Alan Bates
Born February 17, 1934 (Age: 92)
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Allestree, Derbyshire, England
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.
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
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 69
The Sum of All Fears
2002
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as Dressler
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Age: 68
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
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as Alexander Leek
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Age: 67
Gosford Park
2001
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as Jennings
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Age: 67
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
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as Re Enrico VIII
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Age: 66
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
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as Calpornius
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Age: 66
Losing Track
1992
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as Henry Sitchell
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Age: 58
Hamlet
1990
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as Claudius
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Age: 56
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
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as Jack Meehan
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Age: 53
Duet for One
1986
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as David Cornwallis
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Age: 52
The Wicked Lady
1983
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as Captain Jerry Jackson
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Age: 49
Britannia Hospital
1982
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as Macready
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Age: 48
The Rose
1979
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as Rudge Campbell
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Age: 45
An Unmarried Woman
1978
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as Saul Kaplan
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Age: 44
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
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as Self
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Age: 34
Zorba the Greek
1964
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as Basil
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Age: 30
A Kind of Loving
1962
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as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
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Age: 28
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
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as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
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Age: 27