"in the United States, and Oliver Reed, who played Bill Sikes, had just begun to make a name for himself. Producer John Woolf suggested Oliver Reed for the role to the director Reed, without knowing that the two were in fact related. Ron Moody, who was also well known in Britain but not the US, recreated his London stage performance, after Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke and Peter O'Toole reportedly turned down the role. Elizabeth Taylor turned down the role of Nancy as well. Julie Andrews was also considered. Director Reed also had Shirley Bassey in mind, but his choice"
"for Best Supporting Actor. A funeral for Reed was held in Churchtown, County Cork, in Ireland where he resided the last years of his life, his body being interred in Churchtown's Bruhenny Graveyard. On his gravestone reads the message, ""He made the air move"". Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and ""tough guy"" roles. Notable films include ""The Trap"" (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner ""Oliver!"" (1968), ""Women in Love"" (1969), ""Hannibal Brooks"" (1969), ""The Devils"" (1971),"
"his second film with Winner, alongside Michael Crawford. After playing a villain in a horror movie, ""The Shuttered Room"" (1967) he did a third with Winner, ""I'll Never Forget What's'isname"" (1967), co-starring with Orson Welles. Reed was reunited with Russell for another TV movie, ""Dante's Inferno"" (1968), playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Reed became a star playing Bill Sikes in ""Oliver!"" (1968), alongside Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild and Harry Secombe, in his uncle Carol Reed's screen version of the successful stage musical. It was a huge hit and Reed's performance much acclaimed. He was in the"
"as Bill Sikes, Bram Nossen as Mr. Brownlow, and Dodi Protero as Mrs. Bedwin. Georgia Brown, Davy Jones, and Clive Revill appeared performing two musical numbers from ""Oliver!"" (""I'd Do Anything"" and the Act II reprise of ""As Long as He Needs Me"") on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" on the evening of February 9, 1964, the same evening that the Beatles made their first U.S. television appearance on that show. Cameron Mackintosh revived ""Oliver!"" in London for the first time in 1977. It played at the Albery Theatre (the renamed New Theatre; now the Noël Coward Theatre), starring Roy Hudd"
"Jamie Foreman Jamie Foreman (born 25 May 1958) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in ""Layer Cake"" (2004) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski's ""Oliver Twist"" (2005). He played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in Gary Oldman's ""Nil by Mouth"" (1997) and also featured in ""Elizabeth"" (1998), ""Gangster No. 1"" (2000) and ""Sleepy Hollow"" (1999). He appeared in the 2006 ""Doctor Who"" episode ""The Idiot's Lantern"" and featured as a racist taxi driver in ""The Football Factory"" (2004). In the 2008 film ""Inkheart"" Foreman played Basta. He also appeared in one episode of """""
"Bill Walker (actor) William Franklin Walker (July 1, 1896 – January 27, 1992) was an American television and film actor. Walker is best remembered for his role as Reverend Sykes in the 1962 film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Born in Pendleton, Indiana, Walker began his acting career in 1946. In a career that spanned five decades, Walker appeared in numerous television shows and films including ""Goodyear Television Playhouse"", ""Raintree County"", ""Yancy Derringer"", ""Official Detective"", ""The Amos 'n' Andy Show"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""Rawhide"", ""Daniel Boone"", ""Good Times"", ""The Long, Hot Summer"", ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", ""Big Jake"", ""What's Happening!!"", ""Twilight's"
"Oliver! (film) Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed, written by Vernon Harris, and based on the stage musical of the same name. Both the film and play are based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The film includes such musical numbers as ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"", ""As Long as He Needs Me"", ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"", and ""Where Is Love?"". Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus Films production and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures. At the 41st Academy Awards for 1968, ""Oliver!"" was"
"Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and ""tough guy"" roles. Notable films include ""The Trap"" (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner ""Oliver!"" (1968), ""Women in Love"" (1969), ""Hannibal Brooks"" (1969), ""The Devils"" (1971), portraying Athos in ""The Three Musketeers"" (1973), ""Tommy"" (1975), ""Lion of the Desert"" (1981), ""Castaway"" (1986), ""The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"" (1988) and ""Funny Bones"" (1995). For playing Antonius Proximo, an old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's ""Gladiator"" (2000) in what was his"
