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".
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-02-13
Place of birth
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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Cast
Gladiator
2000
8.22
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
6.12
The Big Sleep
1978
5.86
The Three Musketeers
1973
6.75
Revolver
1973
6.87
And Then There Were None
1974
5.66
The Misfit Brigade
1987
5.71
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
5.90
Tommy
1975
6.45
Venom
1981
5.60
The Devils
1971
7.50
The Four Musketeers
1974
6.43
Jeremiah
1998
6.80
Two of a Kind
1983
5.85
Hannibal Brooks
1969
6.30
Treasure Island
1990
6.59
Lion of the Desert
1981
7.33
Burnt Offerings
1976
6.51
Funny Bones
1995
6.50
The Brood
1979
6.72
The Party's Over
1965
6.60
Paranoiac
1963
6.61
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
6.20
The Sting II
1983
4.70
Beat Girl
1960
5.80
The Triple Echo
1972
5.63
The Hunting Party
1971
6.10
Women in Love
1969
6.60
Oliver!
1968
7.03
The House of Usher
1989
4.70
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
5.40
Lisztomania
1975
5.90
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
5.70
Condorman
1981
5.50
Captain Clegg
1962
6.27
Z.P.G.
1972
6.08
Skeleton Coast
1988
3.90
The Assassination Bureau
1969
6.64
The Damned
1962
6.24
The Trap
1966
7.00
Castaway
1986
6.20
Sitting Target
1972
6.10
Royal Flash
1975
5.80
The Scarlet Blade
1963
5.40
The Brigand of Kandahar
1965
5.59
Captive Rage
1988
3.36
The Angry Silence
1960
7.21
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
4.90
The Shuttered Room
1967
6.00
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
6.10
Fanny Hill
1983
5.19
Hired to Kill
1990
4.60
Gor
1987
3.65
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
5.10
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
5.00
Spasms
1983
4.41
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
0.00
US Against the World
1977
0.00
Hellraisers
2000
0.00
The Sell Out
1976
5.20
The Square Peg
1958
6.45
The Revenger
1989
4.50
The Jokers
1967
6.00
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
6.00
Dante's Inferno
1967
6.90
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
5.29
The System
1964
6.20
Take a Girl Like You
1970
5.56
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1979
4.80
Prisoner of Honor
1991
6.20
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
0.00
Dragonard
1987
3.40
Captive
1986
2.50
Blue Blood
1974
4.00
Superbrain
1996
0.00
Ransom
1977
6.40
His and Hers
1961
4.90
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
0.00
Rage to Kill
1988
4.80
The Bruce
1996
6.20
Black Arrow
1985
6.50
Dirty Weekend
1973
4.91
One Russian Summer
1973
7.80
The Debussy Film
1965
7.60
Director of Devils
2012
0.00
Master of Dragonard Hill
1987
3.20
Severed Ties
1992
4.30
A Touch of the Sun
1979
3.50
Clash of Loyalties
1983
5.00
Blind Justice
1988
4.00
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
6.00
Parting Shots
1999
5.36
The Bulldog Breed
1960
5.75
That's Action
1990
0.00
Always on Sunday
1965
6.00
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
0.00
Panama Sugar
1990
4.00
Mahler
1974
6.70
The Rebel
1961
7.80
The League of Gentlemen
1960
7.00
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
5.60
Hello London
1960
5.00
The Captain's Table
1959
5.80
Life Is a Circus
1960
6.00
Value for Money
1955
6.60
The World of Hammer: Chiller
1994
7.00
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
0.00
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
6.51
No Love for Johnnie
1961
6.20
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
0.00
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
0.00