Oliver reed

From The Devils to Women in Love, we celebrate the force of nature that was Oliver Reed.

The hard-drinking but brilliant actor Oliver Reed and the wristwatches that reflected his character and his life.

Feb. 13th marks what would have been Oliver Reed’s 77th birthday if he was still with us. Reed died in 1999 but he has long been one of my favorite actors so to honor his memory I decided to contac…

Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the 1968 Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974)

Oliver Reed was offered the role of Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting in 1973. He turned it down. Steven Spielberg then offered Reed the role of Quint, the seasoned fisherman who hunts down the great white shark in Jaws. Reed turned it down. Both roles were taken by another alcoholic actor: Robert Shaw. The roles … Continue reading "‘Black Leather, Black Leather, Smash, Smash, Smash!’ Oliver Reed Dishes out Some Ultra-violence in Joseph Losey’s ‘These are the Damned’"

. Oliver Reed has been tangentially haunting me for the past couple of weeks - his name came up in reference to Burnt Offerings at a movie trivia I went to last week in Brooklyn; BAM is showing The Devils for their currently-going Derek Jarman series (which I won't be able to make it to any of, because I am an awful human being); and randomly I stumbled upon this quote from him on Tumblr: "The questioning had turned to Burt Reynolds' recent decision to pose naked in Cosmopolitan magazine…

Remembering Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999)...

Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) & Bullseye. Oliver! (1968)