Oliver Reed
Actor

Oliver Reed

2 Movies
2 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday February 13, 1938 (88 years old)
Place of Birth Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Also Known As Robert Oliver Reed
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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".

Filmography (134)

Director of Devils 2012
The Devils Original on-set footage 2012
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' 2005
Celebrity Naked Ambition 2003
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore") 2002
Living Famously 2002
Gladiator 2000
The Real Oliver Reed 2000
Hellraisers 2000
Orpheus & Eurydice 2000
Parting Shots 1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' 1999
Jeremiah 1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo 1998
Superbrain 1996
The Bruce 1996
Funny Bones 1995
Luise knackt den Jackpot 1995
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 1995
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time 1994
The World of Hammer: Vamp 1994
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women 1994
The World of Hammer: Chiller 1994
The World of Hammer: Trials of War 1994
The World of Hammer 1994
Return to Lonesome Dove 1993
Severed Ties 1992
The Pit and the Pendulum 1991
Prisoner of Honor 1991
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel 1991
Treasure Island 1990
Hired to Kill 1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo 1990
That's Action 1990
Panama Sugar 1990
The Return of the Musketeers 1989
The House of Usher 1989
The Revenger 1989
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988
Skeleton Coast 1988
Captive Rage 1988
The Lady and the Highwayman 1988
Rage to Kill 1988
Blind Justice 1988
The Misfit Brigade 1987
Gor 1987
Dragonard 1987
Master of Dragonard Hill 1987
The Best of Max Headroom 1987
Castaway 1986
Captive 1986
Black Arrow 1985
Christopher Columbus 1985
The Max Headroom Show 1985
Two of a Kind 1983
The Sting II 1983
Fanny Hill 1983
Spasms 1983
Clash of Loyalties 1983
Masquerade 1983
Venom 1981
Lion of the Desert 1981
Condorman 1981
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype 1980
The Brood 1979
A Touch of the Sun 1979
The Big Sleep 1978
Tomorrow Never Comes 1978
The Class Of Miss MacMichael 1978
The Prince and the Pauper 1977
US Against the World 1977
Ransom 1977
Burnt Offerings 1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday 1976
The Sell Out 1976
Tommy 1975
Lisztomania 1975
Royal Flash 1975
And Then There Were None 1974
The Four Musketeers 1974
Blue Blood 1974
Mahler 1974
The Three Musketeers 1973
Revolver 1973
Dirty Weekend 1973
One Russian Summer 1973
The Triple Echo 1972
Z.P.G. 1972
Sitting Target 1972
The Devils 1971
The Hunting Party 1971
Film '72 1971
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun 1970
Take a Girl Like You 1970
Hannibal Brooks 1969
Women in Love 1969
The Assassination Bureau 1969
Oliver! 1968
The Shuttered Room 1967
The Jokers 1967
Dante's Inferno 1967
I'll Never Forget What's'isname 1967
The Trap 1966
The Party's Over 1965
The Brigand of Kandahar 1965
The Debussy Film 1965
Always on Sunday 1965
The System 1964
R3 1964
Paranoiac 1963
The Scarlet Blade 1963
Captain Clegg 1962
The Damned 1962
The Pirates of Blood River 1962
The Saint 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
His and Hers 1961
The Rebel 1961
The Curse of the Werewolf 1961
No Love for Johnnie 1961
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll 1960
Beat Girl 1960
The Angry Silence 1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest 1960
The Bulldog Breed 1960
The League of Gentlemen 1960
Hello London 1960
Life Is a Circus 1960
Upstairs and Downstairs 1959
The Captain's Table 1959
The Third Man 1959
Knight Errant Limited 1959
The Square Peg 1958
Value for Money 1955