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Alan Bates

Alan Bates

Acting February 17, 1934 (69 years old) December 27, 2003 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.

Movies 81

The Sum of All Fears 6.4

The Sum of All Fears

as Dressler

2002
The Mothman Prophecies 6.2

The Mothman Prophecies

as Alexander Leek

2002
Gosford Park 6.8

Gosford Park

as Jennings

2001
Zorba the Greek 7.4

Zorba the Greek

as Basil

1964
Hamlet 6.6

Hamlet

as Claudius

1990
The Shout 6.0

The Shout

as Charles Crossley

1978
Far from the Madding Crowd 6.9

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Gabriel Oak

1967
Women in Love 6.6

Women in Love

as Rupert Birkin

1969
A Prayer for the Dying 5.9

A Prayer for the Dying

as Jack Meehan

1987
An Unmarried Woman 6.8

An Unmarried Woman

as Saul Kaplan

1978
The Rose 6.7

The Rose

as Rudge Campbell

1979
Spartacus 6.7

Spartacus

as Antonius Agrippa

2004
The Return of the Soldier 6.3

The Return of the Soldier

as Captain Chris Baldry

1983
Britannia Hospital 6.2

Britannia Hospital

as Macready

1982
King of Hearts 6.9

King of Hearts

as Charles Plumpick

1966
The Go-Between 6.8

The Go-Between

as Ted Burgess

1971
Evelyn 6.4

Evelyn

as Thomas Connolly

2002
Nothing Like a Dame 6.8

Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018
Quartet 5.8

Quartet

as H.J. Heidler

1981
Celebrity Naked Ambition 5.3

Celebrity Naked Ambition

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Nijinsky 4.9

Nijinsky

as Sergei Diaghilev

1980
Royal Flash 5.9

Royal Flash

as Rudi Von Sternberg

1975
The Running Man 6.7

The Running Man

as Stephen

1963
Mr. Frost 6.1

Mr. Frost

as Felix Detweiler

1990
A Kind of Loving 7.1

A Kind of Loving

as Victor 'Vic' Brown

1962
Duet for One 5.4

Duet for One

as David Cornwallis

1986
Whistle Down the Wind 7.2

Whistle Down the Wind

as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

1961
The Statement 5.7

The Statement

as Armand Bertier

2003
The Story of Jacob and Joseph 7.0

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

as Narrator (voice)

1974
The Wicked Lady 4.9

The Wicked Lady

as Captain Jerry Jackson

1983
The Prince and the Pauper 6.4

The Prince and the Pauper

as Re Enrico VIII

2000
Nothing But the Best 6.0

Nothing But the Best

as Jimmy Brewster

1964
Georgy Girl 6.2

Georgy Girl

as Jos Jones

1966
The Cherry Orchard 5.0

The Cherry Orchard

as Gayev

1999
We Think the World of You 6.4

We Think the World of You

as Frank Meadows

1988
The Entertainer 6.2

The Entertainer

as Frank Rice

1960
The Making of Gosford Park 5.3

The Making of Gosford Park

as Self

2002
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend 5.0

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

as Calpornius

2000
The Dog It Was That Died 5.0

The Dog It Was That Died

as Blair

1989
The Collection 4.4

The Collection

as James

1976
Three Sisters 4.3

Three Sisters

as Col. Vershinin

1970
The Fixer 6.2

The Fixer

as Yakov Bok

1968
Pack of Lies 6.8

Pack of Lies

as Stewart

1987
Once Upon a Tractor 6.0

Once Upon a Tractor

as Joe Turrel

1965
A Voyage Round My Father 7.4

A Voyage Round My Father

as John Mortimer

1984
Separate Tables 6.6

Separate Tables

as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock

1983
Silent Tongue 4.7

Silent Tongue

as Eamon McCree

1994
An Englishman Abroad 6.1

An Englishman Abroad

as Guy Burgess

1983
The Caretaker 7.4

The Caretaker

as Mick

1964
Very Like a Whale 5.0

Very Like a Whale

as Sir Jock Mellor

1981
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father 5.8

Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

as Major James Prentis (archival footage)

2020
Hands Up! 5.8

Hands Up!

as Self (1981 footage)

1985
Impossible Object 4.7

Impossible Object

as Harry

1973
Dr. M 4.7

Dr. M

as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru

1990
Uncontrollable Circumstances 6.2

Uncontrollable Circumstances

as Malcolm Forrest

1989
Second Best 5.0

Second Best

as Tom

1972
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 4.8

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

as Bri

1972
Dr. Fischer of Geneva 6.1

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

as Dr. Alfred Jones

1984
Discovering Hamlet 7.5

Discovering Hamlet

as Claudius (archive footage)

2011
Secret Friends 4.2

Secret Friends

as John

1991
Unnatural Pursuits

Unnatural Pursuits

as Hamish Partt

1992
Butley 6.7

Butley

as Ben Butley

1974
The Grotesque 5.4

The Grotesque

as Sir Hugo Coal

1995
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words 7.0

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

as Self

2001
Hollywood North 5.1

Hollywood North

as Michael Baytes

2004
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders 10.0

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

as Archive

2025
In Celebration 5.2

In Celebration

as Andrew Shaw

1975
Nicholas’ Gift 5.0

Nicholas’ Gift

as Reg Green

1998
Bertie and Elizabeth 6.7

Bertie and Elizabeth

as King George V

2002
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

as John Fabian

1988
Shuttlecock 3.5

Shuttlecock

as Major James Prentis VC

1993
Meanwhile 7.0

Meanwhile

as Father Peter

2003
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

as Self

1969
Losing Track 7.0

Losing Track

as Henry Sitchell

1992
Lionpower from MGM 6.3

Lionpower from MGM

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

1967
One for the Road

One for the Road

as Nicholas

1985
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd 7.0

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

as Self

1967
102 Boulevard Haussmann 7.5

102 Boulevard Haussmann

as Marcel Proust

1990
Plaintiffs and Defendants 8.5

Plaintiffs and Defendants

as Peter

1975
The Trespasser 8.0

The Trespasser

as Siegmund

1981
Two Sundays 4.0

Two Sundays

as Charles

1975

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