One of my favourite actors when he acted he would frighten me that’s how powerful he was well missed and a very sad ending to his life I loved him in women in love and Oliver Acting Genious
Olly mentioned in his autobiography that he settled for Pooh Bear singing 'Isn't it funny how bears love honey?' and 'When I See An Elephant Fly' from Dumbo. BBC Radio 4 also mentions Jardins Sous La Pluie by Claude Debussy.
What a voice. (Besides talent & looks during his youth.) He's beautiful in 'The Damned' & plays a character like Malcolm McDowell's from 'A Clockwork Orange'.
Entertaining and articulate - For me it was sad that he so much enjoyed the company in the pubs. It hurts to see those of his interviews steaming with alcohol. But then again, he was open and straight about it, so who am I.
I know. It's hard to believe in this digital age where copying is cheap and bit-perfect but back then the BBC routinely recycled tapes. I can't help thinking it was a cultural thing - the prominence of ephemeral Broadcast over Archive. Quite wrong, of course. I am very glad to have many photos going back. (I wish I had more, from when the kids were smaller.) Now many people just snap this and tweet that. I wonder how much will survive a quarter or half century. You need to make efforts to keep stuff.
Gary, I'm sure you saw Sir Oliver in "Three Musketeers" . Then" Four Musketeers" Articulate & explosive. .Especially the sword fight scenes with the Kings Guards. Really loved hating Christopher Lee & Charleton Heston, that Cardinal Richellue bastard .Oh ,and the musical score. Brilliant & captivating.
"There are Artists who wrest us up and place us into Themselves. These are The Ones Who continue to wrest us up... even beyond Their Rests In Peace."-gilpin 5417
The fella sounds sober ...... Sounds like a proper Luvvie here ....... like Jekyll and Hyde give him 6 vodka and orange s and the wild thing turns up.......
"I don't know what Roy Pomley, who presents the programme thought of the selection of records I wanted to take with me on my desert island. He is used to Brahms and Luszt and the Scunthorpe Symphony Orchestra playing D plus minor on major brass, but I didnt know any posh pieces like that so I settled for Pooh Bear singing "Isn't it funny how bears love honey?" and Louis Armstrong's "Did you ever see an elephant fly?" plus some rubbish suggested by Jacquie" - Oliver Reed in his autobiography Reed All About Me
'I find my younger brother at home being fed porridge and my older brother wherever there's a banker' Succinct isn't the word ;+} What do we know about his brothers and family at large ?
He said he was bad at adding up and writing .I thought he was a very intellectual clever person was he joking about that and I didn't get the joke or was he bad at them
I think you missed it - he was just having a go at the profession of acting . Think of his not “adding up” as being akin to telling us what his “Bank manager “ thought was his favourite film. ; all very funny . Very funny indeed. Truly a proper geezer.
I've read Oliver Reed's book and biographies which there are two. Oliver was indeed a poor scholar although he was taught to speak the queens English. He could not spell or add up because he was dyslexic and it was not understood in his time? They treated people like him, as thick? So he excelled in the school sports that made him popular and strong. Running and Rugby. He once won all of the school sports day cups, across the board and when carrying them home, the police pulled him up thinking that he had stolen them? When he joined the Army medical corps, they were impressed with his posh accent and they too assumed he was well educated and he would make a great officer? They sent him off to officer school but as soon as they viewed his writing skills, that were of a ten year old, they sharp sent him back to squaddie camp. There he excelled as a Parade Sergeant Trainer for his two years national service.
One of the cinematic greats, well spoken and always convincing in his roles. There will never be another Oliver Reed.
The best Bond we never had.
I wish Oliver Reed was still around he had such a beautiful voice
He had a very nice voice WHEN he wasn't drunk. Which was nearly all the time.
@@christopherp.hitchens3902 He was sober the most of the time? 💖
@@rahan9886 - Yeah...poorly written. Sorry, I was drunk when I wrote this!
I only just found this, thanks so much for posting it, really enjoyed listening to this, really terrific
Hard as nails, good looking, intelligent, and impeccibly spoken.
You forgot always drunk & making a fool of himself
One of my favourite actors when he acted he would frighten me that’s how powerful he was well missed and a very sad ending to his life I loved him in women in love and Oliver Acting Genious
A great actor in the classic tradition. And a man back when men were men.
Could listen to a sober Oliver Reed for hours. Can't tolerate a drunk Oliver Reed for minutes.
Cool guy, loved the fact he loved real people not famous people!! 👍👍
Love you Ollie rip xx
It’s a shame it wasn’t longer 🌴🏝
I met him in Guernsey when I was a kid I think the pub was called the Jamaca Inn. I still love to listen to his voice
my favorite actor growing up, was blown away when i first saw Tommy at age 10
Thanks for sharing this, quite some insights about his early life. A very classy voice, soft but precise, part of his success I think.
