Oliver Reed

Actor
BirthdayFeb 13, 1938 (61 year old)
DeathdayMay 2, 1999
Place of birthWimbledon, London, England, UK
GenderMale

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Proximo

May 4, 2000

Dr. Hal Raglan

May 25, 1979

Bill Sikes

Sep 26, 1968

Father Urbain Grandier

Jul 16, 1971

Frank

Mar 19, 1975

Athos

Dec 11, 1973

Ben Rolf

Oct 18, 1976

Athos

Oct 31, 1974

Gen. Rodolfo Graziani

Apr 17, 1981

Leon Corledo

May 1, 1961

Athos

Apr 12, 1989

Billy Bones

Jan 22, 1990

Beasley

Dec 13, 1983

Krokov

Jul 2, 1981

Cardinal

Jun 27, 1991

King

Nov 16, 1962

Gerald Kingsland

Mar 5, 1986

Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

Oct 24, 1960

Joe Catelli, Aristides Koralis

Oct 4, 1962

Proximo

May 4, 2000

Dr. Hal Raglan

May 25, 1979

Bill Sikes

Sep 26, 1968

Father Urbain Grandier

Jul 16, 1971

Frank

Mar 19, 1975

Acting


Participated in 121 movies, 9 TV series




2002

(archive footage)


2000


2000

Self (archive footage)


2000

Proximo


2000

Self (archive footage)


1999

Jamie Campbell-Stewart



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