Alan Bates
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1934
- Died
- December 27, 2003 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Biography
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his tour-de-force with Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1969, he starred in the Ken Russell film Women in Love with Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson. Bates went on to star in The Go-Between, An Unmarried Woman, Nijinsky, and The Rose with Bette Midler, as well as playing varied roles in television drama, including The Mayor of Casterbridge, Harold Pinter's The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, An Englishman Abroad (as Guy Burgess), and Pack of Lies. He also continued to appear on the stage, notably in the plays of Simon Gray, such as Butley and Otherwise Engaged.
Known For
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Filmography
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Movie · as Archive
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Movie · as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Claudius (archive footage)
Spartacus
Movie · as Antonius Agrippa
Hollywood North
Movie · as Michael Baytes
Spartacus
TV · as Antonius Agrippa · 2 eps
The Statement
Movie · as Armand Bertier
Meanwhile
Movie · as Father Peter
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Salem Witch Trials
TV · as Sir William Phips · 2 eps
The Mothman Prophecies
Movie · as Alexander Leek
Bertie and Elizabeth
Movie · as King George V
Evelyn
Movie · as Thomas Connolly
The Sum of All Fears
Movie · as Dressler
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie · as Self
Gosford Park
Movie · as Jennings
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Movie · as Self
Love in a Cold Climate
TV · as Uncle Matthew · 2 eps
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie · as Re Enrico VIII
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Movie · as Calpornius
Arabian Nights
TV · as Storyteller · 2 eps
In the Beginning
TV · as Jethro · 2 eps
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Gayev
Nicholas’ Gift
Movie · as Reg Green
The Grotesque
Movie · as Sir Hugo Coal
Oliver's Travels
TV · as Oliver · 5 eps
Silent Tongue
Movie · as Eamon McCree
Hard Times
TV · as Josiah Bounderby · 4 eps
Shuttlecock
Movie · as Major James Prentis VC
Losing Track
Movie · as Henry Sitchell
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie · as Hamish Partt
Unnatural Pursuits
TV · as Hamish Partt · 2 eps
Secret Friends
Movie · as John
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Claudius
Mr. Frost
Movie · as Felix Detweiler
Dr. M
Movie · as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Movie · as Marcel Proust
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Movie · as Malcolm Forrest
The Dog It Was That Died
Movie · as Blair
Screen One
TV · as Henry Sitchell · 1 ep
We Think the World of You
Movie · as Frank Meadows
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
Movie · as John Fabian
A Prayer for the Dying
Movie · as Jack Meehan
Pack of Lies
Movie · as Stewart
Duet for One
Movie · as David Cornwallis
One for the Road
Movie · as Nicholas
Hands Up!
Movie · as Self (1981 footage)
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as John Fabian · 1 ep
Screen Two
TV · as Marcel Proust · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as Nicolas · 1 ep
A Voyage Round My Father
Movie · as John Mortimer
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Movie · as Dr. Alfred Jones
An Englishman Abroad
Movie · as Guy Burgess
The Wicked Lady
Movie · as Captain Jerry Jackson
Separate Tables
Movie · as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
The Return of the Soldier
Movie · as Captain Chris Baldry
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Macready
Quartet
Movie · as H.J. Heidler
Very Like a Whale
Movie · as Sir Jock Mellor
The Trespasser
Movie · as Siegmund
Nijinsky
Movie · as Sergei Diaghilev
The Rose
Movie · as Rudge Campbell
An Unmarried Woman
Movie · as Saul Kaplan
The Shout
Movie · as Charles Crossley
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TV · as Michael Henchard · 7 eps
The Collection
Movie · as James
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV
Royal Flash
Movie · as Rudi Von Sternberg
In Celebration
Movie · as Andrew Shaw
Two Sundays
Movie · as Charles
Plaintiffs and Defendants
Movie · as Peter
Butley
Movie · as Ben Butley
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Impossible Object
Movie · as Harry
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Movie · as Bri
Second Best
Movie · as Tom
The Go-Between
Movie · as Ted Burgess
Great Performances
TV · as James · 1 ep
Three Sisters
Movie · as Col. Vershinin
Women in Love
Movie · as Rupert Birkin
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Movie · as Self
The Fixer
Movie · as Yakov Bok
Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie · as Gabriel Oak
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie · as Self
Lionpower from MGM
Movie · as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georgy Girl
Movie · as Jos Jones
King of Hearts
Movie · as Charles Plumpick
Once Upon a Tractor
Movie · as Joe Turrel
Zorba the Greek
Movie · as Basil
The Caretaker
Movie · as Mick
Nothing But the Best
Movie · as Jimmy Brewster
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Grigor Pecharin · 1 ep
The Running Man
Movie · as Stephen
A Kind of Loving
Movie · as Victor 'Vic' Brown
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Whistle Down the Wind
Movie · as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
The Entertainer
Movie · as Frank Rice
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Lewis Black, Mario · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Stewart · 1 ep