Acting
Alan Bates
EN, FR, PL, EL cinema · 81 credits
Born
17 February 1934
Died
27 December 2003 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Also known as Алан Бейтс
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.
Known for
Filmography
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
Hollywood North
as Michael Baytes
The Statement
as Armand Bertier
Meanwhile
as Father Peter
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
The Mothman Prophecies
as Alexander Leek
Bertie and Elizabeth
as King George V
Evelyn
as Thomas Connolly
The Sum of All Fears
as Dressler
Gosford Park
as Jennings
The Prince and the Pauper
as Re Enrico VIII
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
as Calpornius
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
Nicholas’ Gift
as Reg Green
The Grotesque
as Sir Hugo Coal
Silent Tongue
as Eamon McCree
Shuttlecock
as Major James Prentis VC
Losing Track
as Henry Sitchell
Unnatural Pursuits
as Hamish Partt
Secret Friends
as John
Hamlet
as Claudius
Mr. Frost
as Felix Detweiler
Dr. M
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Marcel Proust
Uncontrollable Circumstances
as Malcolm Forrest
We Think the World of You
as Frank Meadows
A Prayer for the Dying
as Jack Meehan
Pack of Lies
as Stewart
Duet for One
as David Cornwallis
One for the Road
as Nicholas
Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)
A Voyage Round My Father
as John Mortimer
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Dr. Alfred Jones
An Englishman Abroad
as Guy Burgess
The Wicked Lady
as Captain Jerry Jackson
Separate Tables
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
The Return of the Soldier
as Captain Chris Baldry
Britannia Hospital
as Macready
Quartet
as H.J. Heidler
Very Like a Whale
as Sir Jock Mellor
The Trespasser
as Siegmund
Nijinsky
as Sergei Diaghilev
The Rose
as Rudge Campbell
An Unmarried Woman
as Saul Kaplan
The Shout
as Charles Crossley
The Collection
as James
Royal Flash
as Rudi Von Sternberg
In Celebration
as Andrew Shaw
Two Sundays
1975
Two Sundays
as Charles
Butley
as Ben Butley
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
as Narrator (voice)
Impossible Object
as Harry
Second Best
as Tom, Producer
The Go-Between
as Ted Burgess
Three Sisters
as Col. Vershinin
Women in Love
as Rupert Birkin
The Fixer
as Yakov Bok
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Gabriel Oak
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georgy Girl
as Jos Jones
King of Hearts
as Charles Plumpick
Once Upon a Tractor
as Joe Turrel
Zorba the Greek
as Basil
The Caretaker
as Mick
Nothing But the Best
as Jimmy Brewster
The Running Man
as Stephen
A Kind of Loving
as Victor 'Vic' Brown
Whistle Down the Wind
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
The Entertainer
as Frank Rice