Alan Bates

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 Academ
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Personal Info

Id

27554

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-02-17

Place of Birth

Allestree, Derbyshire, England

Also Known As

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    Known For

    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Zorba the Greek

    Zorba the Gr

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    Far from the

    The Mothman Prophecies

    The Mothman

    Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

    Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like

    Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

    Shuttlecock:

    Spartacus

    Spartacus

    Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Ho

    A Kind of Loving

    A Kind of Lo

    Whistle Down the Wind

    Whistle Down

    A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for

    Mister Frost

    Mister Frost

    The Statement

    The Statemen

    Dr. M

    Dr. M

    The Go-Between

    The Go-Betwe

    Georgy Girl

    Georgy Girl

    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince a

    Losing Track

    Losing Track

    The Rose

    The Rose

    An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried

    Bertie and Elizabeth

    Bertie and E

    Women in Love

    Women in Lov

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    A Voyage Rou

    Quartet

    Quartet

    King of Hearts

    King of Hear

    The Grotesque

    The Grotesqu

    The Entertainer

    The Entertai

    Duet for One

    Duet for One

    Royal Flash

    Royal Flash

    Hollywood North

    Hollywood No

    The Fixer

    The Fixer

    The Caretaker

    The Caretake

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the

    Secret Friends

    Secret Frien

    We Think the World of You

    We Think the

    An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishma

    The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked L

    Nothing But the Best

    Nothing But

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    The Running Man

    The Running

    Silent Tongue

    Silent Tongu

    Butley

    Butley

    In Celebration

    In Celebrati

    Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

    The Collection

    The Collecti

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    One for the

    Uncontrollable Circumstances

    Uncontrollab

    Impossible Object

    Impossible O

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    102 Boulevar

    The Return of the Soldier

    The Return o

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    Discovering

    Nicholas’ Gift

    Nicholas’ Gi

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    Unnatural Pu

    Hands Up!

    Hands Up!

    Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

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    Very Like a

    Three Sisters

    Three Sister

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    Hard Times

    The Trespasser

    The Trespass

    Evelyn

    Evelyn

    Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch

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    The Dog It W

    St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

    St. Patrick:

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    Two Sundays

    The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of A

    The Story of Jacob and Joseph

    The Story of

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    Once Upon a

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    Anthony Quin

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    Second Best

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    Meanwhile

    The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry O

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    Shuttlecock

    The Shout

    The Shout

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    Dr. Fischer

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    The Making o

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    Look at Life

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    The Ray Brad

    Lionpower from MGM

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    Love Left th

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    2025

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

    asArchive

    2020

    Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

    asMajor James Prentis (archival footage)

    2018

    Nothing Like a Dame

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    2011

    Discovering Hamlet

    asClaudius (archive footage)

    2004

    Spartacus

    asAntonius Agrippa

    2004

    Hollywood North

    asMichael Baytes

    2003

    The Statement

    asArmand Bertier

    2003

    Meanwhile

    asFather Peter

    2002

    Salem Witch Trials

    asSir William Phips

    2002

    Evelyn

    asThomas Connolly

    2002

    The Making of Gosford Park

    asSelf

    2002

    Bertie and Elizabeth

    asKing George V

    2002

    The Sum of All Fears

    asDressler

    2002

    The Mothman Prophecies

    asAlexander Leek

    2001

    Gosford Park

    asJennings

    2001

    Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

    asSelf

    2000

    The Prince and the Pauper

    asRe Enrico VIII

    2000

    St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

    asCalpornius

    1999

    The Cherry Orchard

    asGayev

    1998

    Nicholas’ Gift

    asReg Green

    1995

    The Grotesque

    asSir Hugo Coal

    1994

    Hard Times

    asJosiah Bounderby

    1993

    Shuttlecock

    asMajor James Prentis VC

    1993

    Silent Tongue

    asEamon McCree

    1992

    Losing Track

    asHenry Sitchell

    1992

    Unnatural Pursuits

    asHamish Partt

    1991

    Secret Friends

    asJohn

    1990

    Hamlet

    asClaudius

    1990

    102 Boulevard Haussmann

    asMarcel Proust

    1990

    Dr. M

    asDr, Marsfeldt / Guru

    1990

    Mister Frost

    asFelix Detweiler

    1989

    Uncontrollable Circumstances

    asMalcolm Forrest

    1989

    The Dog It Was That Died

    asBlair

    1988

    We Think the World of You

    asFrank Meadows

    1988

    The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

    asJohn Fabian

    1987

    A Prayer for the Dying

    asJack Meehan

    1987

    Pack of Lies

    asStewart

    1986

    Duet for One

    asDavid Cornwallis

    1985

    One for the Road

    asNicholas

    1985

    Hands Up!

    asSelf (1981 footage)

    1984

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    asDr. Alfred Jones

    1984

    A Voyage Round My Father

    asJohn Mortimer

    1983

    An Englishman Abroad

    asGuy Burgess

    1983

    The Wicked Lady

    asCaptain Jerry Jackson

    1983

    The Return of the Soldier

    asCaptain Chris Baldry

    1983

    Separate Tables

    asJohn Malcolm / Maj. Pollock

    1982

    Britannia Hospital

    asMacready

    1981

    Quartet

    asH.J. Heidler

    1981

    The Trespasser

    asSiegmund

    1981

    Very Like a Whale

    asSir Jock Mellor

    1980

    Nijinsky

    asSergei Diaghilev

    1979

    The Rose

    asRudge Campbell

    1978

    The Shout

    asCharles Crossley

    1978

    An Unmarried Woman

    asSaul Kaplan

    1976

    The Collection

    asJames

    1975

    Two Sundays

    asCharles

    1975

    Plaintiffs and Defendants

    asPeter

    1975

    Royal Flash

    asRudi Von Sternberg

    1975

    In Celebration

    asAndrew Shaw

    1974

    The Story of Jacob and Joseph

    asNarrator (voice)

    1974

    Butley

    asBen Butley

    1973

    Impossible Object

    asHarry

    1972

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    asBri

    1972

    Second Best

    asTom

    1971

    The Go-Between

    asTed Burgess

    1970

    Three Sisters

    asCol. Vershinin

    1969

    Women in Love

    asRupert Birkin

    1969

    Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

    asSelf

    1968

    The Fixer

    asYakov Bok

    1967

    Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

    asHimself

    1967

    Far from the Madding Crowd

    asGabriel Oak

    1967

    Lionpower from MGM

    asSelf - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1966

    King of Hearts

    asCharles Plumpick

    1966

    Georgy Girl

    asJos Jones

    1965

    Once Upon a Tractor

    asJoe Turrel

    1964

    Zorba the Greek

    asBasil

    1964

    Nothing But the Best

    asJimmy Brewster

    1964

    The Caretaker

    asMick

    1963

    The Running Man

    asStephen

    1962

    A Kind of Loving

    asVictor Arthur 'Vic' Brown

    1961

    Whistle Down the Wind

    asThe Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

    1960

    The Entertainer

    asFrank Rice

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    (1 episode)asJohn Fabian

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    (1 episode)asStewart

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    (5 episode)asOliver

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (2 episode)asStoryteller

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    (7 episode)asMichael Henchard

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (2 episode)asAntonius Agrippa

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    (2 episode)asJethro

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    (2 episode)asUncle Matthew

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    (1 episode)asJames

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    (4 episode)asJosiah Bounderby

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    (2 episode)asHamish Partt

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    (1 episode)asSelf