Oliver Reed

Born: 1938-02-13

Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 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), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974); the lover and stepfather in Tommy (1975), Funny Bones (1995) and Gladiator (2000). 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. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth most popular star at the box office. The British Film Institute (BFI) stated that "partnerships with Michael Winner and Ken Russell in the mid-60s saw Reed become an emblematic Brit-flick icon", but from the mid-1970s his alcoholism began affecting his career, with the BFI adding "Reed had assumed Robert Newton's mantle as Britain's thirstiest thespian". Description above from the Wikipedia article Oliver Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Proximo
Released: 2000-05-04

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one...

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The Three Musketeers

as Athos
Released: 1973-12-11

The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and...

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Oliver!

as Bill Sikes
Released: 1968-09-26

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away...

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The Four Musketeers

as Athos
Released: 1974-10-31

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de...

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Vulcan
Released: 1988-12-07

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of...

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Lion of the Desert

as Gen. Rodolfo Graziani
Released: 1981-04-17

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian...

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Treasure Island

as Billy Bones
Released: 1990-01-22

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who...

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Venom

as Dave Averconnelly
Released: 1981-11-28

International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck...

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Tommy

as Frank
Released: 1975-03-19

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy...

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Two of a Kind

as Beasley
Released: 1983-12-13

God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon....

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The Hunting Party

as Frank Calder
Released: 1971-07-16

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped...

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The Devils

as Father Urbain Grandier
Released: 1971-07-16

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the...

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Women in Love

as Gerald Crich
Released: 1969-09-13

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited...

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The Pit and the Pendulum

as Cardinal
Released: 1991-06-27

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested...

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And Then There Were None

as Hugh Lombard
Released: 1974-09-24

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is...

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The Misfit Brigade

as The General
Released: 1987-07-02

War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.

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The Sting II

as Lonnegan
Released: 1983-02-18

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of...

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The Big Sleep

as Eddie Mars
Released: 1978-03-13

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of...

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Burnt Offerings

as Ben Rolf
Released: 1976-10-18

A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting...

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Revolver

as Vito Cipriani
Released: 1973-09-27

An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious...

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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
Released: 1960-10-24

After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling...

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Condorman

as Krokov
Released: 1981-07-02

Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works...

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The Curse of the Werewolf

as Leon Corledo
Released: 1961-05-01

A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at...

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The League of Gentlemen

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1960-04-15

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special...

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Castaway

as Gerald Kingsland
Released: 1986-03-05

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year...

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The Brood

as Dr. Hal Raglan
Released: 1979-05-25

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his...

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The Return of the Musketeers

as Athos
Released: 1989-04-12

It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has...

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The Angry Silence

as Mick
Released: 1960-03-10

When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking...

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The Damned

as King
Released: 1962-11-16

An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a...

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The Assassination Bureau

as Ivan Dragomiloff
Released: 1969-03-09

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an...

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Royal Flash

as Otto von Bismarck
Released: 1975-10-10

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of...

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The Lady and the Highwayman

as Sir Phillip Gage
Released: 1988-12-03

Set in old England, Hugh Grant ("Four Weddings & a Funeral", "Notting Hill") plays a highwayman...

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The Prince and the Pauper

as Miles Hendon
Released: 1977-06-03

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales...

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Gor

as Sarm
Released: 1987-05-08

American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must...

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Paranoiac

as Simon Ashby
Released: 1963-01-07

A psychotic man schemes to drive his sister mad so that he can claim her inheritance, but a...

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Parting Shots

as Jamie Campbell-Stewart
Released: 1999-05-14

Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only...

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No Love for Johnnie

as Man with Bucket on His Head (uncredited)
Released: 1961-02-14

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with...

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Lisztomania

as Princess Carolyn's Servant
Released: 1975-10-10

In the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but...

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Hannibal Brooks

as Brooks
Released: 1969-01-18

A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo...

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Jeremiah

as General Safan
Released: 1998-12-14

The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God...

