From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Discovering Hamlet | Claudius (archive footage) | 2011-11-01 |
Movie | An Englishman Abroad | Guy Burgess | 2009-09-21 |
Movie | Hollywood North | Michael Baytes | 2004-01-12 |
Movie | Spartacus | Antonius Agrippa | 2004-03-17 |
Movie | Meanwhile | 2003-07-19 | |
Movie | The Statement | Armand Bertier | 2003-12-12 |
Movie | Bertie and Elizabeth | King George V | 2002-07-07 |
Movie | Salem Witch Trials | Sir William Phips | 2002-12-24 |
Movie | Evelyn | Thomas Connolly | 2002-09-30 |
Movie | Anthony Quinn: The Final Words | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
Series | Love in a Cold Climate | Uncle Matthew | 2001-02-04 |
Movie | Gosford Park | Jennings | 2001-11-07 |
Series | Arabian Nights | Storyteller | 2000-04-30 |
Movie | St. Patrick: The Irish Legend | Calpornius | 2000-03-12 |
Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Re Enrico VIII | 2000-12-01 |
Movie | Nicholas’ Gift | Reg Green | 1998-04-21 |
Movie | The Grotesque | Sir Hugo Coal | 1995-09-09 |
Movie | Hard Times | Josiah Bounderby | 1994-04-29 |
Movie | Silent Tongue | Eamon McCree | 1993-01-28 |
Movie | Secret Friends | John | 1991-06-21 |
Movie | Mister Frost | Felix Detweiler | 1990-04-10 |
Movie | Dr. M | Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru | 1990-05-24 |
Movie | Hamlet | Claudius | 1990-12-19 |
Movie | The Dog It Was That Died | Blair | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Uncontrollable Circumstances | Malcolm Forrest | 1989-04-04 |
Movie | We Think the World of You | Frank Meadows | 1988-12-22 |
Movie | A Prayer for the Dying | Jack Meehan | 1987-09-11 |
Movie | Pack of Lies | Stewart | 1987-04-26 |
Movie | Duet for One | David Cornwallis | 1986-12-25 |
Movie | Hands Up! | Self (1981 footage) | 1985-01-21 |
Movie | A Voyage Round My Father | John Mortimer | 1984-04-19 |
Movie | The Wicked Lady | Captain Jerry Jackson | 1983-04-21 |
Movie | Separate Tables | John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | The Return of the Soldier | Captain Chris Baldry | 1983-01-06 |
Movie | Britannia Hospital | Macready | 1982-05-27 |
Movie | Very Like a Whale | Sir Jock Mellor | 1981-01-02 |
Movie | Nijinsky | Sergei Diaghilev | 1980-03-20 |
Movie | The Rose | Rudge Campbell | 1979-11-07 |
Movie | The Shout | Charles Crossley | 1978-06-16 |
Series | The Mayor of Casterbridge | 1978-01-22 | |
Movie | An Unmarried Woman | Saul Kaplan | 1978-05-24 |
Movie | In Celebration | Andrew Shaw | 1975-03-17 |
Movie | Royal Flash | Rudi Von Sternberg | 1975-10-10 |
Movie | Two Sundays | Charles | 1975-10-21 |
Movie | Plaintiffs and Defendants | Peter | 1975-10-14 |
Movie | Butley | Ben Butley | 1974-01-21 |
Movie | The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Narrator (voice) | 1974-04-07 |
Movie | Story of a Love Story | Harry | 1973-05-24 |
Movie | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Bri | 1972-05-01 |
Movie | The Go-Between | Ted Burgess | 1971-06-16 |
Movie | Three Sisters | Col. Vershinin | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | Women in Love | Rupert Birkin | 1969-09-13 |
Movie | The Fixer | Yakov Bok | 1968-12-08 |
Movie | Georgy Girl | Jos Jones | 1966-08-04 |
Movie | King of Hearts | Charles Plumpick | 1966-12-21 |
Movie | Once Upon a Tractor | Joe Turrel | 1965-09-09 |
Movie | Nothing But the Best | Jimmy Brewster | 1964-03-10 |
Movie | The Caretaker | Mick | 1964-01-21 |
Movie | Zorba the Greek | Basil | 1964-12-14 |
Movie | The Running Man | Stephen | 1963-10-01 |
Movie | Whistle Down the Wind | The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey | 1961-07-25 |
Movie | The Entertainer | Frank Rice | 1960-07-25 |
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