Oliver Reed
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-02-13
Day of Death
1999-05-02 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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".
Known For
Acting
(2012)
(2012)
Director of Devils
as Self
(2005)
(2002)
(2000)
Gladiator
as Proximo
(2000)
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
Orpheus & Eurydice
as Narrator
(2000)
The Real Oliver Reed
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Parting Shots
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
(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)
Luise knackt den Jackpot
as Matthias
(1995)
(1995)
Funny Bones
as Dolly Hopkins
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Chiller
as narrator
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
as Narrator
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
as Narrator
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
as Narrator (voice)
(1992)
Severed Ties
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
(1991)
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
(1991)
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal
(1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Rajah
(1990)
Panama Sugar
as Generale
(1990)
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
(1990)
Hired to Kill
as Michael Bartos
(1990)
That's Action
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989)
The Revenger
as Jack Fisher
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Athos
(1989)
The House of Usher
as Roderick Usher
(1988)
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Phillip Gage
(1988)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Vulcan
(1988)
Skeleton Coast
as Captain Simpson
(1988)
Captive Rage
as General Belmondo
(1988)
Blind Justice
as Ian Ballinger
(1988)
Rage to Kill
as General Turner
(1987)
Master of Dragonard Hill
as Captain Shanks
(1987)
The Misfit Brigade
as The General
(1987)
Gor
as Sarm
(1987)
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
(1987)
Dragonard
as Captain Shanks
(1986)
Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland
(1986)
Captive
as Gregory Le Vay
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Sir Brackley
(1983)
The Sting II
as Lonnegan
(1983)
Clash of Loyalties
as Colonel Leachman
(1983)
Fanny Hill
as Edward Widdlecome
(1983)
Spasms
as Jason Kincaid
(1983)
Two of a Kind
as Beasley
(1981)
Lion of the Desert
as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
(1981)
Venom
as Dave Averconnelly
(1981)
Condorman
as Krokov
(1980)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
(1979)
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Terence Sutton
(1979)
The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan
(1979)
(1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Jim Wilson
(1978)
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
(1977)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
(1977)
Ransom
as Nick McCormick
(1977)
US Against the World
as Self
(1976)
Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf
(1976)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Joe Knox
(1976)
The Sell Out
as Gabriel Lee
(1975)
Tommy
as Frank
(1975)
Lisztomania
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
(1975)
Royal Flash
as Otto von Bismarck
(1974)
Blue Blood
as Tom the butler
(1974)
And Then There Were None
as Hugh Lombard
(1974)
Mahler
as Train Conductor
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as Athos
(1973)
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
(1973)
Revolver
as Vito Cipriani
(1973)
One Russian Summer
as Palizyn
(1973)
Dirty Weekend
as Fabrizo
(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)
The Assassination Bureau
as Ivan Dragomiloff
(1969)
Hannibal Brooks
as Brooks
(1969)
Women in Love
as Gerald Crich
(1968)
Oliver!
as Bill Sikes
(1967)
The Shuttered Room
as Ethan
(1967)
The Jokers
as David Tremayne
(1967)
Dante's Inferno
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1967)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Andrew Quint
(1966)
The Trap
as La Bete
(1965)
The Brigand of Kandahar
as Ali Kahn
(1965)
The Party's Over
as Moise
(1965)
The Debussy Film
as Claude Debussy
(1965)
Always on Sunday
as Narrator (voice)
(1964)
The System
as Tinker
(1963)
The Scarlet Blade
as Captain Sylvester
(1963)
Paranoiac
as Simon Ashby
(1962)
The Damned
as King
(1962)
Captain Clegg
as Harry Cobtree
(1962)
The Pirates of Blood River
as Pirate Brocaire
(1961)
No Love for Johnnie
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
(1961)
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Leon Corledo
(1961)
The Rebel
as Artist in Cafe
(1961)
His and Hers
as Poet
(1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
(1960)
The Angry Silence
as Mick
(1960)
The League of Gentlemen
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
(1960)
Beat Girl
as Plaid Shirt
(1960)
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
(1960)
The Bulldog Breed
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
(1960)
Life Is a Circus
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
(1960)
Hello London
as Photographer (uncredited)
(1959)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1959)
The Captain's Table
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
(1958)
The Square Peg
as (uncredited)
(1955)
Value for Money
as Extra (uncredited)