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
Frank Jarvis (actor) Frank Jarvis (actor) Frank Jarvis (13 May 1941 – 15 September 2010) was a British character actor. He trained at RADA and made his film debut in "Mix Me a Person" (1962). One of Jarvis' best known cinema roles was his portrayal of Roger in the 1969 British crime caper film, "The Italian Job". In one of the films iconic scenes, Jarvis' character is stranded in a bus hanging off a cliff. He also appeared in films such as "That Kind of Girl" (1963), "Rotten to the Core" (1965), "Nobody Ordered Love" (1972), "Out of Season" (1975) and "A Bridge