Oliver Reed
1938-02-13 ( 87 years old ) in Wimbledon, London, England, UK

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 the box office. The British Film Institute (BFI) stated that "partnerships with Michael Winner and Ken Russell in the mid-60s saw Reed become an emblematic Brit-flick icon", but from the mid-1970s his alcoholism began affecting his career, with the BFI adding "Reed had assumed Robert Newton's mantle as Britain's thirstiest thespian". Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Hellraisers 2000-08-26
Gladiator 2000-05-04
Parting Shots 1999-05-14
Jeremiah 1998-12-14
The Bruce 1996-04-12
Superbrain 1996-03-24
Funny Bones 1995-09-20
Severed Ties 1992-09-02
Hired to Kill 1990-11-10
That's Action 1990-10-03
Panama Sugar 1990-05-04
The Revenger 1989-01-01
Captive Rage 1988-12-14
Rage to Kill 1988-09-14
Skeleton Coast 1988-04-14
Blind Justice 1988-01-01
Dragonard 1987-05-12
Gor 1987-05-08
Captive 1986-09-19
Castaway 1986-03-05
Black Arrow 1985-10-09
Two of a Kind 1983-12-13
Spasms 1983-10-28
The Sting II 1983-02-18
Fanny Hill 1983-01-01
Venom 1981-11-28
Condorman 1981-07-02
The Brood 1979-05-25
The Big Sleep 1978-03-13
The Ransom 1977-04-29
The Sell Out 1976-05-01
Lisztomania 1975-10-10
Royal Flash 1975-10-10
Tommy 1975-03-19
Blue Blood 1974-11-01
Mahler 1974-04-04
Revolver 1973-09-27
Dirty Weekend 1973-03-08
Z.P.G. 1972-05-25
Sitting Target 1972-05-01
The Devils 1971-07-16
Women in Love 1969-09-13
Oliver! 1968-09-26
The Jokers 1967-05-15
The Trap 1966-04-07
The System 1964-04-12
Paranoiac 1963-01-07
The Damned 1962-11-16
Captain Clegg 1962-06-13
The Rebel 1961-03-07
His and Hers 1961-01-01
Hello London 1960-11-05
Beat Girl 1960-08-21
The Square Peg 1958-12-04