Bobo says on 2/Feb/08
Look again at the publicity shots for Gladiator and behind the scenes pictures. Heis MUCH taller than Crowe. I would imagine for character/camera/ego purposes, Crowe will have been standing on a box for close ups. Donn't forget some of those shots were CGIed with another actor's body. After thinking it over and seeing the film, I am not sure why anyone would describe Oliver Reed as 'much shorter' than Crowe. Plain odd. Maybe get a new TV? He was a 6 footer.

sean says on 22/Sep/07
In GLADIATOR looked much shorter than Crowe who's 5'10.5... Looked maybe 5'7.5

Steevn says on 18/Jun/07
Looked average height, around 180 cm seems right for the younger Reed. He was a real heavyweight though, massive and with a really thick neck he might be mistaken for short when seen on screen.

MNK says on 20/May/07
I doubt he hit six foot, he seems not a great deal taller than Glenda Jackson in Women in Love, and she stands at five six.

Glenn says on 23/Apr/06
I aways thought he was 5-9.I thought he looked that in horror movies that I have.then again, I havnt seen them years.wasnt he also in CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF?

Frank2 says on 22/Apr/06
Yes, big ones!

Frank2 says on 3/Mar/06
Alan Bates was no more than five-ten. Reed was five-eleven. He looked to be about two inches shorter than Bob Mitchum in The Big Sleep. Reed was big. I suspect he weighed over 240 lbs.

Anonymous says on 14/Jan/06
As I have stated elsewhere Reed was a big man. Ozzy Osbourne was on a show talking about meeting Reed and said that he was surprised to see how big and tall Oliver Reed was. Ozzy is no giant but he is not short and wouldn't describe a 5'11'' guy as tall. I've seen 6' 1 1/2'' as Reed's height and I believe this to be roughly correct.

Steven says on 29/Dec/05
In Gladiator he looked more like 5'10'' to me.