Oliver Reed

Birthday:

02/13/1938

Place of birth:

Wimbledon, London, England, UK:

Biography:

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.



Credits

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