Actor
· Acting
Oliver Reed
Born 1938-02-13
Died 1999-05-02
📍 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".
Filmography 128
Director of Devils
as Self
2012
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
as Self
2005
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Living Famously
as (archive footage)
2002
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Gladiator
as Proximo
2000
The Real Oliver Reed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Parting Shots
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Jeremiah
as General Safan
1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
1998
The Bruce
as Bishop Wisharton
1996
Superbrain
as Professor Norbert Marcus
1996
Funny Bones
as Dolly Hopkins
1995
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
as Narrator
1994
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
as Narrator (voice)
1994
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Narrator (voice)
1994
The World of Hammer
as Narrator
1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Gregor Dunnigan
1993
Severed Ties
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
1992
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
1991
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal
1991
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
as Self
1991
That's Action
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Panama Sugar
as Generale
1990
Hired to Kill
as Michael Bartos
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Rajah
1990
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
1990
The House of Usher
as Roderick Usher
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
as Athos
1989
The Revenger
as Jack Fisher
1989
Captive Rage
as General Belmondo
1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Vulcan
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Phillip Gage
1988
Rage to Kill
as General Turner
1988
Skeleton Coast
as Captain Simpson
1988
Blind Justice
as Ian Ballinger
1988
The Misfit Brigade
as The General
1987
Master of Dragonard Hill
as Captain Shanks
1987
Dragonard
as Captain Shanks
1987
Gor
as Sarm
1987
The Best of Max Headroom
as Self
1987
Captive
as Gregory Le Vay
1986
Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland
1986
Black Arrow
as Sir Brackley
1985
The Max Headroom Show
as Self
1985
Christopher Columbus
as Martin Pinzon
1985
Masquerade
as Peter Serkov / Wolfen
1983
Two of a Kind
as Beasley
1983
Spasms
as Jason Kincaid
1983
The Sting II
as Lonnegan
1983
Clash of Loyalties
as Colonel Leachman
1983
Fanny Hill
as Edward Widdlecome
1983
Venom
as Dave Averconnelly
1981
Condorman
as Krokov
1981
Lion of the Desert
as General Rodolfo Graziani
1981
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
1980
A Touch of the Sun
as Captain Daniel Nelson
1979
The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan
1979
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Terence Sutton
1978
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
1978
Tomorrow Never Comes
as Jim Wilson
1978
US Against the World
as Self
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
1977
Ransom
as Nick McCormick
1977
Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Joe Knox
1976
The Sell Out
as Gabriel Lee
1976
Lisztomania
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
1975
Royal Flash
as Otto von Bismarck
1975
Tommy
as Frank
1975
Blue Blood
as Tom the butler
1974
The Four Musketeers
as Athos
1974
And Then There Were None
as Hugh Lombard
1974
Mahler
as Train Conductor
1974
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
1973
Revolver
as Vito Cipriani
1973
Dirty Weekend
as Fabrizo
1973
One Russian Summer
as Palizyn
1973
The Triple Echo
as Arthur, the Sergeant
1972
Z.P.G.
as Russ
1972
Sitting Target
as Harry Lomart
1972
The Devils
as Father Urbain Grandier
1971
The Hunting Party
as Frank Calder
1971
Take a Girl Like You
as Patrick Standish
1970
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Michael Caldwell
1970
Women in Love
as Gerald Crich
1969
The Assassination Bureau
as Ivan Dragomiloff
1969
Hannibal Brooks
as Brooks
1969
Oliver!
as Bill Sikes
1968
Dante's Inferno
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1967
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Andrew Quint
1967
The Shuttered Room
as Ethan
1967
The Jokers
as David Tremayne
1967
The Trap
as La Bete
1966
The Brigand of Kandahar
as Ali Kahn
1965
Always on Sunday
as Narrator (voice)
1965
The Debussy Film
as Claude Debussy
1965
The Party's Over
as Moise
1965
The System
as Tinker
1964
The Scarlet Blade
as Captain Sylvester
1963
Paranoiac
as Simon Ashby
1963
The Damned
as King
1962
The Saint
as Joe Catelli
1962
The Saint
as Aristides Koralis
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Captain Clegg
as Harry Cobtree
1962
The Pirates of Blood River
as Pirate Brocaire
1962
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Leon Corledo
1961
The Rebel
as Artist in Cafe
1961
No Love for Johnnie
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
1961
His and Hers
as Oliver Borlinski
1961
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
1960
The Bulldog Breed
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
1960
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
1960
Beat Girl
as Plaid Shirt
1960
The League of Gentlemen
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1960
The Angry Silence
as Mick
1960
Life Is a Circus
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
1960
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1959
Knight Errant Limited
as Benny Falconer
1959
The Third Man
as Pepi
1959
The Captain's Table
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
1959
The Square Peg
as (uncredited)
1958
Value for Money
as Extra (uncredited)
1955