Oliver Reed
Acting
- Born:
- 1938-02-13
- Died:
- 1999-05-02
- Place of birth:
- Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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".
Known For
Filmography
Director of Devils
The Devils Original on-set footage
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Living Famously
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
Orpheus & Eurydice
Hellraisers
Gladiator
The Real Oliver Reed
Parting Shots
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Jeremiah
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
The Bruce
Superbrain
Funny Bones
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
The World of Hammer: Chiller
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
The World of Hammer: Vamp
The World of Hammer
Return to Lonesome Dove
Severed Ties
Prisoner of Honor
The Pit and the Pendulum
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
That's Action
The Word
Treasure Island
Panama Sugar
Hired to Kill
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
The House of Usher
The Return of the Musketeers
The Revenger
Captive Rage
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Lady and the Highwayman
Rage to Kill
Skeleton Coast
Blind Justice
The Misfit Brigade
Master of Dragonard Hill
Dragonard
Gor
The Best of Max Headroom
Captive
Castaway
Black Arrow
The Max Headroom Show
Christopher Columbus
Masquerade
Two of a Kind
Spasms
The Sting II
Clash of Loyalties
Fanny Hill
Venom
Condorman
Lion of the Desert
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
A Touch of the Sun
The Brood
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
The Big Sleep
Tomorrow Never Comes
US Against the World
The Prince and the Pauper
The Ransom
Burnt Offerings
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
The Sell Out
Royal Flash
Lisztomania
Tommy
Blue Blood
The Four Musketeers
And Then There Were None
Mahler
The Three Musketeers
Revolver
Dirty Weekend
One Russian Summer
The Triple Echo
Z.P.G.
Sitting Target
Film '72
The Devils
The Hunting Party
Take a Girl Like You
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Women in Love
The Assassination Bureau
Hannibal Brooks
Oliver!
Dante's Inferno
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
The Shuttered Room
The Jokers
The Trap
The Brigand of Kandahar
Always on Sunday
The Debussy Film
The Party's Over
R3
The System
The Scarlet Blade
Paranoiac
The Damned
The Saint
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Captain Clegg
The Pirates of Blood River
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Rebel
No Love for Johnnie
His and Hers
Sword of Sherwood Forest
The Bulldog Breed
Hello London
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Beat Girl
The League of Gentlemen
The Angry Silence
Life Is a Circus
Upstairs and Downstairs
Knight Errant Limited
The Third Man
The Captain's Table
The Square Peg
Monitor
Value for Money