Actor

Alan Bates

2 Movies

2 Credits

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 2

Birthday February 17, 1934 (92 years old)

Place of Birth Allestree, Derbyshire, England

Also Known As Алан Бейтс

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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 (103)

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders 2025

Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father 2020

Nothing Like a Dame 2018

Discovering Hamlet 2011

The Graham Norton Show 2007

Spartacus 2004

Hollywood North 2004

Spartacus 2004

The Statement 2003

Meanwhile 2003

Celebrity Naked Ambition 2003

Salem Witch Trials 2003

The Mothman Prophecies 2002

Bertie and Elizabeth 2002

Evelyn 2002

Salem Witch Trials 2002

The Sum of All Fears 2002

The Making of Gosford Park 2002

Gosford Park 2001

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words 2001

Love in a Cold Climate 2001

The Prince and the Pauper 2000

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend 2000

Arabian Nights 2000

In the Beginning 2000

The Cherry Orchard 1999

Nicholas’ Gift 1998

The Grotesque 1995

Oliver's Travels 1995

Silent Tongue 1994

Hard Times 1994

Shuttlecock 1993

Losing Track 1992

Unnatural Pursuits 1992

Secret Friends 1991

Pebble Mill 1991

Hamlet 1990

Mister Frost 1990

Dr. M 1990

102 Boulevard Haussmann 1990

Uncontrollable Circumstances 1989

The Dog It Was That Died 1989

Screen One 1989

We Think the World of You 1988

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska 1988

A Prayer for the Dying 1987

Pack of Lies 1987

Duet for One 1986

One for the Road 1985

Hands Up! 1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater 1985

Screen Two 1985

A Voyage Round My Father 1984

Dr. Fischer of Geneva 1984

An Englishman Abroad 1983

The Wicked Lady 1983

Separate Tables 1983

The Return of the Soldier 1983

Britannia Hospital 1982

Quartet 1981

Very Like a Whale 1981

The Trespasser 1981

Nijinsky 1980

The Rose 1979

An Unmarried Woman 1978

The Shout 1978

The Mayor of Casterbridge 1978

The Collection 1976

Laurence Olivier Presents 1976

Royal Flash 1975

In Celebration 1975

Two Sundays 1975

Plaintiffs and Defendants 1975

Butley 1974

The Story of Jacob and Joseph 1974

Impossible Object 1973

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 1972

Second Best 1972

The Go-Between 1971

Great Performances 1971

Three Sisters 1970

Women in Love 1969

Look at Life: All in a Day's Work 1969

The Fixer 1968

Far from the Madding Crowd 1967

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd 1967

Lionpower from MGM 1967

Georgy Girl 1966

King of Hearts 1966

Once Upon a Tractor 1965

Zorba the Greek 1964

The Caretaker 1964

Nothing But the Best 1964

The Wednesday Play 1964

The Running Man 1963

A Kind of Loving 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962

Whistle Down the Wind 1961

The Entertainer 1960

Armchair Theatre 1956

Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

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