Alan Bates
Born in Allestree, Derbyshire, England — Feb 17 1934• Died Dec 27 2003
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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 19…
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Alan Bates's Credits
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Great Performances
James
The Ray Bradbury Theater
John Fabian
Arabian Nights
Storyteller
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stewart
The Sum of All Fears
Dressler
Laurence Olivier Presents
Spartacus
Antonius Agrippa
In the Beginning
Jethro
A Prayer for the Dying
Jack Meehan
Spartacus
Antonius Agrippa
Zorba the Greek
Basil
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Michael Henchard
Oliver's Travels
Oliver
The Rose
Rudge Campbell
Love in a Cold Climate
Uncle Matthew
Women in Love
Rupert Birkin
Gosford Park
Jennings
Hamlet
Claudius
Hard Times
Josiah Bounderby
Armchair Theatre
Lewis Black
An Unmarried Woman
Saul Kaplan
The Statement
Armand Bertier
Salem Witch Trials
Sir William Phips
The Mothman Prophecies
Alexander Leek
The Shout
Charles Crossley
Evelyn
Thomas Connolly
The Go-Between
Ted Burgess
Three Sisters
Col. Vershinin
The Running Man
Stephen
Discovering Hamlet
Claudius (archive footage)
The Collection
James
Dr. M
Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
The Return of the Soldier
Captain Chris Baldry
Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Oak
Quartet
H.J. Heidler
King of Hearts
Charles Plumpick
Royal Flash
Rudi Von Sternberg
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicholas’ Gift
Reg Green
The Making of Gosford Park
Self
Nothing But the Best
Jimmy Brewster
Unnatural Pursuits
Hamish Partt
The Caretaker
Mick
The Entertainer
Frank Rice
A Voyage Round My Father
John Mortimer
Duet for One
David Cornwallis
The Fixer
Yakov Bok
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Pack of Lies
Stewart
Hollywood North
Michael Baytes
The Cherry Orchard
Gayev
Mister Frost
Felix Detweiler
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hard Times
Josiah Bounderby
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Calpornius
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Narrator (voice)
Britannia Hospital
Macready
Whistle Down the Wind
The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
The Grotesque
Sir Hugo Coal
The Prince and the Pauper
Re Enrico VIII
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Dr. Alfred Jones
The Dog It Was That Died
Blair
Secret Friends
John
Georgy Girl
Jos Jones
A Kind of Loving
Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
Silent Tongue
Eamon McCree
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Self
One for the Road
Nicholas
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Malcolm Forrest
In Celebration
Andrew Shaw
Bertie and Elizabeth
King George V
Impossible Object
Harry
Shuttlecock
Major James Prentis VC
Unnatural Pursuits
Hamish Partt
Hands Up!
Self (1981 footage)
The Wicked Lady
Captain Jerry Jackson
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Bri
Butley
Ben Butley
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Marcel Proust
Nijinsky
Sergei Diaghilev
Two Sundays
Charles
Plaintiffs and Defendants
Peter
The Trespasser
Siegmund
Separate Tables
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Very Like a Whale
Sir Jock Mellor
We Think the World of You
Frank Meadows
Once Upon a Tractor
Joe Turrel
Losing Track
Henry Sitchell
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Himself
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Self
Meanwhile
Father Peter
An Englishman Abroad
Guy Burgess
Second Best
Tom
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
John Fabian
Salem Witch Trials
Sir William Phips