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