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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Character:Archive
Release Date:17/06/2025
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Character:Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Release Date:31/12/2020
Nothing Like a Dame
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/05/2018
Discovering Hamlet
Character:Claudius (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2011
Spartacus
Character:Antonius Agrippa
Release Date:17/03/2004
Hollywood North
Character:Michael Baytes
Release Date:12/01/2004
The Statement
Character:Armand Bertier
Release Date:12/12/2003
Meanwhile
Character:Father Peter
Release Date:19/07/2003
Salem Witch Trials
Character:Sir William Phips
Release Date:24/12/2002
Evelyn
Character:Thomas Connolly
Release Date:30/09/2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
Character:King George V
Release Date:04/06/2002
The Sum of All Fears
Character:Dressler
Release Date:31/05/2002
The Mothman Prophecies
Character:Alexander Leek
Release Date:25/01/2002
Gosford Park
Character:Jennings
Release Date:26/12/2001
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Prince and the Pauper
Character:Re Enrico VIII
Release Date:01/12/2000
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Character:Calpornius
Release Date:12/03/2000
The Cherry Orchard
Character:Gayev
Release Date:01/01/1999
Nicholas’ Gift
Character:Reg Green
Release Date:21/04/1998
The Grotesque
Character:Sir Hugo Coal
Release Date:09/09/1995
Hard Times
Character:Josiah Bounderby
Release Date:29/04/1994
Shuttlecock
Character:Major James Prentis VC
Release Date:07/04/1993
Silent Tongue
Character:Eamon McCree
Release Date:28/01/1993
Losing Track
Character:Henry Sitchell
Release Date:18/10/1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Character:Hamish Partt
Release Date:01/01/1992
Secret Friends
Character:John
Release Date:21/06/1991
Hamlet
Character:Claudius
Release Date:19/12/1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Character:Marcel Proust
Release Date:09/11/1990
Dr. M
Character:Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Release Date:24/05/1990
Mister Frost
Character:Felix Detweiler
Release Date:10/04/1990
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Character:Malcolm Forrest
Release Date:04/04/1989
The Dog It Was That Died
Character:Blair
Release Date:01/01/1989
We Think the World of You
Character:Frank Meadows
Release Date:22/12/1988
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
Character:John Fabian
Release Date:28/05/1988
A Prayer for the Dying
Character:Jack Meehan
Release Date:11/09/1987
Pack of Lies
Character:Stewart
Release Date:26/04/1987
Duet for One
Character:David Cornwallis
Release Date:25/12/1986
One for the Road
Character:Nicholas
Release Date:25/07/1985
Hands Up!
Character:Self (1981 footage)
Release Date:21/01/1985
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Character:Dr. Alfred Jones
Release Date:08/10/1984
A Voyage Round My Father
Character:John Mortimer
Release Date:19/04/1984
An Englishman Abroad
Character:Guy Burgess
Release Date:29/11/1983
The Wicked Lady
Character:Captain Jerry Jackson
Release Date:21/04/1983
The Return of the Soldier
Character:Captain Chris Baldry
Release Date:06/01/1983
Separate Tables
Character:John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Release Date:01/01/1983
Britannia Hospital
Character:Macready
Release Date:27/05/1982
Quartet
Character:H.J. Heidler
Release Date:25/10/1981
The Trespasser
Character:Siegmund
Release Date:25/01/1981
Very Like a Whale
Character:Sir Jock Mellor
Release Date:02/01/1981
Nijinsky
Character:Sergei Diaghilev
Release Date:20/03/1980
The Rose
Character:Rudge Campbell
Release Date:07/11/1979
The Shout
Character:Charles Crossley
Release Date:16/06/1978
An Unmarried Woman
Character:Saul Kaplan
Release Date:24/05/1978
The Collection
Character:James
Release Date:01/01/1976
Two Sundays
Character:Charles
Release Date:21/10/1975
Plaintiffs and Defendants
Character:Peter
Release Date:14/10/1975
Royal Flash
Character:Rudi Von Sternberg
Release Date:10/10/1975
In Celebration
Character:Andrew Shaw
Release Date:17/03/1975
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/04/1974
Butley
Character:Ben Butley
Release Date:21/01/1974
Impossible Object
Character:Harry
Release Date:24/05/1973
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Character:Bri
Release Date:01/05/1972
Second Best
Character:Tom
Release Date:01/01/1972
The Go-Between
Character:Ted Burgess
Release Date:16/06/1971
Three Sisters
Character:Col. Vershinin
Release Date:01/04/1970
Women in Love
Character:Rupert Birkin
Release Date:13/09/1969
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Fixer
Character:Yakov Bok
Release Date:08/12/1968
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/10/1967
Far from the Madding Crowd
Character:Gabriel Oak
Release Date:18/06/1967
Lionpower from MGM
Character:Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1967
King of Hearts
Character:Charles Plumpick
Release Date:21/12/1966
Georgy Girl
Character:Jos Jones
Release Date:04/08/1966
Once Upon a Tractor
Character:Joe Turrel
Release Date:09/09/1965
Zorba the Greek
Character:Basil
Release Date:14/12/1964
Nothing But the Best
Character:Jimmy Brewster
Release Date:10/03/1964
The Caretaker
Character:Mick
Release Date:21/01/1964
The Running Man
Character:Stephen
Release Date:01/10/1963
A Kind of Loving
Character:Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
Release Date:12/04/1962
Whistle Down the Wind
Character:The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
Release Date:25/07/1961
The Entertainer
Character:Frank Rice
Release Date:25/07/1960
Television Appearances
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Spartacus
Character:Antonius Agrippa
Love in a Cold Climate
Character:Uncle Matthew
In the Beginning
Character:Jethro
Arabian Nights
Character:Storyteller
Oliver's Travels
Character:Oliver
Hard Times
Character:Josiah Bounderby
Unnatural Pursuits
Character:Hamish Partt
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character:John Fabian
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Character:Michael Henchard
Laurence Olivier Presents
Character:
Great Performances
Character:James
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Stewart
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