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Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor. 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 Oliver! (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Picture ), Women in ...
Oliver Reed. Actor: Gladiator. Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. His notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver!
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May 5, 2020 · Ridley Scott says Oliver Reed ‘dropped down dead’ after challenging sailors to drinking match while filming Gladiator. Reed’s death midway through production forced Scott to complete British ...
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Oliver Reed. Actor: Gladiator. Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. His notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (1968), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Revolver (1973), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four ...
- February 13, 1938
- May 2, 1999
Oliver! Bill Sikes: Carol Reed: 1969 The Assassination Bureau: Ivan Dragomiroff Basil Dearden: Hannibal Brooks: Lance Cpl. Stephen "Hannibal" Brooks Michael Winner: Women in Love: Gerald Crich Ken Russell
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Aug 19, 2016 · Starting out bullying Norman Wisdom, Reed found a niche in Hammer offerings like The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and Paranoiac (1963). Initially, he was content to play villains (“baddies always drag the birds off to the bushes”), but partnerships with Michael Winner and Ken Russell in the mid-60s saw Reed become an emblematic Britflick icon, with his turn as an urbane killer in The ...
Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor. 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!, Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974), the stepfather ...