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Actor
Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle.Wikipedia
| Born | February 13, 1938 |
| Hometown | Wimbledon, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5'11" (1.80m) |
| Spouse | Josephine Burge (m 1985 - 1999) , Kate Byrne (m 1959 - 1969) |
| Children | Mark Reed , Sarah Reed |
| Parents | [Beryl] Marcia Andrews , Peter Reed |
Top Stories
Sex, sacrilege and censorship: why Ken Russell’s The Devils was damned
- When the film director Ken Russell died in 2011, one obituary described him as ‘the apostle of excess’ and ‘the wild man of British cinema’. Some of the most notorious scenes in his filmography included the nude wrestling match between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in the DH Lawrence adaptation Women in Love, the terrifying and hallucinatory strangeness of Altered States, and the Grand Guignol excesses of his Bram Stoker adaptation The Lair of the White Worm. Yet nothing came close to his 1971 film
MOVIES & TV SHOWS
Master of Dragonard Hill
R
1h 31min
1976
Gor
PG
1h 35min
1975
Clash of Loyalties
2h 50min
1983
The Sellout
PG
1h 42min
1975
Revolver
R
1h 51min
1976
One Russian Summer
R
1h 52min
1973
Sitting Target
R
1h 33min
1972
The Trap
1h 46min
1975
The Brigand of Kandahar
1h 21min
1976
The Crimson Blade
1h 21min
1975
Hold My Hand, I'm Dying
1h 50min
1988
Maniac
PG
1h 30min
1977
Ten Little Indians
PG
1h 38min
1975
Z.P.G.
PG
1h 35min
1972
The Dirty Weekend
1h 32min
1972
AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Gladiator (2000 film) | Nominated |
| 2001 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | Actor in a Supporting Role | Gladiator (2000 film) | Nominated |