Alan Bates
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-02-17 in Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Died
2003-12-27
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 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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Great Performances
as James
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as John Fabian
Pebble Mill
as Self
Gosford Park
as Jennings
The Sum of All Fears
as Dressler
Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
Dr. M
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
The Mothman Prophecies
as Alexander Leek
Zorba the Greek
as Basil
Arabian Nights
as Storyteller
Separate Tables
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
In the Beginning
as Jethro
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stewart
A Prayer for the Dying
as Jack Meehan
Hamlet
as Claudius
Love in a Cold Climate
as Uncle Matthew
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Michael Henchard