Alan Bates


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Actor | Producer

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, whic...

Place of Birth: Allestree, Derbyshire, England

Date of Birth: Feb 17, 1934

Date of Death: Dec 27, 2003


Filmography

Actor (89 Known Credits)


Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

Major James Prentis (archival footage)

Discovering Hamlet

Claudius (archive footage)

Spartacus

Antonius Agrippa

Hollywood North

Michael Baytes

Spartacus

Antonius Agrippa

The Statement

Armand Bertier

The Mothman Prophecies

Alexander Leek

Salem Witch Trials

Sir William Phips

Evelyn

Thomas Connolly

Bertie and Elizabeth

King George V

Gosford Park

Jennings

Arabian Nights

Storyteller

Nicholas' Gift

Reg Green

The Grotesque

Sir Hugo Coal

Hard Times

Josiah Bounderby

Hard Times

Josiah Bounderby

Silent Tongue

Eamon McCree

Shuttlecock

Major James Prentis VC

Unnatural Pursuits

Hamish Partt

Losing Track

Henry Sitchell

Hamlet

Claudius

Mister Frost

Felix Detweiler

Dr. M

Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru

Force majeure

Malcolm Forrest

Duet for One

David Cornwallis

Pack of Lies

Stewart

The Wicked Lady

Jerry Jackson

Separate Tables

John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock

Quartet

H.J. Heidler

Very Like a Whale

Sir Jock Mellor

The Trespasser

Siegmund

Nijinsky

Sergei Diaghilev

The Rose

Rudge Campbell

The Shout

Charles Crossley

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Michael Henchard

Royal Flash

Rudi Von Sternberg

In Celebration

Andrew Shaw

Two Sundays

Charles

Butley

Ben Butley

The Go-Between

Ted Burgess

Three Sisters

Col. Vershinin

Women in Love

Rupert Birkin

The Fixer

Yakov Bok

Le Roi de cœur

Charles Plumpick

Georgy Girl

Jos Jones

Nothing But the Best

Jimmy Brewster

A Kind of Loving

Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown

The Entertainer

Frank Rice

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Dr. Alfred Jones

Unnatural Pursuits

Hamish Partt

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Claudius (archive footage)
The Graham Norton Show (2007 - 2022)
Himself
Spartacus (2004)
Antonius Agrippa
Michael Baytes
Spartacus (2004)
Antonius Agrippa
The Statement (2003)
Armand Bertier
Alexander Leek
Dressler
Sir William Phips
Evelyn (2002)
Thomas Connolly
King George V
Gosford Park (2001)
Jennings
Uncle Matthew
Re Enrico VIII
Jethro
Storyteller
Gayev
Reg Green
The Grotesque (1995)
Sir Hugo Coal
Oliver
Hard Times (1994)
Josiah Bounderby
Hard Times (1994)
Josiah Bounderby
Silent Tongue (1993)
Eamon McCree
Shuttlecock (1993)
Major James Prentis VC
Hamish Partt
Losing Track (1992)
Henry Sitchell
Pebble Mill (1991 - 1996)
Self
John
Hamlet (1990)
Claudius
Mister Frost (1990)
Felix Detweiler
Dr. M (1990)
Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Marcel Proust
Force majeure (1989)
Malcolm Forrest
Frank Meadows
Jack Meehan
Duet for One (1987)
David Cornwallis
Pack of Lies (1987)
Stewart
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985 - 1992)
John Fabian
Nicholas
John Mortimer
Jerry Jackson
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Guy Burgess
Macready
Chris Baldry
Quartet (1981)
H.J. Heidler
Wikto
Sir Jock Mellor
Siegmund
Nijinsky (1980)
Sergei Diaghilev
The Rose (1979)
Rudge Campbell
Saul
The Shout (1978)
Charles Crossley
Michael Henchard
James
Royal Flash (1975)
Rudi Von Sternberg
Andrew Shaw
Two Sundays (1975)
Charles
Butley (1974)
Ben Butley
Narrator (voice)
Second Best (1972)
Tom
Great Performances (1971 - 2020)
James
Ted Burgess
Three Sisters (1970)
Col. Vershinin
Women in Love (1969)
Rupert Birkin
The Fixer (1968)
Yakov Bok
Gabriel Oak
Charles Plumpick
Georgy Girl (1966)
Jos Jones
Joe Turrel
Jimmy Brewster
The Caretaker (1963)
Mick
Stephen
Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
The Man
Frank Rice
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)
Stewart
Dr. Alfred Jones
Hamish Partt

Producer (1 Known Credits)


Second Best

Producer

Second Best (1972)
Producer

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