Oliver Reed

Actor Feb 13 (died age 61) Wimbledon, London, England, UK 1955–2012 (57 year career)

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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 (19…

Known For

Film

Gladiator

Proximo

Film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Vulcan

Film

The Devils

Father Urbain Grandier

Film

The Brood

Dr. Hal Raglan

Film

Oliver!

Bill Sikes

Film

The Three Musketeers

Athos

Film

Lion of the Desert

General Rodolfo Graziani

Film

Tommy

Frank

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (122)

Director of Devils

2012

as Self

The Devils Original on-set footage

2012

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

2005

as Self

7.3

Celebrity Naked Ambition

2003

as Self (archive footage)

L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")

Gladiator

as Proximo

The Real Oliver Reed

as Self (archive footage)

Hellraisers

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Orpheus & Eurydice

2000

as Narrator

Parting Shots

1999

as Jamie Campbell-Stewart

5.4

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo

1998

as Captain Cornelius Donovan

Jeremiah

as General Safan

The Bruce

as Bishop Wisharton

Superbrain

as Professor Norbert Marcus

Funny Bones

1995

as Dolly Hopkins

6.5

Luise knackt den Jackpot

1995

as Matthias

Russian Roulette - Moscow 95

1995

The World of Hammer: Wicked Women

1994

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

The World of Hammer: Vamp

1994

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

The World of Hammer: Chiller

1994

as narrator

7.0

The World of Hammer: Trials of War

1994

as Narrator

9.0

The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time

as Narrator

Severed Ties

as Dr. Hans Vaughan

Prisoner of Honor

as Gen. de Boisdeffre

6.2

The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

as Cardinal

5.7

Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel

1991

as Self

A Ghost in Monte Carlo

as The Rajah

Treasure Island

as Billy Bones

Panama Sugar

as Generale

That's Action

as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hired to Kill

1990

as Michael Bartos

4.6

The Return of the Musketeers

as Athos

The Revenger

as Jack Fisher

The House of Usher

as Roderick Usher

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Vulcan

Skeleton Coast

as Captain Simpson

Captive Rage

as General Belmondo

The Lady and the Highwayman

as Sir Phillip Gage

Rage to Kill

as General Turner

Blind Justice

as Ian Ballinger

Gor

as Sarm

The Best of Max Headroom

1987

as Self

Dragonard

as Captain Shanks

The Misfit Brigade

as The General

Master of Dragonard Hill

as Captain Shanks

Castaway

as Gerald Kingsland

Captive

as Gregory Le Vay

Black Arrow

as Sir Brackley

Spasms

as Jason Kincaid

Fanny Hill

as Edward Widdlecome

Two of a Kind

as Beasley

Clash of Loyalties

as Colonel Leachman

The Sting II

as Lonnegan

Lion of the Desert

as General Rodolfo Graziani

Condorman

as Krokov

Venom

as Dave Averconnelly

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

1980

as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype

The Brood

as Dr. Hal Raglan

A Touch of the Sun

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

as Terence Sutton

The Big Sleep

as Eddie Mars

Tomorrow Never Comes

as Jim Wilson

The Prince and the Pauper

as Miles Hendon

Ransom

as Nick McCormick

US Against the World

as Self

Burnt Offerings

1976

as Ben Rolf

6.5

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

as Joe Knox

The Sell Out

as Gabriel Lee

Tommy

as Frank

Lisztomania

as Princess Carolyn's Servant

Royal Flash

as Otto von Bismarck

Mahler

as Train Conductor

Blue Blood

as Tom the butler

And Then There Were None

as Hugh Lombard

The Four Musketeers

as Athos

The Three Musketeers

as Athos

Revolver

as Vito Cipriani

Dirty Weekend

as Fabrizo

One Russian Summer

as Palizyn

Sitting Target

as Harry Lomart

Z.P.G.

as Russ

The Triple Echo

as Arthur, the Sergeant

5.6

The Devils

1971

as Father Urbain Grandier

The Hunting Party

as Frank Calder

Take a Girl Like You

as Patrick Standish

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

as Michael Caldwell

Women in Love

as Gerald Crich

Hannibal Brooks

as Brooks

The Assassination Bureau

as Ivan Dragomiloff

Oliver!

as Bill Sikes

The Jokers

as David Tremayne

The Shuttered Room

as Ethan

Dante's Inferno

as Dante Gabriel Rossetti

6.9

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

as Andrew Quint

The Trap

as La Bete

The Debussy Film

as Claude Debussy

The Brigand of Kandahar

as Ali Kahn

The Party's Over

as Moise

Always on Sunday

as Narrator (voice)

The System

as Tinker

The Damned

as King

The Scarlet Blade

as Captain Sylvester

Paranoiac

as Simon Ashby

Captain Clegg

as Harry Cobtree

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

as Pirate Brocaire

6.1

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

as Leon Corledo

6.5

No Love for Johnnie

1961

as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)

The Rebel

as Artist in Cafe

His and Hers

as Oliver Borlinski

The Angry Silence

as Mick

Hello London

as Photographer (uncredited)

5.0

The League of Gentlemen

1960

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

7.0

The Bulldog Breed

1960

as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

5.7

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960

as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

6.1

Beat Girl

1960

as Plaid Shirt

5.8

Sword of Sherwood Forest

1960

as Lord Melton (uncredited)

6.0

Life Is a Circus

1960

as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)

6.0

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

5.6

The Captain's Table

1959

as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)

The Square Peg

as (uncredited)

Value for Money

as Extra (uncredited)

6.6

Television (13)

Living Famously

2002

as (archive footage)

The World of Hammer

1994

as Narrator

6.5

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Return to Lonesome Dove

as Gregor Dunnigan

Christopher Columbus

as Martin Pinzon

The Max Headroom Show

1985

as Self

7.5

Masquerade

1983

as Peter Serkov / Wolfen

Film '72

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Saint

as Joe Catelli

The Third Man

as Pepi

Knight Errant Limited

1959

as Benny Falconer