Oliver Reed Biography (1938-1999)

Full name, Robert Oliver Reed; born February 13, 1938, in Wimbledon, London,England; died of a heart attack, May 2, 1999, in Valletta, Malta; son of Peter (a journalist) and Marcia (Andrews) Reed; nephew of Carol Reed (a director); grandson of Herbert Beerbohm Tree (an actor and producer); married Katherine Byrne, 1959 (divorced, 1969); married Jackie Daryl, 1969 (divorced, 1970);married Josephine Burge, 1985; children: (first marriage) Mark Thurloe; (second marriage) Sarah.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor
Birth Details
February 13, 1938
Wimbledon, London, England
Death Details
May 2, 1999
Valletta, Malta

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • The Square Peg, Rank, 1958
  • Himself, Hello London (also known as London Calling), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
  • (Uncredited) The Captain's Table (also known as Shenanigans), Rank, 1959
  • Plaid shirt, Beat Girl (also known as Wild for Kicks), Victoria, 1959
  • Artist in cafe, The Rebel (also known as Call Me Genius), Associated British, 1960
  • (Uncredited) Chorus boy, The League of Gentlemen, Rank/Allied FilmMakers, 1960
  • Mick, The Angry Silence, British Lion, 1960
  • (Uncredited) Teddy boy, The Bulldog Breed, Rank, 1960
  • Brocaire (a pirate), The Pirates of Blood River, Hammer Films, 1961
  • Guest, No Love for Johnnie, Rank/Five Star, 1961
  • King, The Damned (also known as These Are the Damned), Hammer Films, 1961
  • Lord Melton, Sword of Sherwood Forest, Columbia, 1961
  • Night club bouncer, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (also known as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, House of Fright, and Jekyll's Inferno), American International Pictures, 1961
  • Poet, His and Hers, Eros, 1961
  • The werewolf Leon, Curse of the Werewolf (also known as The Curse of Siniestro), Universal International/Hammer Films, 1961
  • Harry Crabtree (one sources says Harry Cobtree), Night Creatures (also known as Captain Clegg), Universal, 1962
  • Simon Ashby, Paranoiac, Universal International/Hammer Films, 1963
  • Captain Tom Sylvester, The Scarlet Blade (also known as The Crimson Blade), Columbia, 1964
  • Tinker, The System, Bryanston, 1964 , released in the United States as The Girl-Getters, American International Pictures, 1966
  • Masquerade, United Artists/Novus, 1965
  • Ali Khan, The Brigand of Kandahar, Columbia, 1966
  • Jean La Bete, The Trap (also known as The Mad Trapper and L'aventure sauvage), Continental Distribution, 1966
  • Moise, The Party's Over, Allied Artists, 1966
  • Andrew Quint, I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name, Regional, 1967
  • David Tremayne, The Jokers, United Artists, 1967
  • Bill Sikes, Oliver!, Columbia, 1968
  • Ethan, The Shuttered Room (also known as Blood Island), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
  • Gerald Crich, Women in Love, United Artists, 1969
  • Title role, Hannibal Brooks, United Artists, 1969
  • Ivan Dragomiloff, The Assassination Bureau, Paramount, 1969
  • Patrick Standish, Take a Girl Like You, Columbia, 1970
  • Frank Calder, The Hunting Party, United Artists, 1971
  • Michael Caldwell, The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (alsoknown as The Lady in the Car and Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil), Columbia, 1971
  • Russ McNeil, Z.P.G. (also known as Edict, The First of January, and Zero Population Growth), Sagittarius Films, 1971
  • Urbain Grandier (a Jesuit priest), The Devils (also known as The Devils of Loudon), Warner Bros., 1971
  • Fabrizio, Dirty Weekend, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
  • Harry Lomart, Sitting Target, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
  • Mordi e fuggi (also known as Rapt a l'italienne), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Italy, 1973
  • Palizyn, Days of Fury (also known as One Russian Summer andIl giorno del furore), VCI Home Video, 1973
  • Sergeant, Triple Echo (also known as Soldier in Skirts), Altura Films, 1973
  • Tom, Blue Blood, Mallard-Impact Quadrant, 1973
  • Vito Caprini, Revolver (also known as Blood in the Streetsand La poursuite implacable), Independent International, 1973
  • Athos, The Three Musketeers (also known as Los tres mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
  • Train conductor, Mahler, Visual Programme, 1974
  • Athos, The Four Musketeers (also known as The Revenge of Milady and Los cuatro mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
  • Frank Hobbs, Tommy (also known as Tommy by The Who and The Who's Tommy), Columbia, 1975
  • Hugh Lombard, And Then There Were None (also known as Ten Little Indians, Diez negritos, Dix petits negres, Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab, ... e poi non ne rimase nessuno, and Zehn kleine Negerlein), Avco-Embassy, 1975
  • Otto von Bismarck, Royal Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
  • (Uncredited) Princess Carolyn's servant, Lisztomania, Warner Bros., 1975
  • Ben Rolf, Burnt Offerings, United Artists, 1976
  • Gabriel Lee, The Sell-Out (also known as The Sellout and The Set-Up), Hemdale, 1976
  • Joseph Pendergast "Joe" Knox, Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday (also known as Wildcat), American International Pictures, 1976
