Oliver Reed "Tommy". With their reckless lifestyles Reed and Moon had much in common, and both cited the hard drinking actor Robert Newton as a role model. Christopher Lee, a friend and colleague of Reed, commented on his alcoholism in 2014: "when he started, after [drink] number eight, he became a complete monster. It was awful to see." Reed was often irritated that his appearances on TV talk shows concentrated on his drinking feats rather than his latest films and acting career. On 26 September 1975, in front of a speechless Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show", the bellicose Reed had a
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