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),
Ken Sykes the Third Division for Hartlepools in April 1950, a 1–0 home defeat against former club Darlington, he moved into non-league football with Murton Colliery Welfare. When he was 28, he gave up football. Sykes died in Darlington in 2008 at the age of 82. Ken Sykes Kenneth "Ken" Sykes (29 January 1926 – 2008) was an English footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Darlington and Hartlepool United. He was also on Middlesbrough's books without playing League football for the club, and also played non-league football for Murton Colliery Welfare. Sykes was born in Darlington, County