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
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