Alan Bates
Acting
Born 1934-02-17
Died 2003-12-27
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
101 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Great Performances
Screen Two
The Wednesday Play
Pebble Mill
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Sum of All Fears
Gosford Park
Screen One
The Mothman Prophecies
Arabian Nights
Spartacus
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Women in Love
Zorba the Greek
In the Beginning
Spartacus
Hamlet
Mr. Frost
An Unmarried Woman
Evelyn
Oliver's Travels
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Dog It Was That Died
The Shout
The Running Man
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Go-Between
Love in a Cold Climate
A Prayer for the Dying
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Wicked Lady
Georgy Girl
Dr. M
The Rose
The Statement
Salem Witch Trials
Nothing Like a Dame
King of Hearts
Armchair Theatre
The Mayor of Casterbridge
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Britannia Hospital
Hard Times
Duet for One
Royal Flash
Whistle Down the Wind
Quartet
The Fixer
The Caretaker
Unnatural Pursuits
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Second Best
The Return of the Soldier
The Making of Gosford Park
The Prince and the Pauper
Bertie and Elizabeth
Separate Tables
Very Like a Whale
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
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