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