Oliver Reed was born on February 13, 1938 in Wimbledon, London, England as Robert Oliver Reed. boring, don't you think? the audience is the real teacher and it's the audience that has taught me what I know. His grave-site was picked so that it was in full view of his favorite pub. Or the worst? He never had any acting training or stage experience. (1968) and Dr. Heckyl and Mr. [35] The couple had one son, Mark, before their divorce in 1969. In 1993 Reed was unsuccessfully sued by his former stuntman, stand-in and friend Reg Prince, for an alleged spinal injury incurred by the latter while on location for the filming of Castaway. For playing Antonius Proximo, the old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's Gladiator in what was his final film, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2000. He was a villain in The Sting II (1983) and appeared in Sex, Lies and Renaissance (1983). However, he pleaded no contest to two assault charges and was fined $1,200. It was very tragic. [52] In December 1987, Reed, who was overweight and already suffered from gout,[53] became seriously ill with kidney problems as a result of his alcoholism, and had to abstain from drinking for over a year, on the advice of his doctor. My acting school was, and still is, life in the raw - the whole wide world as a stage. Was heavily criticized in the late 1980s for appearing in exploitation films produced by the infamous impresario, In order to avoid charges of nepotism Reed deliberately avoided working for his uncle, director Sir, He stated in 1974 his favorite book was "The House on Pooh Corner" by. [on claims he only got into movies because of his uncle] I am not a product of nepotism. Tue, 15 May, 2001 - 11:42 Marks, Sally K. Los Angeles Times 4 Aug 1967: d11. I'm the same old Ollie I was years ago. [26] He did The Triple Echo (1972) directed by Michael Apted, and featured Reed alongside Glenda Jackson. [63], As a result of his death, Reed's remaining scenes in Gladiator had to be completed using a body double and computer-generated imagery (CGI) techniques. He died of a heart attack in a bar after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan's Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey and Hennessy cognac, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling. Official Sites. These included "Wild One"/"Lonely for a Girl" (1961), "Sometimes"/"Ecstasy" (1962), "Baby It's Cold Outside" (duet with. Today is the second anniversary of his funeral. (1968), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Brood (1979), Lion of the Desert (1981), Castaway (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Funny Bones (1995) and Gladiator (2000). Reed also appeared in a number of Italian films: Dirty Weekend (1973), with Marcello Mastroianni; One Russian Summer (1973) with Claudia Cardinale; and Revolver (1973). Reed was in Spasms (1983), Two of a Kind (1983), Masquerade (1984), Christopher Columbus (1985), Black Arrow (1985) and Captive (1986). Oliver Reed was born on February 13, 1938 in Wimbledon, London, England as Robert Oliver Reed. It doesn't interest me because in England theatre means warm gin during intermission, not being able to smoke in the theatre, eat chocolates and try to find out who else is present in order to then greet them in the foyer. Despite the incident with the window, Oliver Reed remained at the Duke of Normandie for a year, after which he moved into his own property. His body was interred in Churchtown's Bruhenny Graveyard. He was originally cast as Mordechai "Fingers" Adams in, He was originally cast as James Parker in, Reed was held partly responsible for the demise of BBC1's. [60], A funeral for Reed was held in Churchtown, County Cork,[61] in Ireland where he had resided during the last years of his life. I have made many serious statements -- I just can't remember any of them.

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