About

Known credits:
89
Birthday:
1934-02-17
Place of birth:
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Website:
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Alan Bates

Overview

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

Acting
2020 Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father Actor Major James Prentis (archival footage) 58
Average
2018 Nothing Like a Dame Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
2011 Discovering Hamlet Actor Claudius (archive footage) 59
Average
2004 Spartacus Actor Antonius Agrippa 69
Fair
2004 Spartacus Actor Antonius Agrippa 60
Fair
2004 Hollywood North Actor Michael Baytes 58
Average
2003 The Statement Actor Armand Bertier 58
Average
2003 Meanwhile Actor N/A
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2002 Salem Witch Trials Actor Sir William Phips 59
Average
2002 Evelyn Actor Thomas Connolly 59
Average
2002 The Making of 'Gosford Park' Actor Self 59
Average
2002 Bertie and Elizabeth Actor King George V 59
Average
2002 The Sum of All Fears Actor Dressler 62
Fair
2002 The Mothman Prophecies Actor Alexander Leek 61
Fair
2001 Gosford Park Actor Jennings 65
Fair
2001 Love in a Cold Climate Actor Uncle Matthew 70
Good
2001 Anthony Quinn: The Final Words Actor Self N/A
N/A
2000 The Prince and the Pauper Actor Re Enrico VIII 59
Average
2000 In the Beginning Actor Jethro 68
Fair
2000 Arabian Nights (When Night Falls, The Adventure Begins) Actor Story Teller 2 59
Average
2000 Arabian Nights Actor Storyteller 68
Fair
2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend Actor Calpornius 58
Average
1999 The Cherry Orchard Actor Gayev 58
Average
1998 Nicholas’ Gift Actor Reg Green 58
Average
1995 The Grotesque Actor Sir Hugo Coal 58
Average
1995 Oliver's Travels Actor Oliver 69
Fair
1994 Hard Times Actor Josiah Bounderby 59
Average
1994 Hard Times Actor Josiah Bounderby N/A
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1993 Shuttlecock Actor Major James Prentis VC 58
Average
1993 Silent Tongue Actor Eamon McCree 58
Average
1992 Unnatural Pursuits Actor Hamish Partt 69
Fair
1992 Losing Track Actor Henry Sitchell N/A
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1992 Unnatural Pursuits Actor Hamish Partt N/A
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1991 Secret Friends Actor John 58
Average
1991 Mel Gibson Goes Back to School Actor Claudius (archive footage) N/A
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1990 Hamlet Actor Claudius 62
Fair
1990 102 Boulevard Haussmann Actor Marcel Proust 59
Average
1990 Dr. M Actor Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru 58
Average
1990 Mister Frost Actor Felix Detweiler 59
Average
1989 Uncontrollable Circumstances Actor Malcolm Forrest 59
Average
1989 The Dog It Was That Died Actor Blair 58
Average
1988 We Think the World of You Actor Frank Meadows 59
Average
1987 A Prayer for the Dying Actor Jack Meehan 58
Average
1987 Pack of Lies Actor Stewart 59
Average
1986 Duet for One Actor David Cornwallis 58
Average
1985 One for the Road Actor Nicholas N/A
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1985 Hands Up! Actor Self (1981 footage) 58
Average
1984 Dr. Fischer of Geneva Actor Dr. Alfred Jones 59
Average
1984 A Voyage Round My Father Actor John Mortimer 59
Average
1983 An Englishman Abroad Actor Guy Burgess 58
Average
1983 The Wicked Lady Actor Captain Jerry Jackson 58
Average
1983 The Return of the Soldier Actor Captain Chris Baldry 59
Average
1983 Separate Tables Actor John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock 59
Average
1982 Britannia Hospital Actor Macready 59
Average
1981 Quartet Actor H.J. Heidler 59
Average
1981 The Trespasser Actor Siegmund N/A
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1981 Very Like a Whale Actor Sir Jock Mellor 58
Average
1980 Nijinsky Actor Sergei Diaghilev 58
Average
1979 The Rose Actor Rudge Campbell 60
Fair
1978 The Shout Actor Charles Crossley 58
Average
1978 An Unmarried Woman Actor Saul Kaplan 59
Average
1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge Actor Michael Henchard 69
Fair
1976 The Collection Actor James 58
Average
1975 Two Sundays Actor Charles 59
Average
1975 Plaintiffs and Defendants Actor Peter N/A
N/A
1975 Royal Flash Actor Rudi Von Sternberg 59
Average
1975 In Celebration Actor Andrew Shaw 58
Average
1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph Actor Narrator (voice) 58
Average
1974 Butley Actor Ben Butley 59
Average
1973 Story of a Love Story Actor Harry 58
Average
1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Actor Bri 58
Average
1972 Second Best Actor Tom N/A
N/A
1971 The Go-Between Actor Ted Burgess 60
Fair
1970 Three Sisters Actor Col. Vershinin 58
Average
1969 Women in Love Actor Rupert Birkin 59
Average
1968 The Fixer Actor Yakov Bok 59
Average
1967 Location: Far from the Madding Crowd Actor Himself N/A
N/A
1967 Far from the Madding Crowd Actor Gabriel Oak 60
Fair
1966 King of Hearts Actor Charles Plumpick 60
Fair
1966 Georgy Girl Actor Jos Jones 59
Average
1965 Once Upon a Tractor Actor Joe Turrel 58
Average
1964 Zorba the Greek Actor Basil 65
Fair
1964 Nothing But the Best Actor Jimmy Brewster 58
Average
1964 The Caretaker Actor Mick 59
Average
1963 The Running Man Actor Stephen 59
Average
1962 A Kind of Loving Actor Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown 60
Fair
1961 Whistle Down the Wind Actor The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey 60
Fair
1960 The Entertainer Actor Frank Rice 59
Average

Production
1972 Second Best Production Producer N/A
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