Oliver Reed

Acting · Born 1938-02-13 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Gladiator as Proximo
• The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
• The Big Sleep as Eddie Mars
• The Three Musketeers as Athos
• Revolver as Vito Cipriani
• And Then There Were None as Hugh Lombard
• The Misfit Brigade as The General
• The Prince and the Pauper as Miles Hendon
• The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Michael Caldwell
• Tommy as Frank