Menu

Known For

Carol Reed is known for:

  • Odd Man Out
    Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
  • The Third Man
    In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
  • Oliver!
    Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Related Actors

These actors are frequently suggested for roles along with Carol Reed.

Top Casting Suggestions

Carol Reed has been suggested to play 5 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.

Biography

Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), and The Third Man (1949). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carol Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.