Bill Sikes won several awards in the early 1960s. Oliver Reed played Sikes in the musical's 1968 film adaptation which also won several awards, with Reed's performance often cited as the best portrayal of Sikes - being labelled as "the sinister core of the film". His songs are removed from the film, making his performance of the character closer to that of the novel rather than the stage version. The famous climax of the 1948 film adaptation is retained and Bill Sikes dies in the same manner of being shot then accidentally hanging himself. In Disney's animated version, "Oliver & Company" (1988),
Oliver Haden film also won the Fipresci Prize for Best Film at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival, and a special commendation Signis Award at the 2004 San Sebastian International Film Festival. In the film, Oliver played the role Hassan Osman, a Turkish Muslim and neighbor of a young single mother, who fears he is trying to get her daughter removed by social services. Osman is attacked by the girl's brother, who had a relationship with his daughter which the father discouraged and friends after an altercation at the library. Haden has starred in "The Bill", "Zorro", "Relic Hunter", "London's Burning", and