Reed’s father dismissed him as a dunce who would wind up as an actor or a burglar — only for him to manage both, after being cast as Bill Sykes in the film Oliver! Reed made other terrific ...

English actor Oliver Reed was notorious for his alcoholism. Over the course of his 44-year career, he made waves for his behavior while drinking both on and off film sets. So, the death of Oliver ...

But it was the nude wrestling scene with Alan Bates in the 1969 film Women in Love that started the wave of publicity that later threatened to engulf Reed. 'I don't punch people any more' His ...