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
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910 film) Little Eva. Marie Eline would also play this role in the five-reel World Film Corporation version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", released on August 10, 1914. The role of Eliza was played by Anna Rosemond, one of two leading ladies of the Thanhouser company in this era. Frank H. Crane, cast in the role of Tom, was a leading male actor of the company. Crane was also involved in the very beginnings of the Thanhouser Company and would later become a director at Thanhouser. Surviving film stills, from advertisements in "Moving Picture World", show Crane in blackface in order to portray