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
Oliver Reed his second film with Winner, alongside Michael Crawford. After playing a villain in a horror movie, "The Shuttered Room" (1967) he did a third with Winner, "I'll Never Forget What's'isname" (1967), co-starring with Orson Welles. Reed was reunited with Russell for another TV movie, "Dante's Inferno" (1968), playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Reed became a star playing Bill Sikes in "Oliver!" (1968), alongside Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild and Harry Secombe, in his uncle Carol Reed's screen version of the successful stage musical. It was a huge hit and Reed's performance much acclaimed. He was in the