Oliver Reed
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1938
Died: May 2, 1999
Place of birth: Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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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Filmography
122 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
NR
Director of Devils
2012NR
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
7.5
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
5.3
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
10.0
Living Famously
2002
NR
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
200210.0
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
NR
Hellraisers
2000
8.2
Gladiator
2000
NR
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
5.5
Parting Shots
1999
7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
6.9
Jeremiah
1998
7.2
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
6.4
The Bruce
1996
7.0
Superbrain
1996
6.6
Funny Bones
199510.0
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
10.0
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
5.0
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
19947.0
The World of Hammer: Chiller
19949.0
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
1994
7.0
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
1994
6.0
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
7.0
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
4.6
Severed Ties
1992
6.1
Prisoner of Honor
1991
5.8
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
NR
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
9.0
That's Action
1990
6.0
The Word
1990
6.7
Treasure Island
1990
6.0
Panama Sugar
1990
4.8
Hired to Kill
1990
5.3
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
4.8
The House of Usher
1989
6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
4.9
The Revenger
1989
3.9
Captive Rage
1988
7.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
5.1
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
5.2
Rage to Kill
1988
4.6
Skeleton Coast
1988
6.5
Blind Justice
1988
5.7
The Misfit Brigade
1987
3.9
Master of Dragonard Hill
1987
4.3
Dragonard
1987
3.8
Gor
1987
NR
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
4.0
Captive
1986
6.3
Castaway
1986
6.9
Black Arrow
1985
7.5
The Max Headroom Show
1985
6.2
Christopher Columbus
1985
7.5
Masquerade
1983
5.8
Two of a Kind
1983
4.6
Spasms
1983
4.7
The Sting II
1983
7.5
Clash of Loyalties
1983
5.4
Fanny Hill
1983
5.7
Venom
1981
5.5
Condorman
1981
7.3
Lion of the Desert
1981
5.2
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
5.0
A Touch of the Sun
1979
6.7
The Brood
1979
5.2
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
5.8
The Big Sleep
1978
5.7
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
NR
US Against the World
1977
6.1
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
6.5
Ransom
1977
6.5
Burnt Offerings
1976
5.1
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
5.5
The Sell Out
1976
5.8
Royal Flash
1975
5.8
Lisztomania
1975
6.5
Tommy
1975
4.4
Blue Blood
1974
6.5
The Four Musketeers
1974
5.7
And Then There Were None
1974
6.8
Mahler
1974
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973
6.8
Revolver
1973
5.2
Dirty Weekend
1973
7.9
One Russian Summer
1973
5.8
The Triple Echo
1972
6.1
Z.P.G.
1972
6.1
Sitting Target
19725.1
Film '72
1971
7.5
The Devils
1971
6.2
The Hunting Party
1971
5.8
Take a Girl Like You
1970
5.2
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
6.6
Women in Love
1969
6.7
The Assassination Bureau
1969
6.4
Hannibal Brooks
1969
7.0
Oliver!
1968
6.9
Dante's Inferno
1967
5.4
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
6.1
The Shuttered Room
1967
6.2
The Jokers
1967
7.2
The Trap
1966
5.6
The Brigand of Kandahar
1965
6.5
Always on Sunday
1965
7.6
The Debussy Film
1965
6.6
The Party's Over
19658.0
R3
1964
6.3
The System
1964
5.5
The Scarlet Blade
1963
6.6
Paranoiac
1963
6.3
The Damned
1962
7.4
The Saint
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.3
Captain Clegg
1962
6.2
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
7.8
The Rebel
1961
6.7
No Love for Johnnie
1961
5.3
His and Hers
1961
6.1
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
6.1
The Bulldog Breed
19607.0
Hello London
1960
6.1
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
5.9
Beat Girl
1960
7.1
The League of Gentlemen
1960
7.2
The Angry Silence
1960
6.5
Life Is a Circus
1960
5.8
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
NR
Knight Errant Limited
1959
7.2
The Third Man
1959
6.0
The Captain's Table
1959
6.5
The Square Peg
1958
7.3
Monitor
1958
6.9
Value for Money
1955