Oliver Reed Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and "tough guy" roles. Notable films include "The Trap" (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner "Oliver!" (1968), "Women in Love" (1969), "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), "The Devils" (1971), portraying Athos in "The Three Musketeers" (1973), "Tommy" (1975), "Lion of the Desert" (1981), "Castaway" (1986), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988) and "Funny Bones" (1995). For playing Antonius Proximo, an old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2000) in what was his
Nick Robinson (English actor) Landor Theatre. Later this year, Robinson will be producing the Pulitzer prize-winning play "The Diary of Anne Frank". Nick Robinson (English actor) Nick Robinson is an English actor who has appeared regularly on British television, most famously as William Beech in "Goodnight Mister Tom", starring John Thaw. He also played the lead in the television series "Harry and the Wrinklies" based upon the book of the same name by Alan Temperley, produced by Scottish Television. He has made a few other television programmes including an episode of "Midsomer Murders" and he was also in the film version of "Tom's Midnight