Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

  • Birthday: 1938-02-13
  • Deathday: 1999-05-02
  • Place of birth: Wimbledon, London, England, UK
  • Also know as: Robert Oliver Reed

Biography

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.

Filmography

And Then There Were None

1974

As Hugh Lombard

Tommy

1975

As Frank

Hannibal Brooks

1969

As Brooks

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

As Leon Corledo

The Brood

1979

As Dr. Hal Raglan

The Party's Over

1965

As Moise

The Hunting Party

1971

As Frank Calder

The House of Usher

1989

As Roderick Usher

Tomorrow Never Comes

1978

As Jim Wilson

The Assassination Bureau

1969

As Ivan Dragomiloff

Z.P.G.

1972

As Russ

Castaway

1986

As Gerald Kingsland

Sitting Target

1972

As Harry Lomart

The Brigand of Kandahar

1965

As Ali Kahn

Captive Rage

1988

As General Belmondo

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

1980

As Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype

The Sell Out

1976

As Gabriel Lee

The Revenger

1989

As Jack Fisher

Dante's Inferno

1967

As Dante Gabriel Rossetti

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967

As Andrew Quint

The System

1964

As Tinker

Take a Girl Like You

1970

As Patrick Standish

Dragonard

1987

As Captain Shanks

The Debussy Film

1965

As Claude Debussy

Blue Blood

1974

As Tom the butler

Superbrain

1996

As Professor Norbert Marcus

The Ransom

1977

As Nick McCormick

Black Arrow

1985

As Sir Brackley

One Russian Summer

1973

As Palizyn

Clash of Loyalties

1983

As Colonel Leachman

Blind Justice

1988

As Ian Ballinger

The World of Hammer: Wicked Women

1994

As Narrator (voice)

The World of Hammer: Vamp

1994

As Narrator (voice)

Master of Dragonard Hill

1987

As Captain Shanks

The Real Oliver Reed

2000

As Self (archive footage)

The Three Musketeers

1973

As Athos

Revolver

1973

As Vito Cipriani

Venom

1981

As Dave Averconnelly

The Prince and the Pauper

1977

As Miles Hendon

The Devils

1971

As Father Urbain Grandier

The Four Musketeers

1974

As Athos

Jeremiah

1998

As General Safan

Burnt Offerings

1976

As Ben Rolf

Paranoiac

1963

As Simon Ashby

The Triple Echo

1972

As Arthur, the Sergeant

Women in Love

1969

As Gerald Crich

Condorman

1981

As Krokov

The Trap

1966

As La Bete

The Scarlet Blade

1963

As Captain Sylvester

Fanny Hill

1983

As Edward Widdlecome

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988

As Sir Phillip Gage

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo

1998

As Captain Cornelius Donovan

Hired to Kill

1990

As Michael Bartos

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

1990

As The Rajah

The Jokers

1967

As David Tremayne

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

1979

As Terence Sutton

Captive

1986

As Gregory Le Vay

Luise knackt den Jackpot

1995

As Matthias

Prisoner of Honor

1991

As Gen. de Boisdeffre

Rage to Kill

1988

As General Turner

Dirty Weekend

1973

As Fabrizo

Spasms

1983

As Jason Kincaid

Severed Ties

1992

As Dr. Hans Vaughan

Panama Sugar

1990

As

Orpheus & Eurydice

2000

As Narrator

Treasure Island

1990

As Billy Bones

Lion of the Desert

1981

As Gen. Rodolfo Graziani

Oliver!

1968

As Bill Sikes

Captain Clegg

1962

As Harry Cobtree

Skeleton Coast

1988

As Captain Simpson

The Shuttered Room

1967

As Ethan

The Bruce

1996

As Bishop Wisharton

Director of Devils

2012

As Self

Gladiator

2000

As Proximo

Two of a Kind

1983

As Beasley

Royal Flash

1975

As Otto von Bismarck

Hellraisers

2000

As Self (archive footage)

The Sting II

1983

As Lonnegan

The Damned

1962

As King

Gor

1987

As Sarm

Always on Sunday

1965

As Narrator (voice)

The Misfit Brigade

1987

As The General

Funny Bones

1995

As Dolly Hopkins

That's Action

1990

As General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hello London

1960

As Photographer (uncredited)

The Bulldog Breed

1960

As Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

As Pirate Brocaire

Parting Shots

1999

As Jamie Campbell-Stewart

The Big Sleep

1978

As Eddie Mars

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960

As Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

Beat Girl

1960

As Plaid Shirt

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

As Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

As Cardinal

His and Hers

1961

As Poet

The Captain's Table

1959

As Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)

Sword of Sherwood Forest

1960

As Lord Melton (uncredited)

Lisztomania

1975

As Princess Carolyn's Servant

The Angry Silence

1960

As Mick

Mahler

1974

As Train Conductor

The Square Peg

1958

As (uncredited)

The Rebel

1961

As Artist in Cafe

Life Is a Circus

1960

As Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)

The League of Gentlemen

1960

As Chorus Boy (uncredited)

No Love for Johnnie

1961

As Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)

Value for Money

1955

As Extra (uncredited)

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