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 (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".
Acting
Movie
Gladiator
as Proximo
2000
Movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Vulcan
1988
Movie
The Brood
as Dr. Hal Raglan
1979
Movie
Oliver!
as Bill Sikes
1968
Movie
The Devils
as Father Urbain Grandier
1971
Movie
Tommy
as Frank
1975
Movie
The Three Musketeers
as Athos
1973
Movie
Burnt Offerings
as Ben Rolf
1976
Movie
The Four Musketeers
as Athos
1974
Movie
Lion of the Desert
as General Rodolfo Graziani
1981
Movie
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Leon Corledo
1961
Movie
The Return of the Musketeers
as Athos
1989
Movie
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
1990
Movie
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Cardinal
1991
Movie
Condorman
as Krokov
1981
Movie
Two of a Kind
as Beasley
1983
Movie
Women in Love
as Gerald Crich
1969
Movie
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
1960
Movie
The Damned
as King
1962
TV
The Saint
as Joe Catelli
1962
TV
The Saint
as Aristides Koralis
1962
Movie
Castaway
as Gerald Kingsland
1986
Movie
And Then There Were None
as Hugh Lombard
1974
Movie
The League of Gentlemen
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1960