Oliver Reed
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1938
- Died
- May 2, 1999 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- 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".
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Filmography
Director of Devils
Movie · as Self
The Devils Original on-set footage
Movie
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
Movie
Living Famously
TV · as (archive footage) · 1 ep
Gladiator
Movie · as Proximo
The Real Oliver Reed
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hellraisers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Orpheus & Eurydice
Movie · as Narrator
Parting Shots
Movie · as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jeremiah
Movie · as General Safan
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie · as Captain Cornelius Donovan
Superbrain
Movie · as Professor Norbert Marcus
The Bruce
Movie · as Bishop Wisharton
Funny Bones
Movie · as Dolly Hopkins
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Movie · as Matthias
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
Movie
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
Movie · as Narrator
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Chiller
Movie · as narrator
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
Movie · as Narrator
The World of Hammer
TV · as Narrator, Self (archive footage) · 13 eps
Return to Lonesome Dove
TV · as Gregor Dunnigan · 4 eps
Severed Ties
Movie · as Dr. Hans Vaughan
The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie · as Cardinal
Prisoner of Honor
Movie · as Gen. de Boisdeffre
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Movie · as Self
Treasure Island
Movie · as Billy Bones
Hired to Kill
Movie · as Michael Bartos
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Movie · as The Rajah
That's Action
Movie · as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Panama Sugar
Movie · as Generale
The Word
TV · 1 ep
The Return of the Musketeers
Movie · as Athos
The House of Usher
Movie · as Roderick Usher
The Revenger
Movie · as Jack Fisher
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Vulcan
Skeleton Coast
Movie · as Captain Simpson
Captive Rage
Movie · as General Belmondo
The Lady and the Highwayman
Movie · as Sir Phillip Gage
Rage to Kill
Movie · as General Turner
Blind Justice
Movie · as Ian Ballinger
The Misfit Brigade
Movie · as The General
Gor
Movie · as Sarm
Dragonard
Movie · as Captain Shanks
Master of Dragonard Hill
Movie · as Captain Shanks
The Best of Max Headroom
Movie · as Self
Castaway
Movie · as Gerald Kingsland
Captive
Movie · as Gregory Le Vay
Black Arrow
Movie · as Sir Brackley
Christopher Columbus
TV · as Martin Pinzon · 4 eps
The Max Headroom Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Two of a Kind
Movie · as Beasley
The Sting II
Movie · as Lonnegan
Fanny Hill
Movie · as Edward Widdlecome
Spasms
Movie · as Jason Kincaid
Clash of Loyalties
Movie · as Colonel Leachman
Masquerade
TV · as Peter Serkov / Wolfen · 1 ep
Venom
Movie · as Dave Averconnelly
Lion of the Desert
Movie · as General Rodolfo Graziani
Condorman
Movie · as Krokov
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Movie · as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
The Brood
Movie · as Dr. Hal Raglan
A Touch of the Sun
Movie · as Captain Daniel Nelson
The Big Sleep
Movie · as Eddie Mars
Tomorrow Never Comes
Movie · as Jim Wilson
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Movie · as Terence Sutton
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie · as Miles Hendon
US Against the World
Movie · as Self
The Ransom
Movie · as Nick McCormick
Burnt Offerings
Movie · as Ben Rolf
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Movie · as Joe Knox
The Sell Out
Movie · as Gabriel Lee
Tommy
Movie · as Frank
Lisztomania
Movie · as Princess Carolyn's Servant
Royal Flash
Movie · as Otto von Bismarck
And Then There Were None
Movie · as Hugh Lombard
The Four Musketeers
Movie · as Athos
Blue Blood
Movie · as Tom the butler
Mahler
Movie · as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Athos
Revolver
Movie · as Vito Cipriani
Dirty Weekend
Movie · as Fabrizo
One Russian Summer
Movie · as Palizyn
The Triple Echo
Movie · as Arthur, the Sergeant
Z.P.G.
Movie · as Russ
Sitting Target
Movie · as Harry Lomart
The Devils
Movie · as Father Urbain Grandier
The Hunting Party
Movie · as Frank Calder
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Movie · as Michael Caldwell
Take a Girl Like You
Movie · as Patrick Standish
Hannibal Brooks
Movie · as Brooks
Women in Love
Movie · as Gerald Crich
The Assassination Bureau
Movie · as Ivan Dragomiloff
Oliver!
Movie · as Bill Sikes
The Shuttered Room
Movie · as Ethan
The Jokers
Movie · as David Tremayne
Dante's Inferno
Movie · as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Movie · as Andrew Quint
The Trap
Movie · as La Bete
The Party's Over
Movie · as Moise
The Brigand of Kandahar
Movie · as Ali Kahn
The Debussy Film
Movie · as Claude Debussy
Always on Sunday
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The System
Movie · as Tinker
R3
TV · as Dr. Richard Franklin · 26 eps
Paranoiac
Movie · as Simon Ashby
The Scarlet Blade
Movie · as Captain Sylvester
Captain Clegg
Movie · as Harry Cobtree
The Damned
Movie · as King
The Pirates of Blood River
Movie · as Pirate Brocaire
The Saint
TV · as Joe Catelli, Aristides Koralis · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
His and Hers
Movie · as Oliver Borlinski
The Rebel
Movie · as Artist in Cafe
The Curse of the Werewolf
Movie · as Leon Corledo
No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Movie · as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Beat Girl
Movie · as Plaid Shirt
The Angry Silence
Movie · as Mick
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Movie · as Lord Melton (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
Movie · as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The League of Gentlemen
Movie · as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Life Is a Circus
Movie · as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Hello London
Movie · as Photographer (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
Movie · as Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
Movie · as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
The Third Man
TV · as Pepi · 1 ep
Knight Errant Limited
TV · as Benny Falconer · 1 ep
The Square Peg
Movie · as (uncredited)
Monitor
TV · as Claude Debussy · 1 ep
Value for Money
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)