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Oliver Reed
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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".
- 133 titles
- 121 Acting
- 13 Appearances
Acting (121)
Proximo
Vulcan
Dr. Hal Raglan
Bill Sikes
Father Urbain Grandier
Frank
Athos
Ben Rolf
Athos
General Rodolfo Graziani
Leon Corledo
Athos
Billy Bones
Cardinal
Beasley
Krokov
Gerald Crich
Joe Catelli / Aristides Koralis
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
King
Gerald Kingsland
Hugh Lombard
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Eddie Mars
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Ivan Dragomiloff
Dave Averconnelly
Simon Ashby
Frank Calder
Harry Cobtree
Vito Cipriani
Miles Hendon
Russ
Dolly Hopkins
Sarm
The General
Lonnegan
General Safan
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Princess Carolyn's Servant
Brooks
Lord Melton (uncredited)
Jason Kincaid
Ethan
La Bete
Plaid Shirt
Mick
Pirate Brocaire
Harry Lomart
(uncredited)
Joe Knox
Otto von Bismarck
Michael Bartos
Gregor Dunnigan
Edward Widdlecome
Artist in Cafe
Moise
Arthur, the Sergeant
Michael Caldwell
Captain Sylvester
Ali Kahn
Patrick Standish
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Dr. Hans Vaughan
David Tremayne
Gen. de Boisdeffre
Tinker
Sir Phillip Gage
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
Andrew Quint
Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Tom the butler
Palizyn
Roderick Usher
Fabrizo
General Turner
Claude Debussy
Nick McCormick
Jack Fisher
Pepi
Jim Wilson
The Rajah
Oliver Borlinski
Gabriel Lee
Sir Brackley
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
Captain Simpson
Train Passenger (uncredited)
General Belmondo
Extra (uncredited)
Captain Shanks
Bishop Wisharton
Narrator (voice)
Captain Shanks
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
Terence Sutton
Gregory Le Vay
Martin Pinzon
Captain Cornelius Donovan
Narrator
Captain Daniel Nelson
Claude Debussy
Ian Ballinger
Colonel Leachman
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Peter Serkov / Wolfen
Generale
Professor Norbert Marcus
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Benny Falconer
Appearances (13)
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Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
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