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Oliver Reed in Hammer’s 'The Curse of the Werewolf' (1961)

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Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) & Bullseye. Oliver! (1968)

Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 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), Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974)

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Action, roll'em. Oliver Reed is one of the few actors making movies here – All Items – Digital Archive Ontario

At one point Ken Russell was the favored director for a movie version of A Clockwork Orange supposedly starring the Rolling Stones. What Russell would have made of Anthony Burgess’s novel is a moot point. However, it is more than conceivable that Russell would have cast Oliver Reed as Alex, the sociopathic gang leader who together with his “droogs” unleash acts of opportunistic “ultra-violence,” rather than Mick Jagger. Reed would have been an interesting fit though a bit too old for the…

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Oliver Reed is rehearsing his role

Oliver Reed was an exceptionally good British actor who passed away on May 2, 1999. For many new-generation movie audiences, Reed is fondly remembered for his role as Proximo in Ridley Scott’s epic historical drama Gladiator. To those close to the actor, Reed is often remembered for his macho-like, hellraiser lifestyle.

Sixties | Oliver Reed with Kate Byrne

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Oliver Reed, glass in hand, in 1985

Oliver at home......