Alan Bates

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-02-17

Day of death

2003-12-27 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Allestree, Derbyshire, England

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 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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital

  • The Trespasser

    The Trespasser

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • Dr. M

    Dr. M

  • Shuttlecock

    Shuttlecock

  • Secret Friends

    Secret Friends

  • Hollywood North

    Hollywood North

  • Royal Flash

    Royal Flash

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • The Grotesque

    The Grotesque

  • Evelyn

    Evelyn

  • Butley

    Butley

  • An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried Woman

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Plaintiffs and Defendants

    Plaintiffs and Defendants

  • Women in Love

    Women in Love

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

  • 102 Boulevard Haussmann

    102 Boulevard Haussmann

  • The Mothman Prophecies

    The Mothman Prophecies

  • Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

  • The Rose

    The Rose

  • Arabian Nights

    Arabian Nights

  • Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Zorba the Greek

    Zorba the Greek

  • The Collection

    The Collection

  • In the Beginning

    In the Beginning

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • Meanwhile

    Meanwhile

  • Nothing But the Best

    Nothing But the Best

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • Love in a Cold Climate

    Love in a Cold Climate

  • The Dog It Was That Died

    The Dog It Was That Died

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • Uncontrollable Circumstances

    Uncontrollable Circumstances

  • The Shout

    The Shout

  • Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • The Go-Between

    The Go-Between

  • King of Hearts

    King of Hearts

  • A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Far from the Madding Crowd

    Far from the Madding Crowd

  • Whistle Down the Wind

    Whistle Down the Wind

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

  • Georgy Girl

    Georgy Girl

  • The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

  • The Return of the Soldier

    The Return of the Soldier

  • Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

  • Celebrity Naked Ambition

    Celebrity Naked Ambition

  • The Running Man

    The Running Man

  • The Making of Gosford Park

    The Making of Gosford Park

  • Silent Tongue

    Silent Tongue

  • Mister Frost

    Mister Frost

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • The Entertainer

    The Entertainer

  • The Caretaker

    The Caretaker

  • Second Best

    Second Best

  • Nicholas’ Gift

    Nicholas’ Gift

  • Duet for One

    Duet for One

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • A Kind of Loving

    A Kind of Loving

  • The Story of Jacob and Joseph

    The Story of Jacob and Joseph

  • An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

  • Very Like a Whale

    Very Like a Whale

  • In Celebration

    In Celebration

  • Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Bertie and Elizabeth

    Bertie and Elizabeth

  • Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

  • Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

  • We Think the World of You

    We Think the World of You

  • Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

    Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Hands Up!

    Hands Up!

  • Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

  • Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

    Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

  • A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

  • St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

    St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

  • Losing Track

    Losing Track

  • Two Sundays

    Two Sundays

  • Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

    Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

    The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

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

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

  • Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

    Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

  • One for the Road

    One for the Road