Acting · Wimbledon, London, England, UK · Born February 13, 1938
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".
MovieDirector of Devils
2012
as Self
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
MovieStrength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
as Self
MovieCelebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)
TVLiving Famously
2002
as (archive footage)
MovieL'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
as Narrator
MovieHellraisers
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGladiator
2000
as Proximo
MovieThe Real Oliver Reed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieParting Shots
1999
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
MovieMonster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJeremiah
1998
as General Safan
MovieThe Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
MovieThe Bruce
1996
as Bishop Wisharton
MovieSuperbrain
1996
as Professor Norbert Marcus
MovieFunny Bones
1995
as Dolly Hopkins
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
as Matthias
MovieRussian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
MovieThe World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
1994
as Narrator
The World of Hammer: Chiller
1994
as narrator
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
1994
as Narrator
MovieThe World of Hammer: Wicked Women
1994
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe World of Hammer
1994
as Narrator
TVReturn to Lonesome Dove
1993
as Gregor Dunnigan
MovieSevered Ties
1992
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
MoviePrisoner of Honor
1991
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
MovieThe Pit and the Pendulum
1991
as Cardinal
MovieAlex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
as Self
MovieThat's Action
1990
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVThe Word
1990
MovieTreasure Island
1990
as Billy Bones
MoviePanama Sugar
1990
as Generale
MovieHired to Kill
1990
as Michael Bartos
MovieA Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as The Rajah
MovieThe House of Usher
1989
as Roderick Usher
MovieThe Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Athos
MovieThe Revenger
1989
as Jack Fisher
MovieCaptive Rage
1988
as General Belmondo
MovieThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Vulcan
MovieThe Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Phillip Gage
MovieRage to Kill
1988
as General Turner
MovieSkeleton Coast
1988
as Captain Simpson
MovieBlind Justice
1988
as Ian Ballinger
MovieThe Misfit Brigade
1987
as The General
MovieMaster of Dragonard Hill
1987
as Captain Shanks
MovieDragonard
1987
as Captain Shanks
MovieGor
1987
as Sarm
MovieThe Best of Max Headroom
1987
as Self
MovieCaptive
1986
as Gregory Le Vay
MovieCastaway
1986
as Gerald Kingsland
MovieBlack Arrow
1985
as Sir Brackley
TVThe Max Headroom Show
1985
as Self
TVChristopher Columbus
1985
as Martin Pinzon
TVMasquerade
1983
as Peter Serkov / Wolfen
MovieTwo of a Kind
1983
as Beasley
MovieSpasms
1983
as Jason Kincaid
MovieThe Sting II
1983
as Lonnegan
MovieClash of Loyalties
1983
as Colonel Leachman
MovieFanny Hill
1983
as Edward Widdlecome
MovieVenom
1981
as Dave Averconnelly
MovieCondorman
1981
as Krokov
MovieLion of the Desert
1981
as General Rodolfo Graziani
MovieDr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
MovieA Touch of the Sun
1979
as Captain Daniel Nelson
MovieThe Brood
1979
as Dr. Hal Raglan
MovieThe Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
as Terence Sutton
MovieThe Big Sleep
1978
as Eddie Mars
MovieTomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Jim Wilson
MovieUS Against the World
1977
as Self
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Miles Hendon
MovieRansom
1977
as Nick McCormick
MovieBurnt Offerings
1976
as Ben Rolf
MovieThe Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Joe Knox
MovieThe Sell Out
1976
as Gabriel Lee
MovieRoyal Flash
1975
as Otto von Bismarck
MovieLisztomania
1975
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
MovieTommy
1975
as Frank
MovieBlue Blood
1974
as Tom the butler
MovieThe Four Musketeers
1974
as Athos
MovieAnd Then There Were None
1974
as Hugh Lombard
MovieMahler
1974
as Train Conductor
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1973
as Athos
MovieRevolver
1973
as Vito Cipriani
MovieDirty Weekend
1973
as Fabrizo
MovieOne Russian Summer
1973
as Palizyn
MovieThe Triple Echo
1972
as Arthur, the Sergeant
MovieZ.P.G.
1972
as Russ
MovieSitting Target
1972
as Harry Lomart
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieThe Devils
1971
as Father Urbain Grandier
MovieThe Hunting Party
1971
as Frank Calder
MovieTake a Girl Like You
1970
as Patrick Standish
MovieThe Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
as Michael Caldwell
MovieWomen in Love
1969
as Gerald Crich
MovieThe Assassination Bureau
1969
as Ivan Dragomiloff
MovieHannibal Brooks
1969
as Brooks
MovieOliver!
1968
as Bill Sikes
MovieDante's Inferno
1967
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
MovieI'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Andrew Quint
MovieThe Shuttered Room
1967
as Ethan
MovieThe Jokers
1967
as David Tremayne
MovieThe Trap
1966
as La Bete
MovieThe Brigand of Kandahar
1965
as Ali Kahn
MovieAlways on Sunday
1965
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Debussy Film
1965
as Claude Debussy
MovieThe Party's Over
1965
as Moise
R3
1964
as Dr. Richard Franklin
MovieThe System
1964
as Tinker
MovieThe Scarlet Blade
1963
as Captain Sylvester
MovieParanoiac
1963
as Simon Ashby
MovieThe Damned
1962
as King
TVThe Saint
1962
as Joe Catelli
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieCaptain Clegg
1962
as Harry Cobtree
MovieThe Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Pirate Brocaire
MovieThe Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Leon Corledo
MovieThe Rebel
1961
as Artist in Cafe
MovieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
MovieHis and Hers
1961
as Oliver Borlinski
MovieSword of Sherwood Forest
1960
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
MovieThe Bulldog Breed
1960
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Hello London
1960
as Photographer (uncredited)
MovieThe Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
MovieBeat Girl
1960
as Plaid Shirt
MovieThe League of Gentlemen
1960
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
MovieThe Angry Silence
1960
as Mick
MovieLife Is a Circus
1960
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
MovieUpstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
TVKnight Errant Limited
1959
as Benny Falconer
TVThe Third Man
1959
as Pepi
MovieThe Captain's Table
1959
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
MovieThe Square Peg
1958
as (uncredited)
MovieValue for Money
1955
as Extra (uncredited)
