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".
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Movies (47)
Director of Devils
as Self
2012
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
as Self
2005
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Orpheus & Eurydice
as Narrator
2000
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
Luise knackt den Jackpot
as Matthias
1995
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
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)
1994
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