Absolute legend......would tower above the shite thats around now.
He was a 4king amateur! Perpetually drunk and making a jackass of himself on tv for a few hundred quid
Like Mark Rylance or Daniel Day Lewis ? He was a hopeless drunken ham
Oliver Reed was a great actor and would have been a great James Bond.
If there were more men like him the world would be a better place. Love you forever - fairyland would be much better than real lifexxx
Just a professional.....and boy oh boy he was that....and some!
I would have liked to know his musical choices....
Olly mentioned in his autobiography that he settled for Pooh Bear singing 'Isn't it funny how bears love honey?' and 'When I See An Elephant Fly' from Dumbo. BBC Radio 4 also mentions Jardins Sous La Pluie by Claude Debussy.
What a voice. (Besides talent & looks during his youth.) He's beautiful in 'The Damned' & plays a character like Malcolm McDowell's from 'A Clockwork Orange'.
Entertaining and articulate - For me it was sad that he so much enjoyed the company in the pubs. It hurts to see those of his interviews steaming with alcohol. But then again, he was open and straight about it, so who am I.
Oliver Reed would have been a badass hockey player.
Badass in absolutely anything he chose to do.
@@kennethwayne6857 so so true
Oliver Reeds acting as Bismarck was perfect.
I wish the remainder of the show were available.
I know. It's hard to believe in this digital age where copying is cheap and bit-perfect but back then the BBC routinely recycled tapes. I can't help thinking it was a cultural thing - the prominence of ephemeral Broadcast over Archive. Quite wrong, of course. I am very glad to have many photos going back. (I wish I had more, from when the kids were smaller.)
Now many people just snap this and tweet that. I wonder how much will survive a quarter or half century. You need to make efforts to keep stuff.
@@lumpyfishgravy How right you are.
@@lumpyfishgravy Nothin lasts forevuhhhhh even cold November rain.
Bloody superb.... Especially the last 30 seconds!
Great man !
This was before he became a self-destructive alcoholic.
“Women in Love” was a hell of a movie.
Gary, I'm sure you saw Sir Oliver in "Three Musketeers" . Then" Four Musketeers" Articulate & explosive. .Especially the sword fight scenes with the Kings Guards. Really loved hating Christopher Lee & Charleton Heston, that Cardinal Richellue bastard .Oh ,and the musical score. Brilliant & captivating.
"There are Artists who wrest us up and place us into Themselves. These are The Ones Who continue to wrest us up... even beyond Their Rests In Peace."-gilpin 5417
Would have been a laugh as Bond
This kind of interviewer really bought the best out of ollie.
Lol. “So it is rumoured, yes.” His grandfather, Tree, founded RADA.
The fella sounds sober ...... Sounds like a proper Luvvie here ....... like Jekyll and Hyde give him 6 vodka and orange s and the wild thing turns up.......
Related to 2 sirs... wow
Did he play these in castaway?
No mention of Booze at all..Oliver so much more.
Was the rest of it lost or what?
What were his choice of records?
"I don't know what Roy Pomley, who presents the programme thought of the selection of records I wanted to take with me on my desert island. He is used to Brahms and Luszt and the Scunthorpe Symphony Orchestra playing D plus minor on major brass, but I didnt know any posh pieces like that so I settled for Pooh Bear singing "Isn't it funny how bears love honey?" and Louis Armstrong's "Did you ever see an elephant fly?" plus some rubbish suggested by Jacquie" - Oliver Reed in his autobiography Reed All About Me
'I find my younger brother at home being fed porridge and my older brother wherever there's a banker' Succinct isn't the word ;+} What do we know about his brothers and family at large ?
He looked better with age
Already wearing the face of heavy drinking.
He said he was bad
at adding up and writing .I thought he was a very intellectual clever person was he joking about that and I didn't get the joke or was he bad at them
I think he was dyslexic.
norepetitivebeats thank you for your reply
I think you missed it - he was just having a go at the profession of acting . Think of his not “adding up” as being akin to telling us what his “Bank manager “ thought was his favourite film. ; all very funny . Very funny indeed. Truly a proper geezer.
I've read Oliver Reed's book and biographies which there are two. Oliver was indeed a poor scholar although he was taught to speak the queens English. He could not spell or add up because he was dyslexic and it was not understood in his time? They treated people like him, as thick? So he excelled in the school sports that made him popular and strong. Running and Rugby. He once won all of the school sports day cups, across the board and when carrying them home, the police pulled him up thinking that he had stolen them? When he joined the Army medical corps, they were impressed with his posh accent and they too assumed he was well educated and he would make a great officer? They sent him off to officer school but as soon as they viewed his writing skills, that were of a ten year old, they sharp sent him back to squaddie camp. There he excelled as a Parade Sergeant Trainer for his two years national service.
@Tilly Divine You really understood that man!