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Alan Bates
Alan Bates

Alan Bates

ActingBorn February 17, 1934Died December 27, 2003 (age 69)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.

Filmography

2020
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

as Major James Prentis (archival footage)

Movie
2018
Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2011
Discovering Hamlet

as Claudius (archive footage)

Movie
2004
Spartacus

as Antonius Agrippa

TV
2004
Spartacus

as Antonius Agrippa

Movie
2004
Hollywood North

as Michael Baytes

Movie
2003
The Statement

as Armand Bertier

Movie
2003
Meanwhile

as Father Peter

Movie
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Salem Witch Trials

as Sir William Phips

TV
2002
Salem Witch Trials

as Sir William Phips

Movie
2002
Evelyn

as Thomas Connolly

Movie
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth

as King George V

Movie
2002Movie
2002
The Mothman Prophecies

as Alexander Leek

Movie
2001
Gosford Park

as Jennings

Movie
2001
Love in a Cold Climate

as Uncle Matthew

TV
2000
The Prince and the Pauper

as Re Enrico VIII

Movie
2000TV
2000
Arabian Nights

as Storyteller

TV
2000Movie
1999Movie
1998
Nicholas’ Gift

as Reg Green

Movie
1995
The Grotesque

as Sir Hugo Coal

Movie
1995TV
1994
Hard Times

as Josiah Bounderby

Movie
1994
Hard Times

as Josiah Bounderby

TV
1994
Silent Tongue

as Eamon McCree

Movie
1993
Shuttlecock

as Major James Prentis VC

Movie
1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as Hamish Partt

TV
1992
Losing Track

as Henry Sitchell

Movie
1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as Hamish Partt

Movie
1991TV
1991Movie
1990
Hamlet

as Claudius

Movie
1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann

as Marcel Proust

Movie
1990
Dr. M

as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru

Movie
1990
Mister Frost

as Felix Detweiler

Movie
1989
Screen One

as Henry Sitchell

TV
1989Movie
1989Movie
1988Movie
1987Movie
1987
Pack of Lies

as Stewart

Movie
1986
Duet for One

as David Cornwallis

Movie
1985
One for the Road

as Nicholas

Movie
1985TV
1985
Hands Up!

as Self (1981 footage)

Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Marcel Proust

TV
1984
Dr. Fischer of Geneva

as Dr. Alfred Jones

Movie
1984
A Voyage Round My Father

as John Mortimer

Movie
1983
An Englishman Abroad

as Guy Burgess

Movie
1983
The Wicked Lady

as Captain Jerry Jackson

Movie
1983
The Return of the Soldier

as Captain Chris Baldry

Movie
1983
Separate Tables

as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Quartet

as H.J. Heidler

Movie
1981
The Trespasser

as Siegmund

Movie
1981
Very Like a Whale

as Sir Jock Mellor

Movie
1980
Nijinsky

as Sergei Diaghilev

Movie
1979
The Rose

as Rudge Campbell

Movie
1978
The Shout

as Charles Crossley

Movie
1978
An Unmarried Woman

as Saul Kaplan

Movie
1978
The Mayor of Casterbridge

as Michael Henchard

TV
1976Movie
1975
Two Sundays

as Charles

Movie
1975Movie
1975
Royal Flash

as Rudi Von Sternberg

Movie
1975
In Celebration

as Andrew Shaw

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Butley

as Ben Butley

Movie
1973Movie
1972Movie
1971
The Go-Between

as Ted Burgess

Movie
1971TV
1970
Three Sisters

as Col. Vershinin

Movie
1969
Women in Love

as Rupert Birkin

Movie
1968
The Fixer

as Yakov Bok

Movie
1967Movie
1967
Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1966
King of Hearts

as Charles Plumpick

Movie
1966
Georgy Girl

as Jos Jones

Movie
1965
Once Upon a Tractor

as Joe Turrel

Movie
1964Movie
1964
The Wednesday Play

as Grigor Pecharin

TV
1964
Nothing But the Best

as Jimmy Brewster

Movie
1964Movie
1963
The Running Man

as Stephen

Movie
1962
A Kind of Loving

as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown

Movie
1961
Whistle Down the Wind

as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

Movie
1960
The Entertainer

as Frank Rice

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Lewis Black

TV
1956TV
1951TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 17, 1934
Day of DeathDecember 27, 2003
Place of BirthAllestree, Derbyshire, England
Popularity0.9
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