Alan Bates

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

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

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • A Prayer for the Dying

    A Prayer for the Dying

  • Hands Up!

    Hands Up!

  • Whistle Down the Wind

    Whistle Down the Wind

  • The Return of the Soldier

    The Return of the Soldier

  • The Running Man

    The Running Man

  • Zorba the Greek

    Zorba the Greek

  • The Fixer

    The Fixer

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • The Statement

    The Statement

  • Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

  • Duet for One

    Duet for One

  • The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

  • Losing Track

    Losing Track

  • The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

  • An Englishman Abroad

    An Englishman Abroad

  • Discovering Hamlet

    Discovering Hamlet

  • Nicholas’ Gift

    Nicholas’ Gift

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Impossible Object

    Impossible Object

  • Dr. Fischer of Geneva

    Dr. Fischer of Geneva

  • Mister Frost

    Mister Frost

  • Arabian Nights

    Arabian Nights

  • In Celebration

    In Celebration

  • Silent Tongue

    Silent Tongue

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

  • King of Hearts

    King of Hearts

  • Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

  • Far from the Madding Crowd

    Far from the Madding Crowd

  • The Rose

    The Rose

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • The Dog It Was That Died

    The Dog It Was That Died

  • The Mothman Prophecies

    The Mothman Prophecies

  • Plaintiffs and Defendants

    Plaintiffs and Defendants

  • Secret Friends

    Secret Friends

  • Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

  • Gosford Park

    Gosford Park

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

  • Hollywood North

    Hollywood North

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

  • Nothing But the Best

    Nothing But the Best

  • Shuttlecock

    Shuttlecock

  • St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

    St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

  • The Story of Jacob and Joseph

    The Story of Jacob and Joseph

  • We Think the World of You

    We Think the World of You

  • Bertie and Elizabeth

    Bertie and Elizabeth

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • Two Sundays

    Two Sundays

  • The Entertainer

    The Entertainer

  • Evelyn

    Evelyn

  • Love in a Cold Climate

    Love in a Cold Climate

  • One for the Road

    One for the Road

  • In the Beginning

    In the Beginning

  • Uncontrollable Circumstances

    Uncontrollable Circumstances

  • Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

  • Women in Love

    Women in Love

  • The Trespasser

    The Trespasser

  • The Making of 'Gosford Park'

    The Making of 'Gosford Park'

  • The Go-Between

    The Go-Between

  • Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

  • Royal Flash

    Royal Flash

  • Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital

  • Butley

    Butley

  • The Mayor of Casterbridge

    The Mayor of Casterbridge

  • The Caretaker

    The Caretaker

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

  • Georgy Girl

    Georgy Girl

  • Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

    Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

  • Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

  • A Kind of Loving

    A Kind of Loving

  • The Grotesque

    The Grotesque

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • Dr. M

    Dr. M

  • An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried Woman

  • The Collection

    The Collection

  • Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

    Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

  • 102 Boulevard Haussmann

    102 Boulevard Haussmann

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • The Shout

    The Shout

  • Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

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

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

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

    The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

  • Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

    Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

    Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

  • Meanwhile

    Meanwhile

  • Very Like a Whale

    Very Like a Whale

  • Second Best

    Second Best