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 his second film with Winner, alongside Michael Crawford. After playing a villain in a horror movie, "The Shuttered Room" (1967) he did a third with Winner, "I'll Never Forget What's'isname" (1967), co-starring with Orson Welles. Reed was reunited with Russell for another TV movie, "Dante's Inferno" (1968), playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Reed became a star playing Bill Sikes in "Oliver!" (1968), alongside Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild and Harry Secombe, in his uncle Carol Reed's screen version of the successful stage musical. It was a huge hit and Reed's performance much acclaimed. He was in the