Oliver Reed

About

English actor who posthumously earned a BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in the 2000 film, Gladiator. He gained additional fame for Lion of the Desert and Hannibal Brooks.

Before Fame

He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the early 1950s.

Trivia

He is best known for his film roles in the 1975 film, Tommy and the 1973 film, The Three Musketeers.

Family Life

He married his second wife, Josephine Burge, in 1985 after ending his ten-year marriage to Kate Byrne.

Associated With

He had a supporting role opposite Mark Lester in the 1968 classic film adaption of Oliver!