Biography
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 (19...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Director of Devils
2012
as Self
Behind the scenes of the making of Ken Russell's 1971 film 'The Devils. Shown are the construction of the sets, filming of the courtroom scene, the pe...
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
On-set footage of the film The Devils (1971) with commentary by editor Mike Bradsell
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
as Self (Archival footage)
Series of documentary pods chronicling every aspect of the production of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Released as an extra on the 2005 extended version B...
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
as Self
An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The Scribes: Story Development, The Heat Of Battle: Product...
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Orpheus & Eurydice
2000
as Narrator
Retelling one of the most famous Greek myths, Orpheus and Eurydice is considered the ultimate tragic love story. Orpheus, believed to be the son of Ap...
Hellraisers
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about notorious British and Irish wildmen Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed and Keith Moon and their excesses and exploits.
Gladiator
2000
as Proximo
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred....
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary portrait about the life and times of the infamous hellraiser, who died in May 1999, having starred in more than 100 films.
Parting Shots
1999
as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he ...
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by...
Jeremiah
1998
as General Safan
The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on seve...
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
1998
as Captain Cornelius Donovan
In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father, ...
The Bruce
1996
as Bishop Wisharton
Robert the Bruce unites the Scots in a rebellion against the hated English, led by Edward I. He is supported by various loyal followers, notably the b...
Superbrain
1996
as Professor Norbert Marcus
A group of criminals storm into a Berlin Bank and escape through a tunnel, which they built earlier.
Funny Bones
1995
as Dolly Hopkins
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—start...
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
as Matthias
Luise modestly but happily runs a small travel agency with her husband Matthias. Matthias goes on a travel tour to distant Kazakhstan. Luise becomes a...
Russian Roulette - Moscow 95
1995
An American widow takes revenge on the Russian mafia in Moscow after her husband is killed.
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time
1994
as Narrator
Hammer Films remain on record as the most consistently successful and influential British film company in history. And while Hammer may be best-known...
The World of Hammer: Chiller
1994
as narrator
Through the 1950s and 1960s, and running alongside production of the gothic horror films, Hammer made a series of what were known as "mini-Hitchcocks"...
The World of Hammer: Trials of War
1994
as Narrator
A look at Hammer's war films.
The World of Hammer: Wicked Women
1994
as Narrator (voice)
The wicked women of Hammer included such cult stars and screen legends as Bette Davis, Ingrid Pitt, Joan Fontaine, Martine Beswick, Tallulah Bankhead,...
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Through the years, Hammer's depiction of female vampires was consistently groundbreaking and always controversial, exploring the fine line between for...
Severed Ties
1992
as Dr. Hans Vaughan
A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous, reptilian creature.
Prisoner of Honor
1991
as Gen. de Boisdeffre
France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment...
The Pit and the Pendulum
1991
as Cardinal
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror a...
That's Action
1990
as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Actor Robert Culp introduces trailers for and scenes from movies from Action International Pictures.
Panama Sugar
1990
as Generale
On an idyllic Caribbean island, Panama Sugar and his friends, engage a battle with Fox Perry, the wealthy American boss who would like to purchase the...
Hired to Kill
1990
as Michael Bartos
A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is ...
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
as The Rajah
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating Aunt Emilie to avenge the death of her sister, Mis...
Treasure Island
1990
as Billy Bones
Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led...
The House of Usher
1989
as Roderick Usher
An updated version of the classic horror tale by Edgar Allen Poe. Ryan and his girlfriend Molly are going to visit Ryan's uncle, Roderick Usher, at hi...
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Athos
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, ...
The Revenger
1989
as Jack Fisher
When saxophonist Mike Teller's brother Mackie is killed before being able to deliver $500,000 to mob boss Jack Fisher, Mike is arrested as an accompli...
Captive Rage
1988
as General Belmondo
When the DEA director arrests the drug-dealing son of a South American general and cocaine baron, the dictator orders a plane of college students, amo...
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Vulcan
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Phillip Gage
During one of his robberies, a highwayman, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced ...
Rage to Kill
1988
as General Turner
Race-car driver Blaine Striker grows concerned about his younger brother, a student at a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Heron. General ...
Skeleton Coast
1988
as Captain Simpson
A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save his CIA operative son from terrorists, Col. Smith...
Blind Justice
1988
as Ian Ballinger
Intrigue and injustice in Rhodesia
The Misfit Brigade
1987
as The General
War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.
Master of Dragonard Hill
1987
as Captain Shanks
In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and susp...
Dragonard
1987
as Captain Shanks
In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sug...
Gor
1987
as Sarm
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his...
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
as Self
Some of the best bits from 'The Max Headroom Show'.
