Alan Bates
Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1934
Birthplace
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Died
December 27, 2003 (aged 69)
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 Unmarr...
Best known work
The Sum of All Fears
2002
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
Gosford Park
2001
Hamlet
1990
Zorba the Greek
1964
The Go-Between
1971
Women in Love
1969
The Rose
1979
The Shout
1978
A Prayer for the Dying
1987Filmography
2025
2020
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Fatheras Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2018
Nothing Like a Dameas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
Discovering Hamletas Claudius (archive footage)
2004
2004
Spartacusas Antonius Agrippa
2004
Hollywood Northas Michael Baytes
2003
The Statementas Armand Bertier
2003
Meanwhileas Father Peter
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambitionas Self (archive footage)
2003
2002
Evelynas Thomas Connolly
2002
The Making of Gosford Parkas Self
2002
Bertie and Elizabethas King George V
2002
The Sum of All Fearsas Dressler
2002
The Mothman Propheciesas Alexander Leek
2001
Gosford Parkas Jennings
2001
2001
2000
The Prince and the Pauperas Re Enrico VIII
2000
2000
2000
St. Patrick: The Irish Legendas Calpornius
1999
The Cherry Orchardas Gayev
1998
Nicholas’ Giftas Reg Green