Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. His notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (1968), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Revolver (1973), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974); the lover/stepfather in Tommy (1975), The Brood (1979), Lion of the Desert (1981), Castaway (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Funny Bones (1995) and Gladiator (2000).
BornFebruary 13, 1938
DiedMay 2, 1999(61)
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Actor
Soundtrack
- Height
- 1.80 m
- Born
- Died
- May 2,1999
- Valletta, Malta(heart attack)
- SpousesJosephine BurgeSeptember 7, 1985 - May 2, 1999 (his death)
- ChildrenMark Thurloe Reed
- ParentsPeter Reed
- RelativesDavid Reed(Sibling)
- Other works6/18/95: Appeared asAleister Crowley, in the Radio 4 play, "The Death of Alexander Scriabin".
- Publicity listings
- TriviaHe died of a heart attack in a bar after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan's Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey and Hennessy cognac, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling. His final bar bill was 270 Maltese lira, about £450 or $600.
- QuotesYou meet a better class of people in pubs.
- TrademarksHis chauvinism and outspokenness
- Nicknames
- Mr England
- Ollie
- Salaries(2000)$1,000,000
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