Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1934-02-17
- Day of Death2003-12-27 (69 years)
- Place of BirthAllestree, Derbyshire, England
- Also Known AsАлан Бейтс
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2020
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
As: Major James Prentis (archival footage)
- 2004
Spartacus
As: Antonius Agrippa
- 2004
Spartacus
As: Antonius Agrippa
- 2004
Hollywood North
As: Michael Baytes
- 2003
The Statement
As: Armand Bertier
- 2002
Salem Witch Trials
As: Sir William Phips
- 2002
Evelyn
As: Thomas Connolly
- 2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
As: King George V
- 2002
The Sum of All Fears
As: Dressler
- 2002
The Mothman Prophecies
As: Alexander Leek
- 2001
Gosford Park
As: Jennings
2001Love in a Cold Climate
As: Uncle Matthew
2000The Prince and the Pauper
As: Re Enrico VIII
2000In the Beginning
As: Jethro
2000Arabian Nights
As: Storyteller
2000St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
As: Calpornius
1999The Cherry Orchard
As: Gayev
1998Nicholas’ Gift
As: Reg Green
1995The Grotesque
As: Sir Hugo Coal
1995Oliver's Travels
As: Oliver
1994Hard Times
As: Josiah Bounderby
1994Hard Times
As: Josiah Bounderby
1993Shuttlecock
As: Major James Prentis VC
1993Silent Tongue
As: Eamon McCree
1992Losing Track
As: Henry Sitchell
1992Unnatural Pursuits
As: Hamish Partt
1991Secret Friends
As: John
- 1990
Hamlet
As: Claudius
1990102 Boulevard Haussmann
As: Marcel Proust
1990Dr. M
As: Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
1990Mister Frost
As: Felix Detweiler
1989Uncontrollable Circumstances
As: Malcolm Forrest
1989The Dog It Was That Died
As: Blair
1988We Think the World of You
As: Frank Meadows
1987A Prayer for the Dying
As: Jack Meehan
1987Pack of Lies
As: Stewart
1986Duet for One
As: David Cornwallis
1985The Ray Bradbury Theater
As: John Fabian
1984Dr. Fischer of Geneva
As: Dr. Alfred Jones
1984A Voyage Round My Father
As: John Mortimer
1983An Englishman Abroad
As: Guy Burgess
1983The Wicked Lady
As: Captain Jerry Jackson
1983The Return of the Soldier
As: Captain Chris Baldry
1983Separate Tables
As: John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
1982Britannia Hospital
As: Macready
1981Quartet
As: H.J. Heidler
1981The Trespasser
As: Siegmund
1981Very Like a Whale
As: Sir Jock Mellor
1980Nijinsky
As: Sergei Diaghilev
1979The Rose
As: Rudge Campbell
1978The Shout
As: Charles Crossley
1978An Unmarried Woman
As: Saul Kaplan
1978The Mayor of Casterbridge
As: Michael Henchard
1976The Collection
As: James
1975Royal Flash
As: Rudi Von Sternberg
1975In Celebration
As: Andrew Shaw
1974The Story of Jacob and Joseph
As: Narrator (voice)
1974Butley
As: Ben Butley
1973Story of a Love Story
As: Harry
1972A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
As: Bri
1972Second Best
As: Tom
1971The Go-Between
As: Ted Burgess
1971Great Performances
As: James
1970Three Sisters
As: Col. Vershinin
1969Women in Love
As: Rupert Birkin
1968The Fixer
As: Yakov Bok
1967Far from the Madding Crowd
As: Gabriel Oak
1966King of Hearts
As: Charles Plumpick
1966Georgy Girl
As: Jos Jones
1965Once Upon a Tractor
As: Joe Turrel
- 1964
Zorba the Greek
As: Basil
1964Nothing But the Best
As: Jimmy Brewster
1964The Caretaker
As: Mick
1963The Running Man
As: Stephen
1962A Kind of Loving
As: Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
1961Whistle Down the Wind
As: The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
1960The Entertainer
As: Frank Rice
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Stewart