Film legend Oliver Reed has been snubbed for a commemorative blue plaque after English Heritage decided his legacy as an actor was not ‘sufficiently strong’. A committee at the charity – which has ...

THE hulking figure of Oliver Reed has loomed large over this column on many occasions down the years. A brooding, smouldering onscreen presence in many a fine movie (and plenty of truly awful ones as ...

You don`t quite know what to expect of British actor Oliver Reed. Tales of Reed`s exploits have crossed the Atlantic almost as often as the Concorde, and from the rogue`s gallery of characters he has ...

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing is a one-man show being staged at the St James Theatre in London which tells the story of Reed, who died in Malta while taking part in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator together with ...

The Emmy Award-winning director and creator of ABC's hit soap "Dark Shadows," Dan Curtis, died in Los Angeles Monday at age 78. Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known ...

Ridley Scott has recalled the death of actor Oliver Reed during the making of Gladiator, remarking that he “dropped down dead on the floor of a pub”. Reed died midway through production on the Russell ...

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Recommended Re-Viewing is a series in which we make the case for re-watching an old film or TV series which you can stream without leaving your house. It might be a plot that's so bad it's good, a ...

Ridley Scott is best known for his sci-fi movies like Alien and Blade Runner, but his epic historical drama Gladiator can hardly be forgotten. Russell Crowe might have had some concerns with the ...