Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 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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Known For
Gladiator
(2000)
Proximo
Oliver!
(1968)
Bill Sikes
Tommy
(1975)
Frank
The Brood
(1979)
Dr. Hal Raglan
The Devils
(1971)
Father Urbain Grandier
Jeremiah
(1998)
General Safan
Venom
(1981)
Dave Averconnelly
Castaway
(1986)
Gerald Kingsland
The Three Musketeers
(1973)
Athos
The Damned
(1962)
King
Burnt Offerings
(1976)
Ben Rolf
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(1988)
Vulcan
Funny Bones
(1995)
Dolly Hopkins
Royal Flash
(1975)
Otto von Bismarck
Captain Clegg
(1962)
Harry Cobtree
The Assassination Bureau
(1969)
Ivan Dragomiloff
Full Filmography
Acting
Value for Money
(1955)
Extra (uncredited)
The Square Peg
(1958)
(uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
(1959)
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Captain's Table
(1959)
Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
(1960)
Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Beat Girl
(1960)
Plaid Shirt
The Angry Silence
(1960)
Mick
Sword of Sherwood Forest
(1960)
Lord Melton (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed
(1960)
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight
The League of Gentlemen
(1960)
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Hello London
(1960)
Photographer (uncredited)
Life Is a Circus
(1960)
Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf
(1961)
Leon Corledo
His and Hers
(1961)
Poet
The Rebel
(1961)
Artist in Cafe
No Love for Johnnie
(1961)
Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
Captain Clegg
(1962)
Harry Cobtree
The Damned
(1962)
King
The Pirates of Blood River
(1962)
Pirate Brocaire
Paranoiac
(1963)
Simon Ashby
The Scarlet Blade
(1963)
Captain Sylvester
The System
(1964)
Tinker
The Party's Over
(1965)
Moise
The Brigand of Kandahar
(1965)
Ali Kahn
The Debussy Film
(1965)
Claude Debussy
Always on Sunday
(1965)
Narrator (voice)
The Trap
(1966)
La Bete
The Shuttered Room
(1967)
Ethan
Dante's Inferno
(1967)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Jokers
(1967)
David Tremayne
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
(1967)
Andrew Quint
Oliver!
(1968)
Bill Sikes
Hannibal Brooks
(1969)
Brooks
Women in Love
(1969)
Gerald Crich
The Assassination Bureau
(1969)
Ivan Dragomiloff
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
(1970)
Michael Caldwell
Take a Girl Like You
(1970)
Patrick Standish
The Devils
(1971)
Father Urbain Grandier
The Hunting Party
(1971)
Frank Calder
The Triple Echo
(1972)
Arthur, the Sergeant
Z.P.G.
(1972)
Russ
Sitting Target
(1972)
Harry Lomart
The Three Musketeers
(1973)
Athos
Revolver
(1973)
Vito Cipriani
Dirty Weekend
(1973)
Fabrizo
One Russian Summer
(1973)
Palizyn
And Then There Were None
(1974)
Hugh Lombard
The Four Musketeers
(1974)
Athos
Blue Blood
(1974)
Tom the butler
Mahler
(1974)
Train Conductor
Tommy
(1975)
Frank
Lisztomania
(1975)
Princess Carolyn's Servant
Royal Flash
(1975)
Otto von Bismarck
Burnt Offerings
(1976)
Ben Rolf
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
(1976)
Joe Knox
The Sell Out
(1976)
Gabriel Lee
The Prince and the Pauper
(1977)
Miles Hendon
The Ransom
(1977)
Nick McCormick
US Against the World
(1977)
Self
The Big Sleep
(1978)
Eddie Mars
Tomorrow Never Comes
(1978)
Jim Wilson
The Brood
(1979)
Dr. Hal Raglan
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
(1979)
Terence Sutton
A Touch of the Sun
(1979)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
(1980)
Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
Venom
(1981)
Dave Averconnelly
Lion of the Desert
(1981)
Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
Condorman
(1981)
Krokov
Two of a Kind
(1983)
Beasley
The Sting II
(1983)
Lonnegan
Fanny Hill
(1983)
Edward Widdlecome
Spasms
(1983)
Jason Kincaid
Clash of Loyalties
(1983)
Colonel Leachman
Black Arrow
(1985)
Sir Brackley
Castaway
(1986)
Gerald Kingsland
Captive
(1986)
Gregory Le Vay
The Misfit Brigade
(1987)
The General
Gor
(1987)
Sarm
Dragonard
(1987)
Captain Shanks
Master of Dragonard Hill
(1987)
Captain Shanks
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(1988)
Vulcan
Skeleton Coast
(1988)
Captain Simpson
Captive Rage
(1988)
General Belmondo
The Lady and the Highwayman
(1988)
Sir Phillip Gage
Rage to Kill
(1988)
General Turner
Blind Justice
(1988)
Ian Ballinger
The Return of the Musketeers
(1989)
Athos
The House of Usher
(1989)
Roderick Usher
The Revenger
(1989)
Jack Fisher
Treasure Island
(1990)
Billy Bones
Hired to Kill
(1990)
Michael Bartos
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
(1990)
The Rajah
That's Action
(1990)
General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Panama Sugar
(1990)
The Pit and the Pendulum
(1991)
Cardinal
Prisoner of Honor
(1991)
Gen. de Boisdeffre
Severed Ties
(1992)
Dr. Hans Vaughan
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
(1994)
Narrator
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
(1994)
Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
(1994)
Narrator (voice)
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
(1994)
Narrator
Funny Bones
(1995)
Dolly Hopkins
Luise knackt den Jackpot
(1995)
Matthias
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
(1995)
Superbrain
(1996)
Professor Norbert Marcus
The Bruce
(1996)
Bishop Wisharton
Jeremiah
(1998)
General Safan
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
(1998)
Captain Cornelius Donovan
Parting Shots
(1999)
Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Gladiator
(2000)
Proximo
Hellraisers
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Real Oliver Reed
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Orpheus & Eurydice
(2000)
Narrator
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
(2005)
Self
The Devils Original on-set footage
(2012)
Director of Devils
(2012)
Self