Bartolomeo Pagano

As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character many more times in a series of sequels that continued until 1926. His death came while he was in the middle of filming Gladiator, and his remaining scenes were produced using electronically-simulated images. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. Julian's, Malta reportedly after drinking three bottles of rum and after beating five sailors at arm wrestling. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a longshoreman who worked at the port of Genoa. He died suddenly of a heart attack in St. Bartolomeo Pagano (1878 - 1947) was an Italian motion picture actor. Reed was often irritated that his appearances on TV chat shows concentrated on his drinking feats, rather than his latest film.

. He claimed of the story that he drank 106 pints of beer on a 2-day binge before marrying Josephine; "The event that was reported actually took place during an arm-wrestling competition in Guernsey about 15 years ago, it was highly exaggerated." Despite occassional reports in publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald, Reed never played for the Sunday rugby team the Entertainers. Reed's drinking bouts fitted in with the "social" attitude of many rugby teams in the sixties and seventies, and there are numerous anecdotes such as Reed and 36 friends drinking, in an evening, 60 gallons of beer, 32 bottles of Scotch, 17 bottles of gin, four crates of wine and one bottle of Babycham. He was famous for his heavy drinking, and was once forced to leave the set of a television discussion programme after arriving drunk and attempting to kiss feminist writer Kate Millett. He began his career playing romantic leads, but gradually acquired a tougher image.

His last wife was Josephine Burge, whom he married in 1985. He then married Jackie Daryl in 1969, but they divorced in 1970, after having a daughter, Sarah. In 1959 he wed Kate Burn, they had one son, Mark, before their divorce in 1969. Reed married three times.

A major international star in the late 1960s and 1970s, Reed's career declined in the 1980s. His films include Women In Love, The Assassination Bureau, The Devils, I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname, Oliver!, Tommy, The Three Musketeers, Zero Population Growth, Castaway, and Gladiator. He was born in Wimbledon, England. Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938-May 2, 1999) was a British actor known for his macho image on and off screen.