the 1964 film The System), and in 2020 Scott stated, "David Hemmings (Cassius) promised to look after him and said to me [upon his death], I'm really sorry, old boy". A funeral for Reed was held in Churchtown, County Cork, in Ireland where he had resided during the last years of his life. His body was interred in Churchtown's Bruhenny Graveyard. The epitaph on his gravestone reads, "He made the air move." Aftermath As a result of his death, Reed's remaining scenes in Gladiator had to be completed using a body double and computer-generated imagery (CGI) techniques. Despite this, he was posthumously nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Russell Crowe said in 2010: "I never got on with Ollie. He has visited me in dreams and asked me to talk kindly of him. So I should... but we never had a pleasant conversation." Filmography, awards and nominations Books References External links 1938 births 1999 deaths English male film actors English male television actors Beerbohm family Male actors from London People from Wimbledon, London Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers English expatriates in Ireland People educated at Ewell Castle School 20th-century English male actors Male critics of feminism Military personnel from London Burials in County Cork