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Oliver Reed

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1938-02-13

Deathday: 1999-05-02 (61 years old)

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 ing 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".

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Filmography

all 130

Movies 120

TV Shows 10

self 9

Narrator 5

Voice 3

Self

Oliver Reed

Biography

Filmography

all 130

Movies 120

TV Shows 10

self 9

Narrator 5

Voice 3

Director of Devils (2012)

The Devils Original on-set footage (2012)

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' (2005)

Living Famously (2002)

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: Trials of War (1994)

The World of Hammer: Chiller (1994)

The World of Hammer: Wicked Women (1994)

The World of Hammer: Vamp (1994)

The World of Hammer (1994)

Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)

Severed Ties (1992)

Prisoner of Honor (1991)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

Hired to Kill (1990)

That's Action (1990)

Panama Sugar (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)

The Max Headroom Show (1985)

Christopher Columbus (1985)

Masquerade (1983)

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)

The Brood (1979)

The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1979)

A Touch of the Sun (1979)

The Big Sleep (1978)

Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)

US Against the World (1977)

The Prince and the Pauper (1977)

The Ransom (1977)

Burnt Offerings (1976)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-02-13

Deathday

1999-05-02 (61 years old)

Birth Name

Robert Oliver Reed

Birth Place

Wimbledon, United Kingdom

Spouse

Josephine Burge

Children

Sarah Reed, Mark Reed