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Film & TV
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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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
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oliver
- Family name
- Reed
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wimbledon
- Place of death
- Valletta
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- adventure film
- Military branch
- British Army
- 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
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
- birth name
- Robert Oliver Reed
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oliver Reed” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.