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Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

Actor · Born 1938-02-13 · Wimbledon, London, England, UK

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Gladiator (2000) — Proximo
  2. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) — Vulcan
  3. The Brood (1979) — Dr. Hal Raglan
  4. Oliver! (1968) — Bill Sikes
  5. The Devils (1971) — Father Urbain Grandier
  6. Tommy (1975) — Frank
  7. The Three Musketeers (1973) — Athos
  8. Burnt Offerings (1976) — Ben Rolf
  9. The Four Musketeers (1974) — Athos
  10. Lion of the Desert (1981) — General Rodolfo Graziani
  11. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) — Leon Corledo
  12. The Return of the Musketeers (1989) — Athos
  13. Treasure Island (1990) — Billy Bones
  14. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) — Cardinal
  15. Condorman (1981) — Krokov
  16. Two of a Kind (1983) — Beasley
  17. Women in Love (1969) — Gerald Crich
  18. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) — Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
  19. The Saint (1962) — Joe Catelli
  20. The Damned (1962) — King
  21. Castaway (1986) — Gerald Kingsland
  22. And Then There Were None (1974) — Hugh Lombard
  23. The League of Gentlemen (1960) — Chorus Boy (uncredited)
  24. The Big Sleep (1978) — Eddie Mars
  25. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  26. Venom (1981) — Dave Averconnelly
  27. The Assassination Bureau (1969) — Ivan Dragomiloff
  28. Paranoiac (1963) — Simon Ashby
  29. The Hunting Party (1971) — Frank Calder
  30. Captain Clegg (1962) — Harry Cobtree
  31. Revolver (1973) — Vito Cipriani
  32. The Prince and the Pauper (1977) — Miles Hendon
  33. Z.P.G. (1972) — Russ
  34. The Misfit Brigade (1987) — The General
  35. Funny Bones (1995) — Dolly Hopkins
  36. The Sting II (1983) — Lonnegan
  37. Gor (1987) — Sarm
  38. Mahler (1974) — Train Conductor
  39. Jeremiah (1998) — General Safan
  40. Hannibal Brooks (1969) — Brooks