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 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)
Director of Devils
as Self
(2012)
(2005)
(2005)
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
as Self (Archival footage)
(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)
Funny Bones
as Dolly Hopkins
(1995)
Luise knackt den Jackpot
as Matthias
(1995)
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
as Narrator
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Chiller
as narrator
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
as Narrator
(1992)
Severed Ties
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
(1991)
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal
(1991)
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
(1990)
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
(1990)
Hired to Kill
as Michael Bartos
(1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Rajah
(1990)
Panama Sugar
as Generale
(1990)
That's Action
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Athos
(1989)
The House of Usher
as Roderick Usher
(1989)
The Revenger
as Jack Fisher
(1988)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Vulcan
(1988)
Skeleton Coast
as Captain Simpson
(1988)
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Phillip Gage
(1988)
Blind Justice
as Ian Ballinger
(1988)
Rage to Kill
as General Turner
(1988)
Captive Rage
as General Belmondo
(1987)
The Misfit Brigade
as The General
(1987)
Gor
as Sarm
(1987)
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
(1987)
Dragonard
as Captain Shanks
(1987)
Master of Dragonard Hill
as Captain Shanks
(1986)
Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland
(1986)
Captive
as Gregory Le Vay
(1985)
Black Arrow
as Sir Brackley
(1983)
Fanny Hill
as Edward Widdlecome
(1983)
Spasms
as Jason Kincaid
(1983)
Two of a Kind
as Beasley
(1983)
The Sting II
as Lonnegan
(1983)
Clash of Loyalties
as Colonel Leachman
(1981)
Lion of the Desert
as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
(1981)
Condorman
as Krokov
(1981)
Venom
as Dave Averconnelly
(1980)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
(1979)
The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan
(1979)
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Terence Sutton
(1979)
(1978)
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
(1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Jim Wilson
(1977)
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
(1977)
Ransom
as Nick McCormick
(1977)
US Against the World
as Self
(1976)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Joe Knox
(1976)
Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf
(1976)
The Sell Out
as Gabriel Lee
(1975)
Tommy
as Frank
(1975)
Royal Flash
as Otto von Bismarck
(1975)
Lisztomania
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as Athos
(1974)
And Then There Were None
as Hugh Lombard
(1974)
Mahler
as Train Conductor
(1974)
Blue Blood
as Tom the butler
(1973)
Revolver
as Vito Cipriani
(1973)
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
(1973)
Dirty Weekend
as Fabrizo
(1973)
One Russian Summer
as Palizyn
(1972)
The Triple Echo
as Arthur, the Sergeant
(1972)
Sitting Target
as Harry Lomart
(1972)
Z.P.G.
as Russ
(1971)
The Hunting Party
as Frank Calder
(1971)
The Devils
as Father Urbain Grandier
(1970)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Michael Caldwell
(1970)
Take a Girl Like You
as Patrick Standish
(1969)
The Assassination Bureau
as Ivan Dragomiloff
(1969)
Women in Love
as Gerald Crich
(1969)
Hannibal Brooks
as Brooks
(1968)
Oliver!
as Bill Sikes
(1967)
The Shuttered Room
as Ethan
(1967)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Andrew Quint
(1967)
The Jokers
as David Tremayne
(1967)
Dante's Inferno
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1966)
The Trap
as La Bete
(1965)
The Party's Over
as Moise
(1965)
The Brigand of Kandahar
as Ali Kahn
(1965)
The Debussy Film
as Claude Debussy
(1965)
Always on Sunday
as Narrator (voice)
(1964)
The System
as Tinker
(1963)
Paranoiac
as Simon Ashby
(1963)
The Scarlet Blade
as Captain Sylvester
(1962)
The Damned
as King
(1962)
Captain Clegg
as Harry Cobtree
(1962)
The Pirates of Blood River
as Pirate Brocaire
(1961)
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Leon Corledo
(1961)
The Rebel
as Artist in Cafe
(1961)
His and Hers
as Poet
(1961)
No Love for Johnnie
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
(1960)
Beat Girl
as Plaid Shirt
(1960)
The League of Gentlemen
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
(1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
(1960)
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
(1960)
The Angry Silence
as Mick
(1960)
Hello London
as Photographer (uncredited)
(1960)
The Bulldog Breed
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
(1960)
Life Is a Circus
as Spectator at Sideshow (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)