"California. Bill Walker (actor) William Franklin Walker (July 1, 1896 – January 27, 1992) was an American television and film actor. Walker is best remembered for his role as Reverend Sykes in the 1962 film ""To Kill a Mockingbird"". Born in Pendleton, Indiana, Walker began his acting career in 1946. In a career that spanned five decades, Walker appeared in numerous television shows and films including ""Goodyear Television Playhouse"", ""Raintree County"", ""Yancy Derringer"", ""Official Detective"", ""The Amos 'n' Andy Show"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""Rawhide"", ""Daniel Boone"", ""Good Times"", ""The Long, Hot Summer"", ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", ""Big Jake"", ""What's Happening!!"","
"Decker Driving School"" for ITV. Foreman played Albert Wilson in ""Home Front"" radio series on BBC Radio 4, starting from in December 2015. Jamie Foreman is the son of Maureen Foreman and Freddie Foreman, a former south London gangster. He was married to actress Carol Harrison and they have one son, Alfie. Foreman is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur. Jamie Foreman Jamie Foreman (born 25 May 1958) is an English actor best known for his roles as Duke in ""Layer Cake"" (2004) and Bill Sikes in Roman Polanski's ""Oliver Twist"" (2005). He played opposite Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke in"
"in 1969. While filming his part of Bill Sikes in ""Oliver!"", he met Jacquie Daryl, a classically trained dancer who was also in the film. They became lovers and subsequently had a daughter, Sarah. In 1985, he married Josephine Burge, to whom he was still married at the time of his death. She was 16 years old when they met, he was 42. In his last years, Reed and Burge lived in Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 1964 Reed's face was cut in a bar fight. He received 63 stitches and was in danger of losing his film career due"
"Mark Lester Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played a starring role in the film ""Oliver!"", a musical version of the Charles Dickens' novel ""Oliver Twist"". Lester also made several appearances in a number of British television series. In 1977, after appearing in the all-star international action adventure film ""The Prince and the Pauper"", he retired from acting. In the 1980s, he trained as an osteopath specialising in sport injuries. Mark Letzer was"
"claim in a television interview, stating, “The thing I always heard from Michael was that Michael was the father of these children, and I believe Michael."" Mark Lester Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played a starring role in the film ""Oliver!"", a musical version of the Charles Dickens' novel ""Oliver Twist"". Lester also made several appearances in a number of British television series. In 1977, after appearing in the all-star international action"
"to which Clayton had been introduced by his friend, Canadian writer Mordecai Richler. The original script was extensively revised prior to shooting by Clayton's third wife, actress Haya Harareet. It featured strong performances from Bogarde (who described the production as one of happiest experiences of his career) and from the ensemble cast of seven child actors, which included Pamela Franklin (Flora from ""The Innocents""), Phoebe Nicholls (who had previously appeared in ""The Pumpkin Eater""), and Mark Lester, who went on to huge success a couple of years later in the title role of ""Oliver!"". The elegant score was again composed"
"couple had six children. Ron Moody died in a London hospital on 11 June 2015, aged 91. His death left Shani Wallis, who played Nancy, and Mark Lester who played Oliver, the last surviving principal cast members from the motion picture ""Oliver!"" Ron Moody Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick, 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, composer and writer best known for his portrayal of Fagin in ""Oliver!"" (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination"
"Chaparral"", ""Harry O"", ""Danger Man"", ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""Quincy, M.E."" He retired from acting in the early 1980s and died in Sacramento, California on January 25, 1995, six days before his 73rd birthday. William Sylvester William Sylvester (January 31, 1922 – January 25, 1995) was an American television and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's """" (1968). William Sylvester was born in Oakland, California, the son of Italian immigrant Joseph Silvester (1899-1941) and his American wife, Gertrude Bailey Silvester (1898-1957). He served in the U.S. Navy during the Second"
"Oliver Twist (1933 film) Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen. It is the earliest sound version of Charles Dickens's novel of the same name. It stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William ""Stage"" Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget. It never really achieved much success and was out of circulation for many years, but resurfaced on television in the 1980s."
