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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Saint
1962
The Saint
1962
Film '72
1971
Gladiator
2000
The Word
1990
The Third Man
1959
The World of Hammer
1994
The World of Hammer
1994
Masquerade
1983
The Devils
1971
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Saint
as Joe Catelli · 1962
The Saint
as Aristides Koralis · 1962
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Gladiator
as Proximo · 2000
The Word
· 1990
The Third Man
as Pepi · 1959
The World of Hammer
as Narrator · 1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
Masquerade
as Peter Serkov / Wolfen · 1983
The Devils
as Father Urbain Grandier · 1971
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Vulcan · 1988
The Three Musketeers
as Athos · 1973
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Gregor Dunnigan · 1993
Lion of the Desert
as General Rodolfo Graziani · 1981
Christopher Columbus
as Martin Pinzon · 1985
The Max Headroom Show
as Self · 1985
Monitor
as Claude Debussy · 1958
The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan · 1979
Oliver!
as Bill Sikes · 1968
The Four Musketeers
as Athos · 1974
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones · 1990
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon · 1977
Tommy
as Frank · 1975
The Ransom
as Nick McCormick · 1977
And Then There Were None
as Hugh Lombard · 1974
R3
as Dr. Richard Franklin · 1964
Knight Errant Limited
as Benny Falconer · 1959
Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf · 1976
Two of a Kind
as Beasley · 1983
Women in Love
as Gerald Crich · 1969
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Leon Corledo · 1961
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal · 1991
Mahler
as Train Conductor (uncredited) · 1974
The Hunting Party
as Frank Calder · 1971
Funny Bones
as Dolly Hopkins · 1995
The League of Gentlemen
as Chorus Boy (uncredited) · 1960
Gor
as Sarm · 1987
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited) · 1960
The Return of the Musketeers
as Athos · 1989
Jeremiah
as General Safan · 1998
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars · 1978
The Trap
as La Bete · 1966
The Misfit Brigade
as The General · 1987
The Sting II
as Lonnegan · 1983
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
Captain Clegg
as Harry Cobtree · 1962
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Lord Melton (uncredited) · 1960
The Shuttered Room
as Ethan · 1967
The Pirates of Blood River
as Pirate Brocaire · 1962
Hired to Kill
as Michael Bartos · 1990
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Michael Caldwell · 1970
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Andrew Quint · 1967
The Assassination Bureau
as Ivan Dragomiloff · 1969
Paranoiac
as Simon Ashby · 1963
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Phillip Gage · 1988
Lisztomania
as Princess Carolyn's Servant · 1975
Condorman
as Krokov · 1981
Spasms
as Jason Kincaid · 1983
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self · 1987
Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland · 1986
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Joe Knox · 1976
The Damned
as King · 1962
Venom
as Dave Averconnelly · 1981
Dirty Weekend
as Fabrizo · 1973
Fanny Hill
as Edward Widdlecome · 1983
The House of Usher
as Roderick Usher · 1989
The Bruce
as Bishop Wisharton · 1996
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Rajah · 1990
The Brigand of Kandahar
as Ali Kahn · 1965
No Love for Johnnie
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited) · 1961
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
as Self · 2005
Hannibal Brooks
as Brooks · 1969
Sitting Target
as Harry Lomart · 1972
The Bulldog Breed
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited) · 1960
The Party's Over
as Moise · 1965
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
· 1995
The Jokers
as David Tremayne · 1967
US Against the World
as Self · 1977
Hello London
as Photographer (uncredited) · 1960
The Scarlet Blade
as Captain Sylvester · 1963
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
The Square Peg
as (uncredited) · 1958
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Terence Sutton · 1978
Black Arrow
as Sir Brackley · 1985
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype · 1980
Living Famously
as (archive footage) · 2002
Take a Girl Like You
as Patrick Standish · 1970
Revolver
as Vito Cipriani · 1973
Master of Dragonard Hill
as Captain Shanks · 1987
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Captain Cornelius Donovan · 1998
Life Is a Circus
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited) · 1960
The Triple Echo
as Arthur, the Sergeant · 1972
Royal Flash
as Otto von Bismarck · 1975
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
· 2002
Value for Money
as Extra (uncredited) · 1955
The Angry Silence
as Mick · 1960
The Captain's Table
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited) · 1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Train Passenger (uncredited) · 1959
Beat Girl
as Plaid Shirt · 1960
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. de Boisdeffre · 1991
Superbrain
as Professor Norbert Marcus · 1996
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
as Self · 1991
Orpheus & Eurydice
as Narrator · 2000
Z.P.G.
as Russ · 1972
Dragonard
as Captain Shanks · 1987
The Rebel
as Artist in Cafe · 1961
Parting Shots
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart · 1999
The Real Oliver Reed
as Self (archive footage) · 2000
The System
as Tinker · 1964
Skeleton Coast
as Captain Simpson · 1988
His and Hers
as Oliver Borlinski · 1961
One Russian Summer
as Palizyn · 1973
Captive Rage
as General Belmondo · 1988
A Touch of the Sun
as Captain Daniel Nelson · 1979
Blue Blood
as Tom the butler · 1974
Severed Ties
as Dr. Hans Vaughan · 1992
Luise knackt den Jackpot
as Matthias · 1995
The Revenger
as Jack Fisher · 1989
The Debussy Film
as Claude Debussy · 1965
Always on Sunday
as Narrator (voice) · 1965
Director of Devils
as Self · 2012
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Narrator (voice) · 1994
The Sell Out
as Gabriel Lee · 1976
The World of Hammer: Chiller
as narrator · 1994
Rage to Kill
as General Turner · 1988
Panama Sugar
as Generale · 1990
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
as Narrator (voice) · 1994
Captive
as Gregory Le Vay · 1986
Clash of Loyalties
as Colonel Leachman · 1983
That's Action
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1990
The Devils Original on-set footage
· 2012
Dante's Inferno
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1967
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Jim Wilson · 1978
Blind Justice
as Ian Ballinger · 1988
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage) · 2000
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
as Narrator · 1994
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
as Narrator · 1994