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 (
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".
Born
Feb 13, 1938
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Died
May 02, 1999
Known For
Acting
Movies
122 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.3
Known For
Gladiator
2000
as Proximo
Two of a Kind
1983
as Beasley
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Athos
Lion of the Desert
1981
as General Rodolfo Graziani
Castaway
1986
as Gerald Kingsland
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Vulcan
Tommy
1975
as Frank
The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Oliver!
1968
as Bill Sikes
The Brood
1979
as Dr. Hal Raglan
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