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Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

as Self
Released: 2005-06-07

An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The...

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The Rebel

as Artist in Cafe
Released: 1961-03-07

Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of...

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A Ghost in Monte Carlo

as The Rajah
Released: 1990-04-02

A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her...

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The Party's Over

as Moise
Released: 1965-04-22

This once controversial British movie that was filmed in ‘62 but released in ‘65 involves the...

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Upstairs and Downstairs

as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1959-11-02

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in...

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The Square Peg

as (uncredited)
Released: 1958-12-04

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when...

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Fanny Hill

as Edward Widdlecome
Released: 1983-01-01

Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after...

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Take a Girl Like You

as Patrick Standish
Released: 1970-12-16

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before...

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The Triple Echo

as Arthur, the Sergeant
Released: 1972-11-16

After her husband is captured during WWII, homesteader Alice is forced to maintain their land...

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The Pirates of Blood River

as Pirate Brocaire
Released: 1962-05-09

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in...

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The Brigand of Kandahar

as Ali Kahn
Released: 1965-08-09

1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the...

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Captain Clegg

as Harry Cobtree
Released: 1962-06-13

A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town,...

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The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

as Joe Knox
Released: 1976-06-23

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby,...

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The Sell Out

as Gabriel Lee
Released: 1976-05-01

This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to...

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The Ransom

as Nick McCormick
Released: 1977-04-29

A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a...

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Funny Bones

as Dolly Hopkins
Released: 1995-09-20

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he...

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Tomorrow Never Comes

as Jim Wilson
Released: 1978-03-02

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now...

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Hired to Kill

as Michael Bartos
Released: 1990-11-10

A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly...

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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

as Dr. Henry Heckyl/Mr. Hype
Released: 1980-10-01

An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome,...

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Z.P.G.

as Russ
Released: 1972-05-25

In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have...

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The Jokers

as David Tremayne
Released: 1967-05-15

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London,...

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Mahler

as Train Conductor
Released: 1974-04-04

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while...

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Spasms

as Jason Kincaid
Released: 1983-10-28

A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for...

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The Trap

as La Bete
Released: 1966-04-07

A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in...

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The System

as Tinker
Released: 1964-04-12

In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of...

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The Scarlet Blade

as Captain Sylvester
Released: 1963-09-01

A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters...

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Sword of Sherwood Forest

as Lord Melton (uncredited)
Released: 1960-12-26

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and...

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Beat Girl

as Plaid Shirt
Released: 1960-08-21

When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen...

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The House of Usher

as Roderick Usher
Released: 1989-04-13

An updated version of the classic horror tale by Edgar Allen Poe. Ryan and his girlfriend Molly...

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The Captain's Table

as Suntanning Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1959-01-06

A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner....

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The Bulldog Breed

as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Released: 1960-12-13

Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right....

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Black Arrow

as Sir Brackley
Released: 1985-10-09

In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival...

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Master of Dragonard Hill

as Captain Shanks
Released: 1987-05-13

In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic...

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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

as Michael Caldwell
Released: 1970-10-22

Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds...

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I'll Never Forget What's'isname

as Andrew Quint
Released: 1967-12-18

Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very...

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Severed Ties

as Dr. Hans Vaughan
Released: 1992-09-02

A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous,...

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Sitting Target

as Harry Lomart
Released: 1972-05-01

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail...

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Prisoner of Honor

as Gen. de Boisdeffre
Released: 1991-11-02

France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the...

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Blind Justice

as Ian Ballinger
Released: 1988-01-01

Intrigue and injustice in Rhodesia

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Skeleton Coast

as Captain Simpson
Released: 1988-04-14

A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To...

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The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo

as Captain Cornelius Donovan
Released: 1998-01-01

In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century...

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The Bruce

as Bishop Wisharton
Released: 1996-04-12

Robert the Bruce unites the Scots in a rebellion against the hated English, led by Edward I. He...

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A Touch of the Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1979-01-01

A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.

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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1999-01-01

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf...

