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Oliver Reed, former werewolf and monster, who was expelled from 13 grammar schools and who openly slept with his last leading lady stars in "WOMEN IN LOVE", the film of D. H. Lawrence's once-banned novel.

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Tall and ruggedly handsome, Reed is unlike usual screen heroes. "I look a sixties person", he says, "like I fell out of garbage can and that's the look for today". It certainly keeps him in business, in a wide variety of leading roles including Bill Sikes in "Oliver", the title role in "Curse of the Werewolf", the successful Crown Jewels thief in "The Jokers", and Edwardian spy in "The Assassination Bureau" and an unconventional prisoner of war in "Hannibal Brooks". In this last film he slept with his leading lady, a 5-ton elephant called Lucy!

For Ken Russell, director of "WOMEN IN LOVE", he has appeared in two BBC TV documentaries, playing Rousseau and Rossetti in Russell's revolutionary films.

Despite his gruff exterior, Oliver Reed is a romantic who writes poetry, does sculpture and enjoys solitary horseback riding in parks. He has said: "I like everything I'm not. I like gentle people, puppies. I like softness because life is so hard".