The author of the novels has likened him to the actor Oliver Reed before he succumbed to alcohol.
The scene had the Aslin designed band stand with a brass band playing whilst Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson spoke.
Alternatively, it may be an indirect tribute to the actor Oliver Reed, whom Bujold is known to admire (she has cited him as a model for Miles' father Aral Vorkosigan); Reed played the role of Athos in the 1973 film version of The Three Musketeers.
Newt is to be hanged for the incident before he is rescued by a neighbor, Gregor Dunnigan (Oliver Reed).
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Gregor Dunnigan (Oliver Reed)- A wealthy Montana rancher on a spread near the Hat Creek Cattle Company.
She also had roles in the films The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and the spoof Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype with the English actor Oliver Reed.
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Georgia began acting when she was a child and in a career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she has worked alongside Oliver Reed (Black Arrow), Angela Lansbury (The Company of Wolves) and Richard Chamberlain (Wallenberg).
In 2000 he produced and directed Hellraisers, a documentary on notable bad boys Oliver Reed, Keith Moon and Richard Harris.
It stars Oliver Reed as disillusioned London advertising executive Andrew Quint, who revolts against his boss, Jonathan Lute (Orson Welles), and escapes into Swinging London.
He has interviewed many well-known people such as Tony Blair, Barbara Cartland, Stephen Hawking, Bob Hope, Spike Milligan, Oliver Reed and Robbie Williams, and has reported from cities as far afield as Paris, Athens, Katmandu, Cairo, New York and Los Angeles.
The estate was converted for use as hotel in the 1960s, and has since played host to Sandie Shaw, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Elton John, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Oliver Reed.