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The Shuttered Room

as Ethan
Released: 1967-06-27

In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious...

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Dirty Weekend

as Fabrizo
Released: 1973-03-08

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio...

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Blue Blood

as Tom the butler
Released: 1974-11-01

A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on...

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His and Hers

as Poet
Released: 1961-01-01

Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding...

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That's Action

as General Turner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1990-10-03

Actor Robert Culp introduces trailers for and scenes from movies from Action International Pictures.

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Value for Money

as Extra (uncredited)
Released: 1955-08-09

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides...

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US Against the World

as Self
Released: 1977-09-07

This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United...

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Dragonard

as Captain Shanks
Released: 1987-05-12

In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a...

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Panama Sugar

as Generale
Released: 1990-05-04

On an idyllic Caribbean island, Panama Sugar and his friends, engage a battle with Fox Perry,...

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Rage to Kill

as General Turner
Released: 1988-09-14

Race-car driver Blaine Striker grows concerned about his younger brother, a student at a medical...

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One Russian Summer

as Palizyn
Released: 1973-01-01

Based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s,...

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Captive Rage

as General Belmondo
Released: 1988-12-14

When the DEA director arrests the drug-dealing son of a South American general and cocaine...

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Captive

as Gregory Le Vay
Released: 1986-09-19

The daughter of an international tycoon is kidnapped by a trio of abductors who seek to mold her...

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Russian Roulette - Moscow 95

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

An American widow takes revenge on the Russian mafia in Moscow after her husband is killed.

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The Revenger

as Jack Fisher
Released: 1989-01-01

When saxophonist Mike Teller's brother Mackie is killed before being able to deliver $500,000 to...

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Always on Sunday

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1965-06-28

Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.

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Hellraisers

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-08-26

Documentary about notorious British and Irish wildmen Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Oliver Reed...

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Life Is a Circus

as Spectator at Sideshow (uncredited)
Released: 1960-02-16

Encompassing three hugely popular double acts, The Crazy Gang were one of Britain's best-loved,...

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Clash of Loyalties

as Colonel Leachman
Released: 1983-01-02

During the British colonial period in Iraq, Sheikh Dhari and his tribe openly reject...

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The Class Of Miss MacMichael

as Terence Sutton
Released: 1979-01-27

A dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative...

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The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead

as Narrator
Released: 1994-08-19

Explore Hammer's greatest legacy with clips from such classic films as The Horror of Dracula,...

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The Debussy Film

as Claude Debussy
Released: 1965-05-18

An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself...

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The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time

as Narrator
Released: 1994-10-20

Hammer Films remain on record as the most consistently successful and influential British film...

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Dante's Inferno

as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Released: 1967-12-22

The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled...

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The Real Oliver Reed

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-01-13

A documentary portrait about the life and times of the infamous hellraiser, who died in May...

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The World of Hammer: Vamp

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1994-09-01

Through the years, Hammer's depiction of female vampires was consistently groundbreaking and...

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The World of Hammer: Mummies, Werewolves, and the Living Dead

as Narrator
Released: 1994-09-30

Over the course of three decades, Hammer Films redefined the classic legends of the mummy, the...

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The World of Hammer: Wicked Women

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1994-09-09

The wicked women of Hammer included such cult stars and screen legends as Bette Davis, Ingrid...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Saint

as Joe Catelli
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Saint

as Aristides Koralis
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Third Man

as Pepi
First aired: 1959-10-02

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Return to Lonesome Dove

as Gregor Dunnigan
First aired: 1993-11-14

After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of...

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Christopher Columbus

as Martin Pinzon
First aired: 1985-03-07

After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes...

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Masquerade

as Wolfen
First aired: 1983-12-15

Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the...

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The World of Hammer

as Narrator
First aired: 1994-08-12

Narrated by Oliver Reed, the show traces the evolution of the famous Hammer Horror movies...

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Living Famously

as (archive footage)
First aired: 2002-11-25

Documentary series looking at the lives of enduring icons.

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