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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 ...

  2. May 5, 2020 · Ridley Scott has recalled the death of actor Oliver Reed during the making of Gladiator, remarking that he “dropped down dead on the floor of a pub”.

  3. May 3, 1999 · Oliver Reed, actor known for variety of roles, dies at age 61; photo (M) ... The cause of death for Mr. Reed, who was pronounced dead before he reached the hospital, was not immediately known and ...

  4. Sep 22, 2020 · Here's how the movie was able to be completed after the death of Oliver Reed. Director Ridley Scott's 2000 historical epic Gladiator is a stone-cold classic, but it wasn't without its share of ...

  5. May 3, 1999 · Bill Hoffmann. Published May 3, 1999, 4:00 a.m. ET. Hard-boozing actor Oliver Reed – known for his lusty portrayals of English louts, lovers and lunatics both on-screen and in real life – died ...

  6. May 3, 1999 · Oliver Reed, 61, a dark-haired, burly British actor who was known for his intense gusto on films and his action-filled antics off the screen, died May 2 in Malta after an apparent heart attack.

  7. THE ACTOR and legendary hellraiser Oliver Reed died suddenly yesterday after being taken ill in a bar. The star of more than 60 films was having a drink with friends in a bar in Valletta, Malta ...

  8. Sunday, May 2, 1999 Published at 19:33 GMT 20:33 UK UKActor Oliver Reed dies Oliver Reed with his wife Josephine Actor Oliver Reed has died suddenly in Malta after being taken ill. Reed, 61, who appeared in more than 60 films, was in Malta for filming of The Gladiator. He was taken ill while having a drink with friends and died on his way to St ...

  9. May 2, 1999 · Oliver Reed died suddenly in Malta on Sunday. The 61-year-old British actor appeared in 53 films, including "Oliver!" and "Women in Love". He was in Malta for filming of "The Gladiator", being ...

  10. May 2, 1999 · LONDON, May 3 -- Oliver Reed, an actor whose 'character you love to hate' roles were often echoed in his off-screen life, has died. He was 61. Police say Reed became ill Sunday while drinking with ...

  11. 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 ...

  12. Mar 4, 2024 · Reed had almost completed filming all of his scenes in Gladiator, which was to be his 100th movie. However, his death left Scott and his colleagues in a bind. According to the New York Post, rather than do costly re-shoots with a new actor, the production spent $3 million to digitally superimpose Reed's face over the body of a stand-in.

  13. Mar 5, 1999 · Oliver Reed Dead. Pubs the world over will be mourning the loss of bon viveur, drunken chat show guest and erstwhile actor Oliver Reed who died on Sunday, fittingly enough while drinking in a ...

  14. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001657Oliver Reed - IMDb

    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!

  15. One major problem came with the death of Oliver Reed, then aged 61, before filming was finished. Reed was playing Proximo, the gladiator trainer who takes on Maximus. Reed was playing Proximo, the ...

  16. May 6, 2020 · Film director Ridley Scott has recalled the death of actor Oliver Reed while making the Oscar winning blockbuster Gladiator. Scott said hard-drinking Reed “just dropped down dead on the floor of a pub”. He’d been drinking with a crew of sailors and arm wrestling.Advertisement The star’s death came midway through filming the sand and sandals […]

  17. May 2, 2024 · The death of Oliver Reed during the filming of Gladiator led to some groundbreaking techniques used to finish the movie. Decades after its release, Gladiator has stood the test of time as a historical epic, along with being one of director Ridley Scott's most widely acclaimed movies of his 21st-century work.

  18. May 3, 1999 · Mon May 3 1999 - 01:00. Valletta - The English actor Oliver Reed died suddenly in Malta yesterday after suffering a suspected heart attack in a Valletta bar, police said. Mr Reed (61), who ...

  19. May 5, 2024 · Reed's last film before his death in 1999 was Ridley Scott's Gladiator, as the director recalled the time the film star 'dropped down dead on the floor of a pub' in Malta. Reed died a tragic death ...

  20. Aug 17, 2023 · Oliver Reed eerily predicted his own death on a satirical British TV show called "Without Walls: The Obituary Show." For a while in the early 1990s, according to Neatorama, Britain's Channel Four had a documentary series, of a sort, in which living people would address the camera as if they were speaking to the audience from beyond the grave.

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