Captive
1986
as Gregory Le Vay
The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her to their lifestyle.
Castaway
1986
as Gerald Kingsland
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving ta...
Black Arrow
1985
as Sir Brackley
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knigh...
Two of a Kind
1983
as Beasley
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank t...
Spasms
1983
as Jason Kincaid
A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation.
The Sting II
1983
as Lonnegan
Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that...
Clash of Loyalties
1983
as Colonel Leachman
During the British colonial period in Iraq, Sheikh Dhari and his tribe openly reject colonization and employ peaceful resistance against the British o...
Fanny Hill
1983
as Edward Widdlecome
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to sur...
Venom
1981
as Dave Averconnelly
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a ...
Condorman
1981
as Krokov
Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hosti...
Lion of the Desert
1981
as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War....
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.
The Brood
1979
as Dr. Hal Raglan
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed b...
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1979
as Terence Sutton
A dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.
A Touch of the Sun
1979
A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.
The Big Sleep
1978
as Eddie Mars
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Tomorrow Never Comes
1978
as Jim Wilson
Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given h...
US Against the World
1977
as Self
This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States against stars from the U.K. and the rest of the Worl...
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Miles Hendon
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide...
The Ransom
1977
as Nick McCormick
A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest r...
Burnt Offerings
1976
as Ben Rolf
A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time so...
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Joe Knox
Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were pr...
The Sell Out
1976
as Gabriel Lee
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up w...
Lisztomania
1975
as Princess Carolyn's Servant
In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow c...
Royal Flash
1975
as Otto von Bismarck
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair ...
Tommy
1975
as Frank
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religio...
Blue Blood
1974
as Tom the butler
A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begi...
The Four Musketeers
1974
as Athos
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
And Then There Were None
1974
as Hugh Lombard
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the kille...
Mahler
1974
as Train Conductor
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.
The Three Musketeers
1973
as Athos
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea...
Revolver
1973
as Vito Cipriani
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife b...
Dirty Weekend
1973
as Fabrizo
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as...
One Russian Summer
1973
as Palizyn
Based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s, chronicles the battle between a vengeful, anarchic peasa...
The Triple Echo
1972
as Arthur, the Sergeant
After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land herself. One day, a wandering soldier named Barton stops...
Z.P.G.
1972
as Russ
In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with thei...
Sitting Target
1972
as Harry Lomart
Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beauti...
The Devils
1971
as Father Urbain Grandier
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occu...
The Hunting Party
1971
as Frank Calder
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Patrick Standish
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, ...
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1970
as Michael Caldwell
Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds through the south of France in a purloined Thunderbird on a...
Women in Love
1969
as Gerald Crich
Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a weal...
The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Ivan Dragomiloff
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are c...
Hannibal Brooks
1969
as Brooks
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo ...
Oliver!
1968
as Bill Sikes
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 he...
Dante's Inferno
1967
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his ...
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
as Andrew Quint
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for...
The Shuttered Room
1967
as Ethan
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her...
The Jokers
1967
as David Tremayne
Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famou...
The Trap
1966
as La Bete
A French-Canadian fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods.
The Brigand of Kandahar
1965
as Ali Kahn
1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensiv...
Always on Sunday
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
The Debussy Film
1965
as Claude Debussy
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
The Party's Over
1965
as Moise
A group of close friends spend their time drinking and partying. When the American fiancé one of them shows up, the clique protects her by hiding her ...
The System
1964
as Tinker
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the lea...
The Scarlet Blade
1963
as Captain Sylvester
A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love trian...
Paranoiac
1963
as Simon Ashby
A psychotic man schemes to drive his sister mad so that he can claim her inheritance, but a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when an imposter inter...
The Damned
1962
as King
An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on childre...
Captain Clegg
1962
as Harry Cobtree
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and ...
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Pirate Brocaire
A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it...
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Leon Corledo
A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
The Rebel
1961
as Artist in Cafe
Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Never...
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional proble...
His and Hers
1961
as Poet
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charle...
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
as Lord Melton (uncredited)
Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of...
The Bulldog Breed
1960
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, h...
Hello London
1960
as Photographer (uncredited)
Hello London is a 1958 documentary film starring Sonja Henie and Michael Wilding.
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jek...
Beat Girl
1960
as Plaid Shirt
When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relations...
The League of Gentlemen
1960
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboa...
The Angry Silence
1960
as Mick
When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.
Life Is a Circus
1960
as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Encompassing three hugely popular double acts, The Crazy Gang were one of Britain's best-loved, most enduring variety troupes – their antics delighti...
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-...
The Captain's Table
1959
as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take...
The Square Peg
1958
as (uncredited)
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly after...
Value for Money
1955
as Extra (uncredited)
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decide...