A 5 x 4 white card signed in person by Oliver Reed (1938 - 1999), the English actor, known for his masculine image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth-most-popular star at the box office. After some appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable film roles included La Bete in The Trap (1966), Bill Sikes in Oliver! (directed by his uncle Carol Reed), Gerald Crich in Women in Love (1969), Stephen 'Hannibal' Brooks in Hannibal Brooks (1969), Father Urbain Grandier in The Devils (1971), Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974), "Uncle" Frank Hobbs in Tommy (1975), Dr. Hal Raglan in The Brood (1979), Dolly Hopkins in Funny Bones (1995) and Antonius Proximo in Gladiator (2000). During a break from filming Gladiator in Valletta on the afternoon of 2 May 1999, Reed encountered a group of Royal Navy sailors from HMS Cumberland who were on shore leave at a bar and challenged them to a drinking match. He fell ill during the match and collapsed, dying in the ambulance en route to the hospital despite resuscitation efforts by his friends. The film was released after his death with some footage filmed using a body double and computer-generated imagery (CGI) techniques. For playing the old, gruff gladiator trainer Proximo, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2000.