Highly scarce and uncommonly early inscribed turquoise fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch off-white card, acquired in-person by inveterate autograph hound John Virzi in 1965 and decorated with a small Players Directory image. In good condition. Handsome, hard-drinking English leading man Oliver Reed is best known by horror and fantasy buffs for his portrayal of the titular lycanthrope in Hammer's Curse of the Werewolf (1961). His numerous other contributions to the genre include The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Night Creatures (1962), These Are the Damned (1963), Paranoiac (1963), Blueblood (1973), Burnt Offerings (1976), The Brood (1979), Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980), Venom (1981), Gor (1987), The House of Usher (1989), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), and Severed Ties (1992).

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