Oliver Reed was killed in 1938.
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 American mystery horror film co-written and directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black , Oliver Reed , Bette Davis , Lee H. Montgomery , Eileen Heckart and Burgess Meredith . Oliver Reed . For Gladiator ( 2000 ) , his final film , Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . At the peak of his career , in 1971 , British exhibitors voted Reed 5th most popular star at the box office .