Oliver Reed
113 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 13, 1938
- Died
- May 2, 1999 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Robert 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".
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Oliver Reed: movies and TV shows
Acting (122)
- 2012
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000 Orpheus & Eurydice
as Narrator
- 2000 Gladiator
as Proximo
- 1999 Parting Shots
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
- 1998 Jeremiah
as General Safan
- 1998 The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
- 1996 The Bruce
as Bishop Wisharton
- 1996 Superbrain
as Professor Norbert Marcus
- 1995 Funny Bones
as Dolly Hopkins
- 1995 Luise knackt den Jackpot
as Matthias
- 1995
- 1994 The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
as Narrator
- 1994 The World of Hammer: Chiller
as narrator
- 1994 The World of Hammer: Trials of War
as Narrator
- 1994 The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Narrator (voice)
- 1993
- 1992 Severed Ties
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
- 1991 Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
- 1991 The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal
- 1990 That's Action
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990 Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
- 1990 Panama Sugar
as Generale
- 1990 Hired to Kill
as Michael Bartos
- 1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as The Rajah
- 1989 The House of Usher
as Roderick Usher
- 1989 The Return of the Musketeers
as Athos
- 1989 The Revenger
as Jack Fisher
- 1988 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
- 1987 The Misfit Brigade
as The General
- 1987 Master of Dragonard Hill
as Captain Shanks
- 1987 Dragonard
as Captain Shanks
- 1987 Gor
as Sarm
- 1986 Captive
as Gregory Le Vay
- 1986 Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland
- 1985 Black Arrow
as Sir Brackley
- 1985
- 1983
- 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
- 1981 Venom
as Dave Averconnelly
- 1981 Condorman
as Krokov
- 1981 Lion of the Desert
as General Rodolfo Graziani
- 1980 Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
- 1979 A Touch of the Sun
as Captain Daniel Nelson
- 1979 The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan
- 1978 The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Terence Sutton
- 1978 The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
- 1978 Tomorrow Never Comes
as Jim Wilson
- 1977 The Prince and the Pauper
as Miles Hendon
- 1977 The Ransom
as Nick McCormick
- 1976 Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf
- 1976 The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Joe Knox
- 1976 The Sell Out
as Gabriel Lee
- 1975 Royal Flash
as Otto von Bismarck
- 1975 Lisztomania
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
- 1975 Tommy
as Frank
- 1974 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 (uncredited)
- 1973 The Three Musketeers
as Athos
- 1973 Revolver
as Vito Cipriani
- 1973 Dirty Weekend
as Fabrizo
- 1973 One Russian Summer
as Palizyn
- 1972 The Triple Echo
as Arthur, the Sergeant
- 1972 Z.P.G.
as Russ
- 1972 Sitting Target
as Harry Lomart
- 1971 The Devils
as Father Urbain Grandier
- 1971 The Hunting Party
as Frank Calder
- 1970 Take a Girl Like You
as Patrick Standish
- 1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
as Michael Caldwell
- 1969 Women in Love
as Gerald Crich
- 1969 The Assassination Bureau
as Ivan Dragomiloff
- 1969 Hannibal Brooks
as Brooks
- 1968 Oliver!
as Bill Sikes
- 1967 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
- 1966 The Trap
as La Bete
- 1965 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
- 1964
- 1964 The System
as Tinker
- 1963 The Scarlet Blade
as Captain Sylvester
- 1963 Paranoiac
as Simon Ashby
- 1962 The Damned
as King
- 1962
- 1962 Captain Clegg
as Harry Cobtree
- 1962 The Pirates of Blood River
as Pirate Brocaire
- 1961 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
- 1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
- 1960 The Bulldog Breed
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
- 1960 Hello London
as Photographer (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)
- 1959 Upstairs and Downstairs
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Captain's Table
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
- 1958 The Square Peg
as (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1955 Value for Money
as Extra (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- 2012
- 2005
- 2003
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999
- 1994 The World of Hammer
16 episodes
- 1991
- 1990 The Word
1 episode
- 1987
- 1985 The Max Headroom Show
1 episode
- 1977
- 1971 Film '72
2 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
3 episodes