Oliver Reed

Died at 88

born February 13, 1938

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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".

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Volstagg

Thor: Ragnarok {1977}

Volstagg

Oliver Reed

The Rat Catcher

Ken Russell's The Phantom of the Opera

The Rat Catcher

Oliver Reed

Isildur

The Hobbit + The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (1980's)

Isildur

Oliver Reed

Butch Coolidge

Jean-Luc Godard's Pulp Fiction (1974)

Butch Coolidge

Oliver Reed

Jayne Cobb

Firefly (1970s)

Jayne Cobb

Oliver Reed

Man who suck the Big Cock of the Soul

Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Man who suck the Big Cock of the Soul

Oliver Reed

Zeus

The Song of Achilles

Zeus

Oliver Reed

Joshamee Gibbs

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (1986)

Joshamee Gibbs

Oliver Reed

Kincade, the gamekeeper of the Skyfall estate.

Skyfall (1999)

Kincade, the gamekeeper of the Skyfall estate.

Oliver Reed

Captain Hector Barbossa

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (1980s)

Captain Hector Barbossa

Oliver Reed

Jack the Ripper

The Master & Moriarty: Adventures in Time Limited Series

Jack the Ripper

Oliver Reed

Abraham Van Helsing

Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (1992)

Abraham Van Helsing

Oliver Reed

Actors Who Have Passed (R.I.P.)

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Actors Who Have Passed (R.I.P.)

Oliver Reed

Butch Coolidge

Pulp Fiction (1974)

Butch Coolidge

Oliver Reed

Arnold French

The Departed (1976)

Arnold French

Oliver Reed

Private First Class Fredrick Zoller

Inglorious Basterds (1965)

Private First Class Fredrick Zoller

Oliver Reed

Colm O'Driscoll

Red Dead Redemption (1980's)

Colm O'Driscoll

Oliver Reed

Menelaus

The Song of Achilles

Menelaus

Oliver Reed

Riggan Thomson

Birdman (1986)

Riggan Thomson

Oliver Reed

Ephraim Winslow/Thomas Howard

The Lighthouse (1970's)

Ephraim Winslow/Thomas Howard

Oliver Reed

Cain marko

X-men (1978)

Cain marko

Oliver Reed

Anton Vogel

Fantastic Beasts & The Secrets Of Dumbledore (80's cast)

Anton Vogel

Oliver Reed

Tai Lung

Kung Fu Panda (1968-1976)

Tai Lung

Oliver Reed

Rubeus Hagrid

Harry Potter

Rubeus Hagrid

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