Eric says on 9/Feb/12
Most every screen actor will add inches to his height and subtract years from their age.
When Reed made an appearance on the Tonight Show back in the 70s' I was backstage and noticed that he was really short, about 5' 6". He was shorter than Johnny Carson, who wore lifts in his shoes. This was the episode when a miffed fat old Shelly Winters got angry at Reed and dumped a mug of whiskey on his head.

stephen says on 15/Jun/11
I am 6 ft 1 and he was definatley taller than me by about 1 or 2 inches and thick set with it.

Paul says on 12/May/11
If you watch Oliver Reed in The Party's Over you'll see that he is wearing shoes with hardly any heel and he looks barely over 5 feet Ten, if that.

Jodie says on 21/Apr/11
In one scene in Gladiator he is standing face to face with Russell Crowe and is clearly shorter.Then again,Crowe may have been wearing lifts in order to appear taller.I'd put Oliver Reed at a strong 6 feet tall in his prime,perhaps 5 feet 11 later on.

filmfan says on 18/Feb/11
I'm not sure 5'11'' is right. I remember reading an interview with Ozzy Osbourne who said he was surprised at how tall and big Oliver Reed was in person. Also I remember a stuntman quoted as saying he was chosen as Reed's double for Gladiator because was 6'1.5'' tall the same height as Reed. Who knows?

Anonymous says on 24/Dec/10
Seemed taller than this even with all his bulk.