Oliver Reed
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1938-02-13
- Died
- 1999-05-02
- Place of birth
- Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Robert Oliver Reed
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".
Known For
TV Shows (13)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Saint
1962
as Joe Catelli / Aristides Koralis
Film '72
1971
as Self
The World of Hammer
1994
as Narrator / Self (archive footage)
The Word
1990
The Third Man
1959
as Pepi
Masquerade
1983
as Peter Serkov / Wolfen
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Martin Pinzon
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
as Gregor Dunnigan
R3
1964
as Dr. Richard Franklin
Knight Errant Limited
1959
as Benny Falconer
The Max Headroom Show
1985
as Self
Living Famously
2002
as (archive footage)
Movies (122)
Gladiator
2000
as Proximo
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Athos
Treasure Island
1990
as Billy Bones
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Vulcan
Fanny Hill
1983
as Edward Widdlecome
The Devils
1971
as Father Urbain Grandier
Women in Love
1969
as Gerald Crich
Oliver!
1968
as Bill Sikes
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
as Cardinal
Funny Bones
1995
as Dolly Hopkins
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Athos
The Bruce
1996
as Bishop Wisharton
Gor
1987
as Sarm
Lion of the Desert
1981
as General Rodolfo Graziani
The Sting II
1983
as Lonnegan
Hello London
1960
as Photographer (uncredited)
And Then There Were None
1974
as Hugh Lombard
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Tommy
1975
as Frank
Spasms
1983
as Jason Kincaid
Castaway
1986
as Gerald Kingsland
Ransom
1977
as Nick McCormick
The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Mahler
1974
as Train Conductor
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Miles Hendon
The Brood
1979
as Dr. Hal Raglan
Jeremiah
1998
as General Safan
Burnt Offerings
1976
as Ben Rolf
Two of a Kind
1983
as Beasley
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Leon Corledo
Dragonard
1987
as Captain Shanks
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Joe Knox
Hired to Kill
1990
as Michael Bartos
The Big Sleep
1978
as Eddie Mars
The Trap
1966
as La Bete
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Phillip Gage
The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Ivan Dragomiloff
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Athos
Parting Shots
1999
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Sitting Target
1972
as Harry Lomart
The Hunting Party
1971
as Frank Calder
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as The Rajah
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
Lisztomania
1975
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
The Damned
1962
as King
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
as Self
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Pirate Brocaire
One Russian Summer
1973
as Palizyn
Dirty Weekend
1973
as Fabrizo
The Rebel
1961
as Artist in Cafe
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Captain Clegg
1962
as Harry Cobtree
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
That's Action
1990
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as The General
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
as Narrator
The House of Usher
1989
as Roderick Usher
Royal Flash
1975
as Otto von Bismarck
His and Hers
1961
as Oliver Borlinski
The Scarlet Blade
1963
as Captain Sylvester
Skeleton Coast
1988
as Captain Simpson
The Brigand of Kandahar
1965
as Ali Kahn
The Jokers
1967
as David Tremayne
US Against the World
1977
as Self
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Andrew Quint
The Shuttered Room
1967
as Ethan
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
as Self
Blue Blood
1974
as Tom the butler
Director of Devils
2012
as Self
A Touch of the Sun
1979
as Captain Daniel Nelson
Condorman
1981
as Krokov
Z.P.G.
1972
as Russ
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Captain's Table
1959
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Jim Wilson
The Sell Out
1976
as Gabriel Lee
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
as Self
Hannibal Brooks
1969
as Brooks
Paranoiac
1963
as Simon Ashby
Master of Dragonard Hill
1987
as Captain Shanks
The Bulldog Breed
1960
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
as Michael Caldwell
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as Colonel Leachman
The System
1964
as Tinker
The Angry Silence
1960
as Mick
The Square Peg
1958
as (uncredited)
Black Arrow
1985
as Sir Brackley
Venom
1981
as Dave Averconnelly
Prisoner of Honor
1991
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
Captive Rage
1988
as General Belmondo
Captive
1986
as Gregory Le Vay
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Patrick Standish
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
Always on Sunday
1965
as Narrator (voice)
The Debussy Film
1965
as Claude Debussy
Rage to Kill
1988
as General Turner
Revolver
1973
as Vito Cipriani
The Revenger
1989
as Jack Fisher
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
The Party's Over
1965
as Moise
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
Life Is a Circus
1960
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Beat Girl
1960
as Plaid Shirt
Value for Money
1955
as Extra (uncredited)
Hellraisers
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
as Matthias
Severed Ties
1992
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
as Terence Sutton
Blind Justice
1988
as Ian Ballinger
Superbrain
1996
as Professor Norbert Marcus
Dante's Inferno
1967
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
as Narrator (voice)
The Triple Echo
1972
as Arthur, the Sergeant
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Panama Sugar
1990
as Generale
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
1994
as Narrator
About 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), Fu… With 135 credits spanning from 1955 to 2012, Oliver Reed has appeared in 122 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Oliver Reed Movies
- Gladiator (2000) — as Proximo
- The Three Musketeers (1973) — as Athos
- Treasure Island (1990) — as Billy Bones
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) — as Vulcan
- Fanny Hill (1983) — as Edward Widdlecome
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