Cast & creator
Oliver Reed
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Saint, The Saint
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".
Also known as: Robert Oliver Reed
122
film credits
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television credits
138
1955–2012 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (138)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Saint
Joe Catelli
1962The Saint
Aristides Koralis
1962Film '72
Self
1971
Gladiator
Proximo
2000
The Word
1990
The Third Man
Pepi
1959
The World of Hammer
Narrator
1994The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Masquerade
Peter Serkov / Wolfen
1983
The Three Musketeers
Athos
1973
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Vulcan
1988
The Max Headroom Show
Self
1985
The Devils
Father Urbain Grandier
1971
Monitor
Claude Debussy
1958
Return to Lonesome Dove
Gregor Dunnigan
1993
Lion of the Desert
General Rodolfo Graziani
1981
The Four Musketeers
Athos
1974
Christopher Columbus
Martin Pinzon
1985
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
1990
The Brood
Dr. Hal Raglan
1979
Tommy
Frank
1975
The Ransom
Nick McCormick
1977
Knight Errant Limited
Benny Falconer
1959
Oliver!
Bill Sikes
1968
And Then There Were None
Hugh Lombard
1974
The Prince and the Pauper
Miles Hendon
1977
Women in Love
Gerald Crich
1969R3
Dr. Richard Franklin
1964
Two of a Kind
Beasley
1983
Mahler
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1974
The Curse of the Werewolf
Leon Corledo
1961
The Pit and the Pendulum
Cardinal
1991
The Hunting Party
Frank Calder
1971
The League of Gentlemen
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1960
Burnt Offerings
Ben Rolf
1976
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
1978
The Return of the Musketeers
Athos
1989
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Andrew Quint
1967
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
Funny Bones
Dolly Hopkins
1995
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
The Rajah
1990
The Trap
La Bete
1966
Jeremiah
General Safan
1998
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
1960
The Pirates of Blood River
Pirate Brocaire
1962
The Misfit Brigade
The General
1987
Condorman
Krokov
1981
Spasms
Jason Kincaid
1983
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Phillip Gage
1988
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Michael Caldwell
1970
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Joe Knox
1976
Venom
Dave Averconnelly
1981
Gor
Sarm
1987
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Lord Melton (uncredited)
1960
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
1989
Hired to Kill
Michael Bartos
1990
The Assassination Bureau
Ivan Dragomiloff
1969
The Bruce
Bishop Wisharton
1996
Paranoiac
Simon Ashby
1963
The Shuttered Room
Ethan
1967
The Sting II
Lonnegan
1983
Dragonard
Captain Shanks
1987
Lisztomania
Princess Carolyn's Servant
1975
US Against the World
Self
1977
Dirty Weekend
Fabrizo
1973
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
2005
The Damned
King
1962
The Party's Over
Moise
1965
Fanny Hill
Edward Widdlecome
1983
Hannibal Brooks
Brooks
1969
The Bulldog Breed
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
1960
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Captain Cornelius Donovan
1998
Captain Clegg
Harry Cobtree
1962
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Terence Sutton
1978Hello London
Photographer (uncredited)
1960
The Brigand of Kandahar
Ali Kahn
1965
Sitting Target
Harry Lomart
1972
Castaway
Gerald Kingsland
1986
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
1980
Living Famously
(archive footage)
2002
The Square Peg
(uncredited)
1958
The Triple Echo
Arthur, the Sergeant
1972
No Love for Johnnie
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
1961
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Revolver
Vito Cipriani
1973
Take a Girl Like You
Patrick Standish
1970
The Jokers
David Tremayne
1967
The System
Tinker
1964
Royal Flash
Otto von Bismarck
1975
The Captain's Table
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
1959
Parting Shots
Jamie Campbell-Stewart
1999
Value for Money
Extra (uncredited)
1955
Master of Dragonard Hill
Captain Shanks
1987
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
The Angry Silence
Mick
1960
Beat Girl
Plaid Shirt
1960
Z.P.G.
Russ
1972
Black Arrow
Sir Brackley
1985
Life Is a Circus
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
1960
A Touch of the Sun
Captain Daniel Nelson
1979
The Real Oliver Reed
Self (archive footage)
2000
One Russian Summer
Palizyn
1973
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
Self
1991
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. de Boisdeffre
1991
The Scarlet Blade
Captain Sylvester
1963
Blue Blood
Tom the butler
1974
Severed Ties
Dr. Hans Vaughan
1992
Skeleton Coast
Captain Simpson
1988Orpheus & Eurydice
Narrator
2000
Superbrain
Professor Norbert Marcus
1996
The Rebel
Artist in Cafe
1961
His and Hers
Oliver Borlinski
1961
Upstairs and Downstairs
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1959
Captive Rage
General Belmondo
1988
The Sell Out
Gabriel Lee
1976
Always on Sunday
Narrator (voice)
1965The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
Director of Devils
Self
2012
Clash of Loyalties
Colonel Leachman
1983
The World of Hammer: Vamp
Narrator (voice)
1994Luise knackt den Jackpot
Matthias
1995
The Debussy Film
Claude Debussy
1965
Tomorrow Never Comes
Jim Wilson
1978
The Revenger
Jack Fisher
1989
That's Action
General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Rage to Kill
General Turner
1988The World of Hammer: Chiller
narrator
1994
Blind Justice
Ian Ballinger
1988
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
Narrator (voice)
1994
Panama Sugar
Generale
1990
Captive
Gregory Le Vay
1986
Dante's Inferno
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1967
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
2000
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
Narrator
1994The World of Hammer: Trials of War
Narrator
1994