"was cremated and is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Louis Calhern Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. For portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film ""The Magnificent Yankee"" (1950), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Calhern was born Carl Henry Vogt in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Eugene Adolf Vogt and Hubertina Friese Vogt, both of whom were natives of Germany. He had one sibling, a sister. His father was a tobacco dealer. His family left New York while"
"Bill Sikes again in the BBC's Sunday afternoon classic serial ""Oliver Twist"". His other TV credits include: ""Doctor Who"" (in the serials ""The Ice Warriors"" and ""Attack of the Cybermen""), ""The First Churchills"", ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Minder"", ""Bergerac"", ""C.A.T.S. Eyes"", Wycliffe"", ""Inspector Morse"", ""Bugs"", ""Silent Witness"", ""Pie in the Sky"", ""Casualty"", ""The Bill"", ""Hotel Babylon"", and ""Are You Being Served?"". He appeared in the 1988 film ""Buster"", based on the life of the Great Train Robber Buster Edwards. As well as acting, between 1981 and 1993 Attwell also had a considerable career as a political cartoonist for several British"
"problem for children, who are not used to long films, he loved the production design, musical adaptation score, and casting and acting, particularly that of Ron Moody and Jack Wild. He concluded, """"Oliver!"" succeeds finally because of its taste. It never stoops for cheap effects and never insults our intelligence. And because we can trust it, we can let ourselves go with it, and we do. It is a splendid experience."" He later named the film as the seventh best film of 1968. Rotten Tomatoes awards the film an 81% ""fresh"" rating based on 30 reviews, with an average score"
"major stage role as Mr Sowerberry, and future rock stars Steve Marriott (later the lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie), Davy Jones (pre-Monkees), and Phil Collins (of Genesis fame) as The Artful Dodger. The music for ""Oliver!"" was transcribed by Eric Rogers, who wrote and composed 21 scores for the ""Carry On"" films. Bart hummed the melodies and Rogers wrote the notes on his behalf as Bart could not read or write music. In 1968 ""Oliver!"" was made into a film starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Shani Wallis that won several Oscars, including best film. It"
"as Nancy. In 1968, the show was adapted for film, with a screenplay by Vernon Harris and direction by Carol Reed. It starred original Fagin Ron Moody with Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Harry Secombe and Leonard Rossiter. The 1968 motion picture won six Academy Awards including Best Picture, and received nominations for both Moody and Wild. It was first telecast in the United States by ABC-TV in 1975. The film went to cable in the US in 1982, and it is still regularly broadcast. On March 1, 2013, it was announced that a remake of ""Oliver!"""
"George Siegmann George Siegmann (February 8, 1882, in New York City – June 22, 1928, in Hollywood, California) was an American actor in the silent film era. Born in New York City in 1882, Siegmann is listed as having been in over 100 films. His more notable roles include Silas Lynch in Griffith's ""Birth of A Nation"" (1915), Porthos in ""The Three Musketeers"" (1921), Bill Sikes in ""Oliver Twist"" (1922), the guard in the 1927 film ""The Cat and the Canary"", and Dr. Hardquanonne in ""The Man Who Laughs"" (completed in 1927, released in 1928). In June 1915, Siegmann was"
"Oliver's brother Sir Cecil swears he saw his dead brother jaunting around the countryside in a skeleton costume. Higgins teams up with reporter Peggy Brand (Siw Mattson) and his bumbling chief Sir Arthur (Hubert von Meyerinck) to unmask the villain who is killing people with a poisoned scorpion ring. The screenplay for the film is based on the novel ""The Hand of Power"" by Edgar Wallace. The FSK gave the film a rating of ""16 and up"" and found it not appropriate for screenings on public holidays. The film premiered at the ""Europa"" cinema at Oberhausen on 26 April 1968."
"Louis Calhern Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. For portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film ""The Magnificent Yankee"" (1950), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Calhern was born Carl Henry Vogt in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Eugene Adolf Vogt and Hubertina Friese Vogt, both of whom were natives of Germany. He had one sibling, a sister. His father was a tobacco dealer. His family left New York while he was still a child and moved to St."
