Biography
Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 β 2 May 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
all 131
Movies 121
TV Shows 10
self 8
Narrator 7
Voice 3
Living Famously (2002)
Orpheus & Eurydice (2000)
Hellraisers (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
The Real Oliver Reed (2000)
Parting Shots (1999)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
Jeremiah (1998)
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)
The Bruce (1996)
Superbrain (1996)
Funny Bones (1995)
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women (1994)
The World of Hammer: Vamp (1994)
The World of Hammer (1994)
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
Severed Ties (1992)
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
Hired to Kill (1990)
That's Action (1990)
The Lady and the Highwayman (1990)
Panama Sugar (1990)
A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
Treasure Island (1990)
The House of Usher (1989)
The Revenger (1989)
Captive Rage (1988)
Rage to Kill (1988)
Skeleton Coast (1988)
Blind Justice (1988)
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
Master of Dragonard Hill (1987)
Dragonard (1987)
Gor (1987)
Captive (1986)
Castaway (1986)
Black Arrow (1985)
Christopher Columbus (1985)
Masquerade (1983)
Two of a Kind (1983)
Spasms (1983)
The Sting II (1983)
Clash of Loyalties (1983)
Fanny Hill (1983)
Condorman (1981)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
The Brood (1979)
The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1979)
A Touch of the Sun (1979)
The Big Sleep (1978)
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
The Ransom (1977)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
The Sell Out (1976)
Royal Flash (1975)
Lisztomania (1975)
Tommy (1975)
And Then There Were None (1974)
Mahler (1974)
Revolver (1973)
Dirty Weekend (1973)
The Triple Echo (1972)
Sitting Target (1972)
The Hunting Party (1971)
The Devils (1971)
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970)
Women in Love (1969)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
Oliver! (1968)
Dante's Inferno (1967)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
The Jokers (1967)
The Trap (1966)
Always on Sunday (1965)
The Debussy Film (1965)
R3 (1964)
The System (1964)
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
Paranoiac (1963)
The Saint (1962)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Rebel (1961)
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
The Bulldog Breed (1960)
Hello London (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Beat Girl (1960)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Life Is a Circus (1960)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
The Captain's Table (1959)
The Square Peg (1958)
Value for Money (1955)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1938-02-13
Deathday1999-05-02 (61 years old)
Birth NameRobert Oliver Reed
Birth PlaceWimbledon, United Kingdom
Height
SpouseJosephine Burge
ChildrenSarah Reed, Mark Reed
FatherPeter Reed
Mother[Beryl] Marcia Andrews
SiblingsDavid Anthony Reed, Simon Reed
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsRobert Oliver Reed
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