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
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