Oliver Reed
Acting
Born: February 13, 1938 · Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Died: May 2, 1999 (aged 61)
Highest Rated
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
Gladiator
2000
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
The Brood
1979
Oliver!
1968
The Devils
1971
Tommy
1975
The Three Musketeers
1973
Burnt Offerings
1976
The Four Musketeers
1974
Lion of the Desert
1981
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
Photos (6)
Movies (107)
Gladiator
Proximo
The Devils
Father Urbain Grandier
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Vulcan
The Three Musketeers
Athos
Women in Love
Gerald Crich
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
The Pit and the Pendulum
Cardinal
Oliver!
Bill Sikes
The Brood
Dr. Hal Raglan
Tommy
Frank
The Assassination Bureau
Ivan Dragomiloff
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
The Four Musketeers
Athos
Lion of the Desert
General Rodolfo Graziani
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
The Curse of the Werewolf
Leon Corledo
And Then There Were None
Hugh Lombard
Burnt Offerings
Ben Rolf
The Return of the Musketeers
Athos
Funny Bones
Dolly Hopkins
Gor
Sarm
Parting Shots
Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Jeremiah
General Safan
Spasms
Jason Kincaid
The Hunting Party
Frank Calder
Two of a Kind
Beasley
The Misfit Brigade
The General
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
The League of Gentlemen
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Terence Sutton
The Angry Silence
Mick
The Bruce
Bishop Wisharton
Venom
Dave Averconnelly
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Lord Melton (uncredited)
The Damned
King
Captain Clegg
Harry Cobtree
The Sting II
Lonnegan
Castaway
Gerald Kingsland
The Trap
La Bete
Mahler
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Phillip Gage
The Jokers
David Tremayne
Fanny Hill
Edward Widdlecome
The Scarlet Blade
Captain Sylvester
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Michael Caldwell
Hannibal Brooks
Brooks
Paranoiac
Simon Ashby
Condorman
Krokov
The Shuttered Room
Ethan
Z.P.G.
Russ
Dragonard
Captain Shanks
Royal Flash
Otto von Bismarck
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Joe Knox
The Pirates of Blood River
Pirate Brocaire
Tomorrow Never Comes
Jim Wilson
The Bulldog Breed
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
Lisztomania
Princess Carolyn's Servant
Sitting Target
Harry Lomart
Revolver
Vito Cipriani
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. de Boisdeffre
Dirty Weekend
Fabrizo
Captive Rage
General Belmondo
Hired to Kill
Michael Bartos
Black Arrow
Sir Brackley
The Captain's Table
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
The Party's Over
Moise
That's Action
General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Brigand of Kandahar
Ali Kahn
Upstairs and Downstairs
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Triple Echo
Arthur, the Sergeant
The Sell Out
Gabriel Lee
His and Hers
Oliver Borlinski
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
The Rajah
Beat Girl
Plaid Shirt
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
The Square Peg
(uncredited)
No Love for Johnnie
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
The Rebel
Artist in Cafe
Rage to Kill
General Turner
Blue Blood
Tom the butler
Severed Ties
Dr. Hans Vaughan
Take a Girl Like You
Patrick Standish
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Andrew Quint
The System
Tinker
Skeleton Coast
Captain Simpson
Always on Sunday
Narrator (voice)
Value for Money
Extra (uncredited)
Master of Dragonard Hill
Captain Shanks
Blind Justice
Ian Ballinger
Ransom
Nick McCormick
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Captain Cornelius Donovan
Panama Sugar
Generale
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
The Revenger
Jack Fisher
The Debussy Film
Claude Debussy
One Russian Summer
Palizyn
Life Is a Circus
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
Narrator (voice)
Captive
Gregory Le Vay
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
Narrator (voice)
A Touch of the Sun
Captain Daniel Nelson
Clash of Loyalties
Colonel Leachman
Dante's Inferno
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
Narrator
Superbrain
Professor Norbert Marcus
TV Shows (11)
The Saint
Joe Catelli · 1 eps
The Saint
Aristides Koralis · 1 eps
The Word
1 eps
The World of Hammer
Narrator · 13 eps
The Third Man
Pepi · 1 eps
Knight Errant Limited
Benny Falconer · 1 eps
Masquerade
Peter Serkov / Wolfen · 1 eps
Christopher Columbus
Martin Pinzon · 4 eps
Monitor
Claude Debussy · 1 eps
Return to Lonesome Dove
Gregor Dunnigan · 4 eps
Living Famously
(archive footage) · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
The Max Headroom Show
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Self
US Against the World
Self
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
The Real Oliver Reed
Self (archive footage)
Director of Devils
Self