Oliver Reed
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".
Filmography (135 titles)
MovieDirector of Devils
Self · 2012
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
7.5MovieStrength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self · 2005
8.0MovieCelebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage) · 2003
10.0ShowLiving Famously
(archive footage) · 2002
MovieL'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Orpheus & Eurydice
Narrator · 2000
MovieHellraisers
Self (archive footage) · 2000
8.2MovieGladiator
Proximo · 2000
MovieThe Real Oliver Reed
Self (archive footage) · 2000
5.5MovieParting Shots
Jamie Campbell-Stewart · 1999
7.3MovieMonster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage) · 1999
6.8MovieJeremiah
General Safan · 1998
7.2MovieThe Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Captain Cornelius Donovan · 1998
6.4MovieThe Bruce
Bishop Wisharton · 1996
7.0MovieSuperbrain
Professor Norbert Marcus · 1996
6.6MovieFunny Bones
Dolly Hopkins · 1995
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Matthias · 1995
10.0MovieRussian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
5.0MovieThe World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
Narrator · 1994
The World of Hammer: Chiller
narrator · 1994
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
Narrator · 1994
7.0MovieThe World of Hammer: Wicked Women
Narrator (voice) · 1994
6.0MovieThe World of Hammer: Vamp
Narrator (voice) · 1994
6.8ShowThe World of Hammer
Narrator · 1994
7.0ShowReturn to Lonesome Dove
Gregor Dunnigan · 1993
4.6MovieSevered Ties
Dr. Hans Vaughan · 1992
6.3MoviePrisoner of Honor
Gen. de Boisdeffre · 1991
5.7MovieThe Pit and the Pendulum
Cardinal · 1991
MovieAlex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Self · 1991