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Oliver Reed

Acting

2.4 Popularity Feb 13, 1938 (61 years old) Wimbledon, London, England, UK

Robert Oliver Reed 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 ...

Biography

Robert Oliver Reed 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 132

2012
Director of Devils Movie

as Self

2005
Strength and Honor: Production Pods Movie

as Self (Archival footage)

2002
Living Famously TV

as (archive footage)

2000
Orpheus & Eurydice Movie

as Narrator

2000
Hellraisers Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Gladiator Movie

as Proximo

2000
The Real Oliver Reed Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1999
Parting Shots Movie

as Jamie Campbell-Stewart

1998
Jeremiah Movie

as General Safan

1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo Movie

as Captain Cornelius Donovan

1996
The Bruce Movie

as Bishop Wisharton

1996
Superbrain Movie

as Professor Norbert Marcus

1995
Funny Bones Movie

as Dolly Hopkins

1995
Luise knackt den Jackpot Movie

as Matthias

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday February 13, 1938 (61 years old)
Died May 02, 1999
Place of Birth Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Also Known As Robert Oliver Reed, الیور رید, أوليفر ريد
Years Active 1955 - 2012
Popularity 2.4
Career Stats
132 Total Credits
121 Movie Roles
11 TV Roles
8 Photos