"1998. The role of Fagin was later played by many notable British actors and comedians including George Layton, Russ Abbot, Jim Dale and Robert Lindsay (who won an Olivier Award for his performance in 1997). Bill Sikes was later portrayed by Steven Hartley and Joe McGann, and Nancy by Sonia Swaby, Claire Moore and Ruthie Henshall. The show was a lavish affair and moved from its original intimate melodramatic feel to a more cinematic and symphonic feel that would accommodate an audience familiar with the 1968 motion picture. This production featured brand new music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart,"
"Larry Manetti Lawrence Francis Manetti (born July 23, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as Orville Wilbur Richard ""Rick"" Wright on the CBS television series ""Magnum P.I."" which starred Tom Selleck as the title character. He also starred in ""Baa Baa Black Sheep"" as 1LT Robert A. ""Bobby"" Boyle, a pilot in the VMF-214 squadron headed by Greg ""Pappy"" Boyington (played by Robert Conrad). Manetti studied acting in Chicago with the Ted Liss Players. His first television role was as a young detective in Jack Webb's ""Chase"" (1973–74). He would go on to play pilot ""Bobby"
"film Including Marlon Brando, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benicio del Toro, Lauren Bacall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Woody Harrelson and Jon Voight. His films include [Allies] 2014 ""Ruby Strangelove"" (2015), ""Robocroc"" (2013), ""Jetstream"" (2012), ""The Walker"" (2007), ""A Dog of Flanders"" (1999), """" (1992), ""Split Second"" (1992), ""Young Toscanini"" (1988). Hartley's extensive theatre work includes reprising his role as Bill Sikes in the West End Musical ""Oliver!"" in 2009-2010 for producer Cameron Mackintosh, the third time Hartley has played the role since being cast by director Sam Mendes in 1996 and recently played a leading role in 'Fit and Proper people' for the"
"Michael Sacks Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948 in New York City) is an American actor and technology industry executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's ""Slaughterhouse Five"" (1972), an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's ""Sugarland Express"" (1974), as the kidnapped highway patrolman; ""The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover"" (1977), as Melvin Purvis; ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979), as Jeff; ""Hanover Street"" (1979), with Harrison Ford; the thriller ""Split Image"" (1982); and the television disaster film """" (1983). On Broadway, he was the bewildered Vietnam vet ""Mark"""
"is a kind-hearted but poor man living in New York. He lives on a houseboat with his five dogs and is desperately searching for money to repay his debts to the New York loan shark Sykes. He is voiced by Dom DeLuise. In 1994, ""Oliver!"" was revived in London. Fagin was played by many noted British actors and comedians, including Jonathan Pryce, George Layton, Jim Dale, Russ Abbot, Barry Humphries (who had played Mr Sowerberry in the original 1960 London production of ""Oliver!"") and Robert Lindsay, who won an Olivier Award for his performance. The different actors playing Fagin were"
"Timothy John Smith (actor) Timothy John Smith is a stage and screen actor. He has appeared in the films ""Central Intelligence"", ""The Equalizer"" and ""The Judge"". He has done extensive stage work in Boston and New York. In 2014, ""The New York Times"" praised him for his ""intelligent, sensitive performance"" in the off-broadway play ""On a Stool at the End of the Bar."" A 2001 graduate of the Trinity Rep Conservatory, Smith has appeared in dozens of regional productions in New England and across the country. His turn as Bill Sykes in Trinity Rep's 2014 Production of ""Oliver!"" drew rave"
"and Miles Anderson as Bill Sikes. Mendes, Pryce and Dexter received Olivier Award nominations for their work on ""Oliver!"". He has also directed productions of Tennessee Williams' ""The Glass Menagerie"", Stephen Sondheim's ""Company"" (which had the first ever African American Bobby), Alan Bennett's ""Habeas Corpus"" and his farewell duo of Chekhov's ""Uncle Vanya"" and ""Twelfth Night"", which transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In 2003 Mendes directed a revival of the musical ""Gypsy"". Originally, he planned to stage this production in London's West End with an eventual Broadway transfer, but when negotiations fell through, he brought it to New"
"of the NBC education drama series, ""Mr. Novak"", starring James Franciscus. Bill specialized in juveniles and young leads. In the mid-1960s he made two appearances in the BBC's ""Play of the Month"" anthology series, he took the lead in ""Lee Oswald Assassin"" and played Biff to Rod Steiger's Willy Loman in ""Death of a Salesman"" (both 1966). Often his characters were likeable but none-too-bright. Other acting credits include ""Marriage on the Rocks"" (1965), ""None but the Brave"" (1965), ""You're a Big Boy Now"" (1966), ""Never a Dull Moment"" (1968), ""How to Steal the World"" (1968), ""Ice Station Zebra"" (1968), ""Castle"