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 Sykes the remix was featured on the "Cut Up!" version of the album. On 27 October 2017, Sykes performed with Linkin Park - who he claims were his first ever concert as a teenager - at Linkin Park and Friends – Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington. He performed the song Crawling with producer Zedd on percussion. In addition to his vocal and song writing contributions in Bring Me the Horizon, Sykes is also the founder and owner of the alternative clothing line Drop Dead Clothing (stylized as DROP DEAD). On 1 February 2013, Sykes launched a Kickstarter project to