  • Jim Wilson, Tomorrow Never Comes, Rank, 1977
  • Nick McCormick, Ransom (also known as Assault on Paradise,Maniac!, and The Town That Cried Terror), New World Pictures, 1977
  • Eddie Mars, The Big Sleep, United Artists, 1978
  • Miles Hendon, Crossed Swords (also known as The Prince and thePauper), Warner Bros., 1978
  • Terence Sutton, The Class of Miss MacMichael, Brut/Kettledrum, 1978
  • Captain Daniel Nelson, A Touch of the Sun (also known as No Secrets), \[Great Britain\], 1979
  • Dr. Hal Raglan, The Brood (also known as La clinique de la terreur), New World Pictures, 1979
  • Title roles, Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, Cannon, 1980
  • The Great Question, 1981
  • General Rodolfo Graziani, Lion of the Desert (also known as Omar Mukhtar and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert), United Film Distributors, 1981
  • Krokov, Condorman, Buena Vista, 1981
  • Dave, Venom, Paramount, 1982
  • Beasley, Two of a Kind, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
  • Doyle Lonnegan, The Sting II, Universal, 1983
  • Jason Kincaid, Death Bite (also known as Spasms), ProducersDistributors, 1983
  • Mr. Widdlecome, Fanny Hill (also known as Fanny Hill--Die Memoiren eines Freudenmadchen and Fanny Hill--Die Memoiren eines Freudenmaedchen), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Video, 1984
  • Gerald Kingsland (one source says Gerald Kingsfield), Castaway, Island Alive, 1986
  • Gregory Le Vay, Captive (also known as Heroine), CineTel Films, 1986
  • Rage to Kill, Action International Pictures, 1987
  • Captain Shanks, Master of Dragonard Hill (also known as Dragonard), Media Home Entertainment, 1987
  • The general, The Misfit Brigade (also known as Wheels of Terror), Trans World, 1987
  • Balinger, Blind Justice (also known as Hold My Hand, I'm Dying), Castle Home Video, 1988
  • General Belmondo, Captive Rage (also known as Fair Trade),Management Company Entertainment, 1988
  • Roderick Usher, The House of Usher (also known as The Fall of the House of Usher), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1988
  • Sarm, Gor, Cannon, 1988
  • Outlaws, 1989
  • The Revenger (also known as Sax Man), Action InternationalPictures, 1989
  • Athos, The Return of the Musketeers (also known as Return of the Three Musketeers and El regreso de los mosqueteros), Universal,1989
  • Captain Simpson, Skeleton Coast (also known as Coast of Skeletons), Silvertree, 1989
  • Vulcan, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (also known as Die Abenteuer des Baron von Muenchhausen and Die Abenteuer des Baron von Munchhausen), Columbia/TriStar, 1989
  • General, Panama Sugar (also known as Panama, Panama Sugar and the Dog Thief, and Panama zucchero), Delta Film, 1990
  • Cardinal, The Pit and the Pendulum (also known as The Inquisitor), Paramount, 1991
  • Michael Bartos, Hired to Kill, Paramount Home Video, 1991
  • Dr. Hans Vaughan, Severed Ties, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 1992
  • Bishop Robert Wishart, The Bruce, Cromwell Productions, 1996
  • Dolly Hopkins, Funny Bones, Buena Vista, 1996
  • Marco Polo (also known as The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo and Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1998
  • Jamie Campbell-Stewart, Parting Shots, Scimitar Films, 1999
  • Proximo, Gladiator, DreamWorks, 2000
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Dr. Richard Franklin, R3, BBC, 1964-65
  • Sebastian, It's Dark Outside, Granada Television, 1964-65
  • Miniseries
  • Martin Pinzon, Christopher Columbus, CBS, 1985
  • Gregor Dunnegan, Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993
  • Movies
  • Sir Daniel, Black Arrow (also known as La flecha negra), The Disney Channel, 1985
  • Sir Phillip Gage, The Lady and the Highwayman, CBS, 1989
  • Captain Billy Bones, Treasure Island, TNT, 1990
  • The rajah, A Ghost in Monte Carlo, TNT, 1990
  • General Boisdeffre, Prisoner of Honor, HBO, 1991
  • Professor Norbert Marcus, Die Tunnelgangster von Berlin, \[Germany\], 1993
  • Specials
  • Actor playing Debussy, "The Debussy Film," Monitor, BBC, 1965
  • Narrator, "Always on Sunday," Monitor, BBC, 1965
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "Dante's Inferno" (also known as "Omnibus: Dante's Inferno"), Omnibus, BBC, 1967
  • Circus of the Stars, CBS, 1977
  • Episodic
  • Joe Catelli, "The King of Beggars," The Saint, Associated Television, Incorporated Television Company, and syndicated, 1963
  • Aristides, "Sophia," The Saint, Associated Television, Incorporated Television Company, and syndicated, 1964
  • Also impersonated himself in Aspel and Company, London Weekend Television.
  • Pilots
  • Masquerade, ABC, 1983
  • Other Television Appearances
  • General Safan, Jeremiah, \[United States, Italy, and Germany\], 1998
  • WRITINGS
  • Autobiographies
  • Reed All about Me: The Autobiography of Oliver Reed, W. H. Allen (London, England), 1979

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals:
    • Entertainment Weekly, May 14, 1999, p. 18.
    • Film Comment, July 14, 1999, p. 32.
    • Variety, May 10, 1999, p. 150.

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