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 "Burnt Offerings" (1976). He was in "The Sell Out" (1976) and "The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday" (1976) with Lee Marvin. After "Assault in Paradise" (1977) he returned to swashbuckling in "Crossed Swords" (UK title "The Prince and the Pauper") (1977), as Miles Hendon alongside Raquel Welch and a grown up Mark Lester, who had worked with Reed in "Oliver!", from a script co written by Fraser. Reed did "Tomorrow Never Comes" (1978) for Peter Colinson and "The Big Sleep" (1978) with Winner. He and Jackson were reunited in "The Class of Miss MacMichael" (1978), then he made a film