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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Saint

The Saint

Gladiator

The Third Man

The World of Hammer

The World of Hammer

Masquerade

All Movies (122)

• Director of Devils2012 · as Self
• The Devils Original on-set footage2012
• Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'2005 · as Self
• Celebrity Naked Ambition2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")2002
• Orpheus & Eurydice2000 · as Narrator
• Hellraisers2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gladiator2000 · as Proximo
• The Real Oliver Reed2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Parting Shots1999 · as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
• Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jeremiah1998 · as General Safan
• The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo1998 · as Captain Cornelius Donovan
• The Bruce1996 · as Bishop Wisharton
• Superbrain1996 · as Professor Norbert Marcus
• Funny Bones1995 · as Dolly Hopkins
• Luise knackt den Jackpot1995 · as Matthias
• Russian Roulette - Moscow 951995
• The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time1994 · as Narrator
• The World of Hammer: Chiller1994 · as narrator
• The World of Hammer: Trials of War1994 · as Narrator
• The World of Hammer: Wicked Women1994 · as Narrator (voice)
• The World of Hammer: Vamp1994 · as Narrator (voice)
• Severed Ties1992 · as Dr. Hans Vaughan
• Prisoner of Honor1991 · as Gen. de Boisdeffre
• The Pit and the Pendulum1991 · as Cardinal
• Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel1991 · as Self
• That's Action1990 · as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Treasure Island1990 · as Billy Bones
• Panama Sugar1990 · as Generale
• Hired to Kill1990 · as Michael Bartos
• A Ghost in Monte Carlo1990 · as The Rajah
• The House of Usher1989 · as Roderick Usher
• The Return of the Musketeers1989 · as Athos
• The Revenger1989 · as Jack Fisher
• Captive Rage1988 · as General Belmondo
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen1988 · as Vulcan
• The Lady and the Highwayman1988 · as Sir Phillip Gage
• Rage to Kill1988 · as General Turner
• Skeleton Coast1988 · as Captain Simpson
• Blind Justice1988 · as Ian Ballinger
• The Misfit Brigade1987 · as The General
• Master of Dragonard Hill1987 · as Captain Shanks
• Dragonard1987 · as Captain Shanks
• Gor1987 · as Sarm
• The Best of Max Headroom1987 · as Self
• Captive1986 · as Gregory Le Vay
• Castaway1986 · as Gerald Kingsland
• Black Arrow1985 · as Sir Brackley
• Two of a Kind1983 · as Beasley
• Spasms1983 · as Jason Kincaid
• The Sting II1983 · as Lonnegan
• Clash of Loyalties1983 · as Colonel Leachman
• Fanny Hill1983 · as Edward Widdlecome
• Venom1981 · as Dave Averconnelly
• Condorman1981 · as Krokov
• Lion of the Desert1981 · as General Rodolfo Graziani
• Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype1980 · as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
• A Touch of the Sun1979 · as Captain Daniel Nelson
• The Brood1979 · as Dr. Hal Raglan
• The Class Of Miss MacMichael1978 · as Terence Sutton
• The Big Sleep1978 · as Eddie Mars
• Tomorrow Never Comes1978 · as Jim Wilson
• US Against the World1977 · as Self
• The Prince and the Pauper1977 · as Miles Hendon
• Ransom1977 · as Nick McCormick
• Burnt Offerings1976 · as Ben Rolf
• The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday1976 · as Joe Knox
• The Sell Out1976 · as Gabriel Lee
• Lisztomania1975 · as Princess Carolyn's Servant
• Royal Flash1975 · as Otto von Bismarck
• Tommy1975 · as Frank
• Blue Blood1974 · as Tom the butler
• The Four Musketeers1974 · as Athos
• And Then There Were None1974 · as Hugh Lombard
• Mahler1974 · as Train Conductor
• The Three Musketeers1973 · as Athos
• Revolver1973 · as Vito Cipriani
• Dirty Weekend1973 · as Fabrizo
• One Russian Summer1973 · as Palizyn
• The Triple Echo1972 · as Arthur, the Sergeant
• Z.P.G.1972 · as Russ
• Sitting Target1972 · as Harry Lomart
• The Devils1971 · as Father Urbain Grandier
• The Hunting Party1971 · as Frank Calder
• Take a Girl Like You1970 · as Patrick Standish
• The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun1970 · as Michael Caldwell
• Women in Love1969 · as Gerald Crich
• The Assassination Bureau1969 · as Ivan Dragomiloff
• Hannibal Brooks1969 · as Brooks
• Oliver!1968 · as Bill Sikes
• Dante's Inferno1967 · as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• I'll Never Forget What's'isname1967 · as Andrew Quint
• The Shuttered Room1967 · as Ethan
• The Jokers1967 · as David Tremayne
• The Trap1966 · as La Bete
• The Brigand of Kandahar1965 · as Ali Kahn
• Always on Sunday1965 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Debussy Film1965 · as Claude Debussy
• The Party's Over1965 · as Moise
• The System1964 · as Tinker
• The Scarlet Blade1963 · as Captain Sylvester
• Paranoiac1963 · as Simon Ashby
• The Damned1962 · as King
• Captain Clegg1962 · as Harry Cobtree
• The Pirates of Blood River1962 · as Pirate Brocaire
• The Curse of the Werewolf1961 · as Leon Corledo
• The Rebel1961 · as Artist in Cafe
• No Love for Johnnie1961 · as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
• His and Hers1961 · as Oliver Borlinski
• Sword of Sherwood Forest1960 · as Lord Melton (uncredited)
• The Bulldog Breed1960 · as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
• Hello London1960 · as Photographer (uncredited)
• The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll1960 · as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
• Beat Girl1960 · as Plaid Shirt
• The League of Gentlemen1960 · as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
• The Angry Silence1960 · as Mick
• Life Is a Circus1960 · as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
• Upstairs and Downstairs1959 · as Train Passenger (uncredited)
• The Captain's Table1959 · as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
• The Square Peg1958 · as (uncredited)
• Value for Money1955 · as Extra (uncredited)

All TV Shows (14)

• Living Famously2002 · as (archive footage)
• The World of Hammer1994 · as Narrator
• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Return to Lonesome Dove1993 · as Gregor Dunnigan
• The Max Headroom Show1985 · as Self
• Christopher Columbus1985 · as Martin Pinzon
• Masquerade1983 · as Peter Serkov / Wolfen
• Film '721971 · as Self
• R31964 · as Dr. Richard Franklin
• The Saint1962 · as Joe Catelli
• The Saint1962 · as Aristides Koralis
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Knight Errant Limited1959 · as Benny Falconer
• The Third Man1959 · as Pepi