Acting
Oliver Reed
EN, IT, DE, FR cinema · 122 credits
Born
13 February 1938
Died
2 May 1999 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Also known as Robert Oliver Reed
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".
Known for
Filmography
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Gladiator
as Proximo
The Real Oliver Reed
as Self (archive footage)
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage)
Parting Shots
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
Jeremiah
as General Safan
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
Superbrain
as Professor Norbert Marcus
The Bruce
as Bishop Wisharton
Funny Bones
as Dolly Hopkins
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
as Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Narrator (voice)
Severed Ties
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
Hired to Kill
as Michael Bartos
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Rajah
That's Action
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Panama Sugar
as Generale
The House of Usher
as Roderick Usher
The Revenger
as Jack Fisher
Skeleton Coast
as Captain Simpson
Captive Rage
as General Belmondo
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Phillip Gage
Rage to Kill
as General Turner
Blind Justice
as Ian Ballinger
The Misfit Brigade
as The General
Gor
as Sarm
Dragonard
as Captain Shanks
Master of Dragonard Hill
as Captain Shanks
Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland
Captive
as Gregory Le Vay
Black Arrow
as Sir Brackley
Two of a Kind
as Beasley
The Sting II
as Lonnegan
Fanny Hill
as Edward Widdlecome
Spasms
as Jason Kincaid
Clash of Loyalties
as Colonel Leachman
Venom
as Dave Averconnelly
Lion of the Desert
as General Rodolfo Graziani
Condorman
as Krokov
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan
A Touch of the Sun
as Captain Daniel Nelson
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Jim Wilson
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Terence Sutton
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
The Ransom
as Nick McCormick
Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf
The Sell Out
as Gabriel Lee
Tommy
as Frank
Lisztomania
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
Royal Flash
as Otto von Bismarck
And Then There Were None
as Hugh Lombard
The Four Musketeers
as Athos
Blue Blood
as Tom the butler
Mahler
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
Revolver
as Vito Cipriani
Dirty Weekend
as Fabrizo
One Russian Summer
as Palizyn
The Triple Echo
as Arthur, the Sergeant
Z.P.G.
as Russ
Sitting Target
as Harry Lomart
The Devils
as Father Urbain Grandier
The Hunting Party
as Frank Calder
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Michael Caldwell
Take a Girl Like You
as Patrick Standish
Hannibal Brooks
as Brooks
Women in Love
as Gerald Crich
The Assassination Bureau
as Ivan Dragomiloff
Oliver!
as Bill Sikes
The Shuttered Room
as Ethan
The Jokers
as David Tremayne
Dante's Inferno
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Andrew Quint
The Trap
as La Bete
The Party's Over
as Moise
The Brigand of Kandahar
as Ali Kahn
The Debussy Film
as Claude Debussy
Always on Sunday
as Narrator (voice)
The System
as Tinker
Paranoiac
as Simon Ashby
The Scarlet Blade
as Captain Sylvester
Captain Clegg
as Harry Cobtree
The Damned
as King
The Pirates of Blood River
as Pirate Brocaire
His and Hers
as Oliver Borlinski
The Rebel
as Artist in Cafe
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Leon Corledo
No Love for Johnnie
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Beat Girl
as Plaid Shirt
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The League of Gentlemen
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Life Is a Circus
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Hello London
1960
Hello London
as Photographer (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
The Square Peg
as (uncredited)
Value for Money
as Extra (uncredited)