Oliver Reed
Acting
Born February 13, 1938 · Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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".
Films (122)
Director of Devils
2012
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
Hellraisers
2000
Gladiator
2000
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
Parting Shots
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Jeremiah
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
The Bruce
1996
Superbrain
1996
Funny Bones
1995
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
1994
The World of Hammer: Chiller
1994
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
1994
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
1994
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
Severed Ties
1992
Prisoner of Honor
1991
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
That's Action
1990
Panama Sugar
1990
Hired to Kill
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
Treasure Island
1990
The House of Usher
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
The Revenger
1989
Captive Rage
1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
Rage to Kill
1988
Skeleton Coast
1988
Blind Justice
1988
The Misfit Brigade
1987
Master of Dragonard Hill
1987
Dragonard
1987
Gor
1987
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
Captive
1986
Castaway
1986
Black Arrow
1985
Two of a Kind
1983
Spasms
1983
The Sting II
1983
Clash of Loyalties
1983
Fanny Hill
1983
Venom
1981
Condorman
1981
Lion of the Desert
1981
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
A Touch of the Sun
1979
The Brood
1979
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1979
The Big Sleep
1978
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
US Against the World
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
Ransom
1977
Burnt Offerings
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
The Sell Out
1976
Lisztomania
1975
Royal Flash
1975
Tommy
1975
Blue Blood
1974
The Four Musketeers
1974
And Then There Were None
1974
Mahler
1974
The Three Musketeers
1973
Revolver
1973
Dirty Weekend
1973
One Russian Summer
1973
The Triple Echo
1972
Z.P.G.
1972
Sitting Target
1972
The Devils
1971
The Hunting Party
1971
Take a Girl Like You
1970
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
Women in Love
1969
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Hannibal Brooks
1969
Oliver!
1968
Dante's Inferno
1967
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
The Shuttered Room
1967
The Jokers
1967
The Trap
1966
The Brigand of Kandahar
1965
Always on Sunday
1965
The Debussy Film
1965
The Party's Over
1965
The System
1964
The Scarlet Blade
1963
Paranoiac
1963
The Damned
1962
Captain Clegg
1962
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
The Rebel
1961
No Love for Johnnie
1961
His and Hers
1961
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
The Bulldog Breed
1960
Hello London
1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
Beat Girl
1960
The League of Gentlemen
1960
The Angry Silence
1960
Life Is a Circus
1960
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
The Captain's Table
1959
The Square Peg
1958
Value for Money
1955