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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".
Acted in 112
2000s
- 2002
Living Famously
(archive footage) · 1 episode
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
Movie
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Captain Cornelius Donovan
- 1996
The Bruce
Bishop Wisharton
Superbrain
Professor Norbert Marcus
- 1995
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
Movie
- 1993
- 1992
Severed Ties
Dr. Hans Vaughan
- 1991
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. de Boisdeffre
- 1990
That's Action
General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Panama Sugar
Generale
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
The Rajah
1980s
- 1989
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
The Revenger
Jack Fisher
- 1988
Captive Rage
General Belmondo
Rage to Kill
General Turner
Blind Justice
Ian Ballinger
- 1987
Master of Dragonard Hill
Captain Shanks
Dragonard
Captain Shanks
37Gor
Sarm
- 1986
Captive
Gregory Le Vay
- 1985
Black Arrow
Sir Brackley
- 1983
Masquerade
Peter Serkov / Wolfen · 1 episode
Two of a Kind
Beasley
The Sting II
Lonnegan
Clash of Loyalties
Colonel Leachman
Fanny Hill
Edward Widdlecome
- 1981
- 1980
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
1970s
- 1979
A Touch of the Sun
Captain Daniel Nelson
- 1978
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Terence Sutton
Tomorrow Never Comes
Jim Wilson
- 1977
- 1976
The Sell Out
Gabriel Lee
- 1975
Royal Flash
Otto von Bismarck
Lisztomania
Princess Carolyn's Servant
- 1974
- 1973
Dirty Weekend
Fabrizo
One Russian Summer
Palizyn
- 1972
The Triple Echo
Arthur, the Sergeant
Z.P.G.
Russ
Sitting Target
Harry Lomart
- 1971
- 1970
Take a Girl Like You
Patrick Standish
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Michael Caldwell
1960s
- 1969
Women in Love
Gerald Crich
- 1968
- 1967
Dante's Inferno
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Andrew Quint
The Shuttered Room
Ethan
The Jokers
David Tremayne
- 1966
The Trap
La Bete
- 1965
The Brigand of Kandahar
Ali Kahn
The Debussy Film
Claude Debussy
- 1964
The System
Tinker
- 1963
The Scarlet Blade
Captain Sylvester
Paranoiac
Simon Ashby
- 1962
The Damned
King
Captain Clegg
Harry Cobtree
The Pirates of Blood River
Pirate Brocaire
- 1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
Leon Corledo
The Rebel
Artist in Cafe
No Love for Johnnie
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
His and Hers
Oliver Borlinski
- 1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Lord Melton (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
The League of Gentlemen
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
The Angry Silence
Mick
Life Is a Circus
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
1950s
- 1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Knight Errant Limited
Benny Falconer · 1 episode
The Captain's Table
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
- 1958
The Square Peg
(uncredited)
- 1955
Value for Money
Extra (uncredited)
Appearances16
2010s
- 2012
Director of Devils
Self
2000s
- 2005
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
- 2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
The Real Oliver Reed
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
- 1994
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
Narrator
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
Narrator (voice)
- 1991
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Self
1980s
- 1987
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
- 1985
The Max Headroom Show
Self · 1 episode
1970s
- 1977
US Against the World
Self
1960s
- 1965
Always on Sunday
Narrator (voice)
- 1962
