LAST CASTING CALL:
Read of Reed's last work.
The Gladiator
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* This film marks Reed's last role, as he died during the filming on May 2, 1999. It was released in the states almost exactly a year later.

ALMOST SWIMMING IN MAINSTREAM:
Reed makes a couple comebacks in critically-acclaimed films.
Parting Shots (1998)*
Castaway 1986
Funny Bones 1995
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1989
*Appropriately titled, Parting Shots is the last film made by the winning team of Oliver Reed and director Michael Winner. Says Winner of Reed's performance, "(it was) terrific, controlled."

CLASSIC REED IN CLASSICS:
Characters by Jack London, Charles Dickens and H.P.Lovecraft come to life via Reed.
The Assassination Bureau 1969
Oliver! 1968
The Shuttered Room 1967
Of course, Reed starred in more films based on novels. Among the many examples are the Dumas and Twain adaptations listed directly below.

ON THE FENCE:
Sword play in screenplays.
The Return of the Musketeers 1989
Crossed Swords 1978
The Prince and The Pauper 1978
Royal Flash 1975
The Four Musketeers 1975
The Three Musketeers 1974
The Brigand of Kandahar 1966
The Crimson Blade 1964
The Pirates of Blood River 1962
Sword of Sherwood Forest 1960

WINNING ROLES:
Reed is at his best in movies by Michael Winner.

I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name 1967
The Jokers 1967
The Girl Getters 1966

RUSSELL SQUARE:
Getting hip with Ken Russell.
Tommy 1975
The Devils 1971
Women in Love 1969
Dante's Inferno*
1967
The Debussy Film*
1963
*Dante's Inferno and The Debussy Film appear in the television section. Reed also makes well-disguised cameo appearances in other Russell films, such as Mahler and Lisztomania.

WOMAN IN LOVE:
Glenda Jackson returns to roost with Reed.
The Class of Miss MacMichael 1978
The Triple Echo 1973

CHUMPING AT THE BIT:
Starting out with bit parts.
The Rebel 1961
His and Hers 1961
Beat Girl 1960
The League of Gentlemen 1960
The Bulldog Breed 1960
The Square Peg 1958
Hello London 1958

THE ISLE OF BLIGHT:
They're young, British and unhappy.
The Party's Over 1966
No Love for Johnnie 1960
The Angry Silence 1960

REED, THE OBSCURE:
Rarely seen '70s screen scenes
Maniac 1978
Tomorrow Never Comes 1978
Blood in the Streets 1975
Captive 1975
One Russian Summer 1973
Take a Girl Like You 1970

NO LAUGHING MATTER:
Comedy is tragedy in these cases.
The Sting II 1983
Two of a Kind 1983
Condorman 1981
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype 1980
Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday 1976
*Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, also under the horror listing, is a frightful comedy.

IT'S HAMMER TIME:
Early Hammer horror films.
Night Creatures 1962
Paranoiac 1962
These Are the Damned 1962
The Curse of the Werewolf 1961
Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll 1960

OH, THE HORROR:
A return to scifi and horror flicks that are scary...in more ways than one
House 4: Home Deadly Home 1991
The Pit and The Pendulum 1991
The House of Usher 1988
Spasms 1982
Venom 1982
The Brood 1979
Burnt Offerings*
1976
Blue Blood 1973
Zero Population Growth 1971
*Burnt Offerings is actually not too bad. It was given "thumbs up" by Siskel when it came out.

UNDRESSING UP:
Early period pieces late in Reed's career--some where the costumes come off.

Master of Dragonard Hill 1989
Dragonard 1987
Blueblood 1980

PRIVATE DICK FLICKS:
Tough guy and gun runs.
The Big Sleep 1978
Ransom 1977
The Sell Out 1976
Ten Little Indians 1975
Sitting Target 1972
The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun 1969

GOOD EARTH, OKAY FILMS
Nature's backdrops are grand but man-made scripts are a bit bland.
The Hunting Party 1971
Hannibal Brooks 1969
The Trap 1967

BADDER LATE THAN NEVER:
Relatively poor films found relatively late in Reed's career.
Severed Ties 1992
Hired to Kill 1991
Prisoner of Honor 1991
The Revenger 1990
Captive Rage 1988
Gor 1988
Skeleton Coast 1988
Captive 1986
The Misfit Brigade 1986
Black Arrow 1984
Ransom 1984
Fanny Hill 1983
Al Mas A La Al Kubra 1983
Lion of the Desert 1981

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Weeding out the Reeds.
Another actor named Oliver Reed appears in The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996. Ironically, Oliver Reed's full name is Robert Oliver Reed, but as most know, had he gone by Robert Reed, he would have been confused as the leaders of the Brady Bunch!

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