Oliver Reed final film, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed 5th most popular star at the box office. An alcoholic, Reed's issues with drink were well publicised, from appearances on chat shows to a high-profile friendship with drinking partner, The Who drummer Keith Moon, with the two meeting while working on "Tommy". Reed was born at 9 Durrington Park Road, Wimbledon, to Marcia (née Napier-Andrews) and Peter Reed, a sports journalist . He was the nephew of film director Sir Carol
Vincent Reed Vincent Reed Vincent Reed (born 21 March 1940) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Cambridgeshire. He was born in Yelling. Reed, who played club cricket with Papworth, and who represented Huntingdonshire between 1966 and 1980, and for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1973 and 1975, made a single List A appearance for Cambridgeshire in the 1975 Gillette Cup. He scored 8 runs and took figures of 0-26 from 12 overs of bowling. Between 2001 and 2007, Reed played in the Over-50s County Championship for Huntingdonshire. Reed's brother Roland,