Oliver Reed
Born February 13, 1938 (Age: 88)
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Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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".
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
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
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as Self
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Age: 67
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 65
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
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as
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Age: 63
No Image
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 62
Gladiator
2000
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as Proximo
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Age: 62
No Image
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
1994
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as Narrator
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Age: 56
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
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as Cardinal
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Age: 53
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
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as Self
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Age: 53
Panama Sugar
1990
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as Generale
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Age: 52
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
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as Vulcan
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Age: 50
Gor
1987
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as Sarm
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Age: 49
Two of a Kind
1983
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as Beasley
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Age: 45
The Sting II
1983
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as Lonnegan
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Age: 45
Lion of the Desert
1981
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as General Rodolfo Graziani
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Age: 43
The Brood
1979
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as Dr. Hal Raglan
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Age: 41
US Against the World
1977
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as Self
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Age: 39
Tommy
1975
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as Frank
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Age: 37
The Four Musketeers
1974
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as Athos
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Age: 36
The Three Musketeers
1973
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as Athos
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Age: 35
The Devils
1971
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as Father Urbain Grandier
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Age: 33
Oliver!
1968
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as Bill Sikes
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Age: 30
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
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as Leon Corledo
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Age: 23
The Rebel
1961
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as Artist in Cafe
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Age: 23
No Love for Johnnie
1961
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as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
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Age: 23
His and Hers
1961
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as Oliver Borlinski
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Age: 22
No Image
Hello London
1960
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as Photographer (uncredited)
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Age: 22
Life Is a Circus
1960
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as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
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Age: 22
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
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as Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 21
The Captain's Table
1959
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as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 20