Oliver Reed MacDonald Fraser. Reed had an uncredited bit-part in Russell's "Mahler" (1974), was the lead in "Blue Blood" (1973) and "And Then There Were None" (1974), produced by Harry Alan Towers. His next project with Ken Russell was "Tommy", based on The Who's 1969 concept album "Tommy" and starring its lead singer Roger Daltrey. "Royal Flash" (1975) reunited him with Richard Lester and George MacDonald Fraser, playing Otto von Bismarck. He had a cameo in Russell's "Lisztomania" (1975). Reed appeared in "The New Spartans" (1975) then acted alongside Karen Black, Bette Davis, and Burgess Meredith in the Dan Curtis horror film
Carol Reed 213 King's Road, Chelsea, aged 69. He had lived there since 1948. He is buried in Kensington Cemetery, Gunnersbury, West London, and there is a blue plaque on his former home in his honour. Carol Reed Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for "Odd Man Out" (1947), "The Fallen Idol" (1948), "The Third Man" (1949), and "Oliver!" (1968). For "Oliver!", he received the Academy Award for Best Director. "Odd Man Out" was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film; filmmaker Roman Polanski has repeatedly cited