Alan Bates
Known for Acting · 102 credits
- Born
- 1934-02-17
- Died
- 2003-12-27
- Place of birth
- Allestree, Derbyshire, England
- Also known as
- Алан Бейтс
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
TV Shows (20)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as James
Screen Two
1985
as Marcel Proust
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Grigor Pecharin
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as John Fabian
Screen One
1989
as Henry Sitchell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stewart
Spartacus
2004
as Antonius Agrippa
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
In the Beginning
2000
as Jethro
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Lewis Black / Mario
Arabian Nights
2000
as Storyteller
Salem Witch Trials
2003
as Sir William Phips
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
as Uncle Matthew
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
as Michael Henchard
Hard Times
1994
as Josiah Bounderby
Oliver's Travels
1995
as Oliver
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Hamish Partt
Movies (82)
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Dressler
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
as Alexander Leek
Gosford Park
2001
as Jennings
Spartacus
2004
as Antonius Agrippa
Women in Love
1969
as Rupert Birkin
Second Best
1972
as Tom
Zorba the Greek
1964
as Basil
An Unmarried Woman
1978
as Saul Kaplan
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. M
1990
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Gabriel Oak
Separate Tables
1983
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Very Like a Whale
1981
as Sir Jock Mellor
The Collection
1976
as James
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as Blair
The Go-Between
1971
as Ted Burgess
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Jack Meehan
Hamlet
1990
as Claudius
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Captain Jerry Jackson
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
as Marcel Proust
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as King George V
The Rose
1979
as Rudge Campbell
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quartet
1981
as H.J. Heidler
Meanwhile
2003
as Father Peter
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Joe Turrel
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Captain Chris Baldry
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Guy Burgess
The Running Man
1963
as Stephen
The Statement
2003
as Armand Bertier
The Caretaker
1964
as Mick
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Macready
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
The Fixer
1968
as Yakov Bok
The Shout
1978
as Charles Crossley
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
Duet for One
1986
as David Cornwallis
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Himself
Uncontrollable Circumstances
1989
as Malcolm Forrest
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Re Enrico VIII
The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Hugo Coal
Royal Flash
1975
as Rudi Von Sternberg
Impossible Object
1973
as Harry
Plaintiffs and Defendants
1975
as Peter
In Celebration
1975
as Andrew Shaw
Nicholas’ Gift
1998
as Reg Green
We Think the World of You
1988
as Frank Meadows
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Victor 'Vic' Brown
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
as Dr. Alfred Jones
King of Hearts
1966
as Charles Plumpick
Hollywood North
2004
as Michael Baytes
Pack of Lies
1987
as Stewart
Nothing But the Best
1964
as Jimmy Brewster
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Gayev
Secret Friends
1991
as John
Nijinsky
1980
as Sergei Diaghilev
Georgy Girl
1966
as Jos Jones
Three Sisters
1970
as Col. Vershinin
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
as Self
Mister Frost
1990
as Felix Detweiler
The Entertainer
1960
as Frank Rice
Evelyn
2002
as Thomas Connolly
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Hamish Partt
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
as Calpornius
Hard Times
1994
as Josiah Bounderby
Shuttlecock
1993
as Major James Prentis VC
Butley
1974
as Ben Butley
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Bri
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as John Mortimer
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
2001
as Self
Losing Track
1992
as Henry Sitchell
Silent Tongue
1994
as Eamon McCree
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
One for the Road
1985
as Nicholas
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
1988
as John Fabian
Two Sundays
1975
as Charles
The Trespasser
1981
as Siegmund
About Alan Bates
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 A… With 102 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Alan Bates has appeared in 82 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alan Bates Movies
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) — as Dressler
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) — as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Mothman Prophecies (2002) — as Alexander Leek
- Gosford Park (2001) — as Jennings
- Spartacus (2004) — as Antonius Agrippa
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