
| 1990 | Hired to Kill | Michael Bartos |
| 1990 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo | The Rajah |
| 1990 | That's Action | General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Panama Sugar | Generale |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Athos |
| 1989 | The House of Usher | Roderick Usher |
| 1989 | The Revenger | Jack Fisher |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Vulcan |
| 1988 | Skeleton Coast | Captain Simpson |
| 1988 | Captive Rage | General Belmondo |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Sir Phillip Gage |
| 1988 | Rage to Kill | General Turner |
| 1988 | Blind Justice | Ian Ballinger |
| 1987 | The Misfit Brigade | The General |
| 1987 | Gor | Sarm |
| 1987 | Dragonard | Captain Shanks |
| 1987 | Master of Dragonard Hill | Captain Shanks |
| 1987 | The Best of Max Headroom | Self |
| 1986 | Castaway | Gerald Kingsland |
| 1986 | Captive | Gregory Le Vay |
| 1985 | Black Arrow | Sir Brackley |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Beasley |
| 1983 | The Sting II | Lonnegan |
| 1983 | Fanny Hill | Edward Widdlecome |
| 1983 | Spasms | Jason Kincaid |
| 1983 | Clash of Loyalties | Colonel Leachman |
| 1981 | Venom | Dave Averconnelly |
| 1981 | Lion of the Desert | Gen. Rodolfo Graziani |
| 1981 | Condorman | Krokov |
| 1980 | Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype | Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype |
| 1979 | The Brood | Dr. Hal Raglan |
| 1979 | The Class Of Miss MacMichael | Terence Sutton |
| 1979 | A Touch of the Sun | |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | Eddie Mars |
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Jim Wilson |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | Miles Hendon |
| 1977 | US Against the World | Self |
| 1977 | The Ransom | Nick McCormick |
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Ben Rolf |
| 1976 | The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | Joe Knox |
| 1976 | The Sell Out | Gabriel Lee |
| 1975 | Tommy | Frank |
| 1975 | Lisztomania | Princess Carolyn's Servant |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Otto von Bismarck |
| 1974 | And Then There Were None | Hugh Lombard |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Athos |
| 1974 | Blue Blood | Tom the butler |
| 1974 | Mahler | Train Conductor |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Athos |
| 1973 | Revolver | Vito Cipriani |
| 1973 | Dirty Weekend | Fabrizo |
| 1973 | One Russian Summer | Palizyn |
| 1972 | The Triple Echo | Arthur, the Sergeant |
| 1972 | Z.P.G. | Russ |
| 1972 | Sitting Target | Harry Lomart |
| 1971 | The Devils | Father Urbain Grandier |
| 1971 | The Hunting Party | Frank Calder |
| 1970 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | Michael Caldwell |
| 1970 | Take a Girl Like You | Patrick Standish |
| 1969 | Hannibal Brooks | Brooks |
| 1969 | Women in Love | Gerald Crich |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau | Ivan Dragomiloff |
| 1968 | Oliver! | Bill Sikes |
| 1967 | The Shuttered Room | Ethan |
| 1967 | The Jokers | David Tremayne |
| 1967 | Dante's Inferno | Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Andrew Quint |
| 1966 | The Trap | La Bete |
| 1965 | The Party's Over | Moise |
| 1965 | The Brigand of Kandahar | Ali Kahn |
| 1965 | The Debussy Film | Claude Debussy |
| 1965 | Always on Sunday | Narrator (voice) |
| 1964 | The System | Tinker |
| 1963 | Paranoiac | Simon Ashby |
| 1963 | The Scarlet Blade | Captain Sylvester |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Harry Cobtree |
| 1962 | The Damned | King |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Pirate Brocaire |
| 1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Leon Corledo |
| 1961 | His and Hers | Poet |
| 1961 | The Rebel | Artist in Cafe |
| 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Beat Girl | Plaid Shirt |
| 1960 | The Angry Silence | Mick |
| 1960 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Lord Melton (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The League of Gentlemen | Chorus Boy (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Hello London | Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Life Is a Circus | Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Upstairs and Downstairs | Train Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Captain's Table | Suntanning Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Square Peg | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Value for Money | Extra (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Living Famously | (archive footage) |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Narrator |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Gregor Dunnigan |
| 1985 | Christopher Columbus | Martin Pinzon |
| 1985 | The Max Headroom Show | Self |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Wolfen |
| 1964 | R3 | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Joe Catelli |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | The Saint | Aristides Koralis |
| 1959 | The Third Man | Pepi |