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Alan Bates
Born · February 17, 1934
Died · December 27, 2003 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Bio
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.
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Major James Prentis (archival footage)
6.0
2020
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.8
2018
Discovering Hamlet
Claudius (archive footage)
7.0
2011
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
Spartacus
Antonius Agrippa · (2 episodes)
6.7
2004
Spartacus
Antonius Agrippa
6.7
2004
Hollywood North
Michael Baytes
5.1
2004
The Statement
Armand Bertier
5.6
2003
Meanwhile
0.0
2003
Salem Witch Trials
Sir William Phips
6.2
2002
Evelyn
Thomas Connolly
6.3
2002
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Self
5.0
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
King George V
5.6
2002
The Sum of All Fears
Dressler
6.4
2002
The Mothman Prophecies
Alexander Leek
6.2
2002
Gosford Park
Jennings
6.8
2001
Love in a Cold Climate
Uncle Matthew · (2 episodes)
7.8
2001
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Self
0.0
2001
The Prince and the Pauper
Re Enrico VIII
6.2
2000
In the Beginning
Jethro · (2 episodes)
6.0
2000
Arabian Nights
Storyteller · (2 episodes)
6.7
2000
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Calpornius
5.3
2000
The Cherry Orchard
Gayev
5.0
1999
Nicholas’ Gift
Reg Green
5.0
1998
The Grotesque
Sir Hugo Coal
5.4
1995
Oliver's Travels
Oliver · (5 episodes)
6.0
1995
Hard Times
Josiah Bounderby
7.0
1994
Hard Times
Josiah Bounderby · (4 episodes)
0.0
1994
Shuttlecock
Major James Prentis VC
2.5
1993
Silent Tongue
Eamon McCree
4.8
1993
Unnatural Pursuits
Hamish Partt · (2 episodes)
6.0
1992
Losing Track
Henry Sitchell
0.0
1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Hamish Partt
0.0
1992
Pebble Mill
Self · (1 episode)
3.1
1991
Secret Friends
John
3.9
1991
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
Claudius (archive footage)
0.0
1991
Hamlet
Claudius
6.6
1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Marcel Proust
6.0
1990
Dr. M
Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
4.7
1990
Mister Frost
Felix Detweiler
6.1
1990
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Malcolm Forrest
6.2
1989
The Dog It Was That Died
Blair
0.0
1989
We Think the World of You
Frank Meadows
6.7
1988
A Prayer for the Dying
Jack Meehan
5.8
1987
Pack of Lies
Stewart
6.6
1987
Duet for One
David Cornwallis
5.8
1986
One for the Road
Nicholas
0.0
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
John Fabian · (1 episode)
6.9
1985
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
5.8
1985
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Dr. Alfred Jones
5.6
1984
A Voyage Round My Father
John Mortimer
7.6
1984
An Englishman Abroad
Guy Burgess
5.9
1983
The Wicked Lady
Captain Jerry Jackson
4.8
1983
The Return of the Soldier
Captain Chris Baldry
6.2
1983
Separate Tables
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
6.3
1983
Britannia Hospital
Macready
6.4
1982
Quartet
H.J. Heidler
5.8
1981
The Trespasser
Siegmund
0.0
1981
Very Like a Whale
Sir Jock Mellor
3.0
1981
Nijinsky
Sergei Diaghilev
5.3
1980
The Rose
Rudge Campbell
6.6
1979
The Shout
Charles Crossley
5.9
1978
An Unmarried Woman
Saul Kaplan
6.7
1978
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard · (7 episodes)
5.7
1978
Laurence Olivier Presents
(1 episode)
7.0
1976
The Collection
James
5.7
1976
Two Sundays
Charles
3.0
1975
Plaintiffs and Defendants
Peter
7.0
1975
Royal Flash
Rudi Von Sternberg
6.0
1975
In Celebration
Andrew Shaw
5.2
1975
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1974
Butley
Ben Butley
6.3
1974
Story of a Love Story
Harry
4.9
1973
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Bri
4.4
1972
Second Best
Tom
0.0
1972
The Go-Between
Ted Burgess
6.8
1971
Great Performances
James · (1 episode)
5.4
1971
Three Sisters
Col. Vershinin
3.8
1970
Women in Love
Rupert Birkin
6.5
1969
The Fixer
Yakov Bok
5.8
1968
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Himself
0.0
1967
Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Oak
6.9
1967
King of Hearts
Charles Plumpick
6.9
1966
Georgy Girl
Jos Jones
6.3
1966
Once Upon a Tractor
Joe Turrel
5.0
1965
Zorba the Greek
Basil
7.5
1964
Nothing But the Best
Jimmy Brewster
5.2
1964
The Caretaker
Mick
7.2
1964
The Running Man
Stephen
6.7
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
A Kind of Loving
Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
7.0
1962
Whistle Down the Wind
The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
7.1
1961
The Entertainer
Frank Rice
6.2
1960
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stewart · (1 episode)
8.7
1951