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Oliver Reed

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Also known as Robert Oliver Reed

British actor (1938–1999)

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Top 500 Cosori Pressure Cooker Recipes
  • Slow Cooker Cookbook : For Two
  • Reed all about me

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Film & TV

Acting · Wimbledon, London, England, UK

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…

Known for

  • Director of Devils — Self2012
  • The Devils Original on-set footage2012
  • Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' — Self2005
  • Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)2003
  • L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")2002
  • Living Famously — (archive footage)2002
  • Gladiator — Proximo2000
  • The Real Oliver Reed — Self (archive footage)2000
  • Hellraisers — Self (archive footage)2000
  • Orpheus & Eurydice — Narrator2000

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1938
Active to
1999
art rockglam rockhard rocknoisepop rockrock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,859
Total plays
17,144

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Key facts

Born
Robert Oliver Reed , ( 1938-02-13 ) 13 February 1938, Wimbledon , Surrey , England
Died
2 May 1999 (1999-05-02) (aged 61), Valletta , Malta
Burial place
Bruhenny Graveyard, Churchtown, County Cork , Ireland
Education
Ewell Castle School
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1955–1999
Notable work
Full list
Spouses
Kate Byrne ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1969 ) ​ Josephine Burge ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 ) ​
Relatives
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (grandfather), Sir Carol Reed (uncle)

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.oliverreed.net
Image
Oliver Reed 1968.jpg
Number of children
2
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date of birth
1938-02-13
date of death
1999-05-02
Commons category
Oliver Reed
start of work period
1950-00-00
end of work period
1999-00-00
birth name
Robert Oliver Reed
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Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, masculine image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth-most-popular star at the box office.

After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable film roles included La Bete in The Trap (1966), Bill Sikes in Oliver! (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Picture), Gerald Crich in Women in Love (1969), Stephen 'Hannibal' Brooks in Hannibal Brooks (1969), Father Urbain Grandier in The Devils (1971), Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974), "Uncle" Frank Hobbs in Tommy (1975), Dr. Hal Raglan in The Brood (1979), Dolly Hopkins in Funny Bones (1995) and Antonius Proximo in Gladiator (2000).

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