Reference photograph of Oliver Reed

Gelatin silver reference print of the actor, Oliver Reed who played Leon in the film 'The Curse of the Werewolf' (1961). The photograph was taken so that it could be used by Roy Ashton as a reference for adapting his werewolf design to Oliver Reed's head. Reed had previously had a walk-on part in 'The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll', and was suggested for the role of the Werewolf by Roy Ashton himself, who felt that Reed had the right facial characteristics to make the character's make-up particularly effective.