Bull-necked, muscular British actor Oliver Reed got his first big break terrifying children in the BBC's... (Learn more)
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Oliver Reed’s Milestones
| First big break, terrifying children, in the BBC's kids series "The Golden Spur" | |
| Served as Royal Army Medical Corpsman | |
| 1961 | First starring role, "The Curse of the Werewolf" |
| 1963 | Played a sadistic and lecherous motorcycle gang leader in Joseph Losey's "The Damned" (released in the USA as "These Are the Damned" in 1965) |
| 1966 | Starred with Michael Crawford as upper class brothers putting everyone on and pulling off the perfect caper in Michael Winner's "The Jokers" |
| 1967 | Acted for director Ken Russell in "Dante's Inferno" episode of BBC series "Omnibus" |
| 1967 | Reteamed with Winner for "I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name" |
| 1968 | Delivered a memorable turn as Bill Sykes in Carol Reed's Oscar-winning musical "Oliver!" |
| 1968 | Played title role in third film with Winner, "Hannibal Brooks" |
| 1969 | Portrayed Gerald Crich in Ken Russell's adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "Women in Love" |
| 1971 | Reteamed with Russell for "The Devils" |
| 1973 | First of four movies with Richard Lester, "The Three Musketeers", playing Athos |
| 1975 | Portrayed a comic swashbuckler in Lester's "The Royal Flash" |
| 1975 | Reprised role of Athos for Lester's "The Four Musketeers" |
| 1975 | Third feature with Russell, the Who's "Tommy", playing Frank Hobbs |
| 1978 | Fourth film with Winner, the noir remake of "The Big Sleep" |
| 1979 | Played Dr Hal Raglan in David Cronenberg's "The Brood" |
| 1980 | Acted the title roles of perverse comedy "Dr Heckyl and Mr Hype" |
| 1985 | Appeared as Martin Pinzon in CBS miniseries "Christopher Columbus" |
| 1989 | Presided over underworld domain as Vulcan in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" |
| 1990 | Acted the part of Captain Billy Bones in Fraser C Heston's directorial debut, "Treasure Island" (TNT); Heston's father Charlton starred as Long John Silver |
| 1991 | Yet another turn for director Ken Russell, this time in the HBO movie "Prisoner of Honor" |
| 1993 | Last intallment of Lester's "Musketeer" series, "The Return of the Musketeers", went straight to video |
| 1993 | Played Gregor Dunnegan in CBS miniseries "Return to Lonesome Dove" |
| 1995 | Portrayed Dolly Hopkins in "Funny Bones" |
| 1997 | Wrapped three movies: "Marco Polo" with Jack Palance and Christopher Lee; his fifth feature with Michael Winner, "Parting Shots" (cast included Diana Rigg, Ben Kingsley and Bob Hoskins); and Menahem Golan's "Louisa and Jackpot" |
| 2000 | Final film, "Gladiator"; had just about completed filming at time of death |
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