
Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1934
Birthplace
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Died
December 27, 2003 (aged 69)
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 Unmarr...
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2020
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
2004
2004
as Antonius Agrippa
2004
as Michael Baytes
2003
as Armand Bertier
2003
as Father Peter
2003
as Self (archive footage)
2003
2002
as Thomas Connolly
2002
as Self
2002
as King George V
2002
as Dressler
2002
as Alexander Leek
2001
as Jennings
2001
2001
2000
as Re Enrico VIII
2000
2000
2000
as Calpornius
1999
as Gayev
1998
as Reg Green