About

Known credits:
123
Birthday:
1938-02-13
Place of birth:
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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Oliver Reed

Overview

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 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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Known for

Acting
2012 Director of Devils Actor Self N/A
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2012 The Devils Original on-set footage Actor N/A
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2005 Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' Actor Self 59
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2000 Orpheus & Eurydice Actor Narrator N/A
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2000 Hellraisers Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2000 Gladiator Actor Proximo 81
Very good
2000 The Real Oliver Reed Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1999 Parting Shots Actor Jamie Campbell-Stewart 59
Average
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1998 Jeremiah Actor General Safan 59
Average
1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo Actor Captain Cornelius Donovan 59
Average
1996 The Bruce Actor Bishop Wisharton 59
Average
1996 Superbrain Actor Professor Norbert Marcus N/A
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1995 Funny Bones Actor Dolly Hopkins 59
Average
1995 Russian Roulette - Moscow 95 Actor N/A
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1995 Luise knackt den Jackpot Actor Matthias N/A
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1994 The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time Actor Narrator N/A
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1994 The World of Hammer: Wicked Women Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1994 The World of Hammer: Vamp Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1994 The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead Actor Narrator 59
Average
1994 The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing Actor Narrator N/A
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1994 The World of Hammer Actor Narrator N/A
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1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Actor Gregor Dunnigan 69
Fair
1992 Severed Ties Actor Dr. Hans Vaughan 58
Average
1991 Prisoner of Honor Actor Gen. de Boisdeffre 59
Average
1991 The Pit and the Pendulum Actor Cardinal 58
Average
1990 Hired to Kill Actor Michael Bartos 58
Average
1990 That's Action Actor General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited) N/A
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1990 The Lady and the Highwayman Actor Sir Phillip Gage 58
Average
1990 Panama Sugar Actor Generale 58
Average
1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo Actor The Rajah 58
Average
1990 Treasure Island Actor Billy Bones 60
Fair
1989 The House of Usher Actor Roderick Usher 58
Average
1989 The Return of the Musketeers Actor Athos 59
Average
1989 The Revenger Actor Jack Fisher 58
Average
1988 Captive Rage Actor General Belmondo 58
Average
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Actor Vulcan 65
Fair
1988 Rage to Kill Actor General Turner 58
Average
1988 Skeleton Coast Actor Captain Simpson 58
Average
1988 Blind Justice Actor Ian Ballinger 58
Average
1987 The Misfit Brigade Actor The General 58
Average
1987 Master of Dragonard Hill Actor Captain Shanks 59
Average
1987 Dragonard Actor Captain Shanks 59
Average
1987 Gor Actor Sarm 57
Average
1986 Captive Actor Gregory Le Vay 58
Average
1986 Castaway Actor Gerald Kingsland 59
Average
1985 Black Arrow Actor Sir Brackley 59
Average
1985 Christopher Columbus Actor Martin Pinzon 69
Fair
1983 Two of a Kind Actor Beasley 59
Average
1983 Spasms Actor Jason Kincaid 58
Average
1983 The Sting II Actor Lonnegan 58
Average
1983 Clash of Loyalties Actor Colonel Leachman 59
Average
1983 Fanny Hill Actor Edward Widdlecome 58
Average
1981 Venom Actor Dave Averconnelly 58
Average
1981 Condorman Actor Krokov 58
Average
1981 Lion of the Desert Actor Gen. Rodolfo Graziani 62
Fair
1980 Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype Actor Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype 58
Average
1979 The Brood Actor Dr. Hal Raglan 63
Fair
1979 The Class Of Miss MacMichael Actor Terence Sutton 59
Average
1979 A Touch of the Sun Actor 58
Average
1978 The Big Sleep Actor Eddie Mars 59
Average
1978 Tomorrow Never Comes Actor Jim Wilson 58
Average
1977 US Against the World Actor Self N/A
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1977 The Prince and the Pauper Actor Miles Hendon 59
Average
1977 The Ransom Actor Nick McCormick 59
Average
1976 Burnt Offerings Actor Ben Rolf 60
Fair
1976 The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday Actor Joe Knox 58
Average
1976 The Sell Out Actor Gabriel Lee 58
Average
1975 Lisztomania Actor Princess Carolyn's Servant 59
Average
1975 Royal Flash Actor Otto von Bismarck 59
Average
1975 Tommy Actor Frank 61
Fair
1974 Blue Blood Actor Tom the butler 58
Average
1974 The Four Musketeers Actor Athos 60
Fair
1974 And Then There Were None Actor Hugh Lombard 58
Average
1974 Mahler Actor Train Conductor 59
Average
1973 The Three Musketeers Actor Athos 62
Fair
1973 Revolver Actor Vito Cipriani 59
Average
1973 Dirty Weekend Actor Fabrizo 58
Average
1973 One Russian Summer Actor Palizyn 59
Average
1972 The Triple Echo Actor Arthur, the Sergeant 59
Average
1972 Z.P.G. Actor Russ 59
Average
1972 Sitting Target Actor Harry Lomart 59
Average
1971 The Devils Actor Father Urbain Grandier 65
Fair
1971 The Hunting Party Actor Frank Calder 59
Average
1970 Take a Girl Like You Actor Patrick Standish 58
Average
1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun Actor Michael Caldwell 58
Average
1969 Women in Love Actor Gerald Crich 60
Fair
1969 The Assassination Bureau Actor Ivan Dragomiloff 59
Average
1969 Hannibal Brooks Actor Brooks 59
Average
1968 Oliver! Actor Bill Sikes 64
Fair
1967 Dante's Inferno Actor Dante Gabriel Rossetti 59
Average
1967 I'll Never Forget What's'isname Actor Andrew Quint 58
Average
1967 The Shuttered Room Actor Ethan 59
Average
1967 The Jokers Actor David Tremayne 59
Average
1966 The Trap Actor La Bete 59
Average
1965 The Brigand of Kandahar Actor Ali Kahn 58
Average
1965 Always on Sunday Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1965 The Debussy Film Actor Claude Debussy 59
Average
1965 The Party's Over Actor Moise 59
Average
1964 R3 Actor N/A
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1964 The System Actor Tinker 59
Average
1963 The Scarlet Blade Actor Captain Sylvester 58
Average
1963 Paranoiac Actor Simon Ashby 59
Average
1962 The Damned Actor King 59
Average
1962 Captain Clegg Actor Harry Cobtree 59
Average
1962 The Pirates of Blood River Actor Pirate Brocaire 59
Average
1961 The Curse of the Werewolf Actor Leon Corledo 60
Fair
1961 The Rebel Actor Artist in Cafe 59
Average
1961 No Love for Johnnie Actor Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited) 59
Average
1961 His and Hers Actor Poet 58
Average
1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest Actor Lord Melton (uncredited) 59
Average
1960 The Bulldog Breed Actor Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited) 59
Average
1960 Hello London Actor Photographer (uncredited) 58
Average
1960 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Actor Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited) 59
Average
1960 Beat Girl Actor Plaid Shirt 58
Average
1960 The League of Gentlemen Actor Chorus Boy (uncredited) 60
Fair
1960 The Angry Silence Actor Mick 59
Average
1960 Life Is a Circus Actor Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited) 59
Average
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs Actor Train Passenger (uncredited) 58
Average
1959 The Captain's Table Actor Suntanning Passenger (uncredited) 59
Average
1958 The Square Peg Actor (uncredited) 59
Average
1955 Value for Money Actor Extra (uncredited) 59
Average
The World of Hammer: Chiller Actor narrator N/A
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