About
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 2000. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth most popular star at...
Known for
The SaintSeries • 1962
GladiatorMovie • 2000
The DevilsMovie • 1971
The Third ManSeries • 1959
The World of HammerSeries • 1994
The Three MusketeersMovie • 1973
Return to Lonesome DoveSeries • 1993
The Adventures of Baron MunchausenMovie • 1988
Treasure IslandMovie • 1990
The BroodMovie • 1979
The Four MusketeersMovie • 1974
Lion of the DesertMovie • 1981
TommyMovie • 1975
Oliver!Movie • 1968
The Prince and the PauperMovie • 1977
The Hunting PartyMovie • 1971
The Return of the MusketeersMovie • 1989
And Then There Were NoneMovie • 1974
Women in LoveMovie • 1969
Funny BonesMovie • 1995
Two of a KindMovie • 1983
The Curse of the WerewolfMovie • 1961
Burnt OfferingsMovie • 1976
The Two Faces of Dr. JekyllMovie • 1960