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Alan Bates

Alan Bates

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,

Born

Feb 17, 1934

Allestree, Derbyshire, England

Died

Dec 27, 2003

Known For

Acting

Movies

81 acting

1 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears
2002 • as Dressler
★ 6.4
Gosford Park
Gosford Park
2001 • as Jennings
★ 6.8
The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies
2002 • as Alexander Leek
★ 6.2
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
1964 • as Basil
★ 7.5
Hamlet
Hamlet
1990 • as Claudius
★ 6.6
Women in Love
Women in Love
1969 • as Rupert Birkin
★ 6.6
Spartacus
Spartacus
2004 • as Antonius Agrippa
★ 6.7
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 • as Gabriel Oak
★ 6.9
A Prayer for the Dying
A Prayer for the Dying
1987 • as Jack Meehan
★ 5.9
Nothing Like a Dame
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.8
An Unmarried Woman
An Unmarried Woman
1978 • as Saul Kaplan
★ 6.8
King of Hearts
King of Hearts
1966 • as Charles Plumpick
★ 6.9
The Go-Between
The Go-Between
1971 • as Ted Burgess
★ 6.8
The Rose
The Rose
1979 • as Rudge Campbell
★ 6.7
The Statement
The Statement
2003 • as Armand Bertier
★ 5.7
Evelyn
Evelyn
2002 • as Thomas Connolly
★ 6.4
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982 • as Macready
★ 6.2
The Shout
The Shout
1978 • as Charles Crossley
★ 6.0
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.3
Second Best
Second Best
1972 • as Tom
★ 5.0
Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind
1961 • as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
★ 7.2
Dr. M
Dr. M
1990 • as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
★ 4.7
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
2000 • as Re Enrico VIII
★ 6.4
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady
1983 • as Captain Jerry Jackson
★ 4.9
Very Like a Whale
Very Like a Whale
1981 • as Sir Jock Mellor
★ 5.0
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving
1962 • as Victor 'Vic' Brown
★ 7.1
The Running Man
The Running Man
1963 • as Stephen
★ 6.7
Mr. Frost
Mr. Frost
1990 • as Felix Detweiler
★ 6.1
Nothing But the Best
Nothing But the Best
1964 • as Jimmy Brewster
★ 6.0
Nijinsky
Nijinsky
1980 • as Sergei Diaghilev
★ 4.9
Georgy Girl
Georgy Girl
1966 • as Jos Jones
★ 6.2
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Quartet
Quartet
1981 • as H.J. Heidler
★ 5.8
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
1999 • as Gayev
★ 5.0
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier
1983 • as Captain Chris Baldry
★ 6.3
The Making of Gosford Park
★ 5.3
Royal Flash
Royal Flash
1975 • as Rudi Von Sternberg
★ 5.9
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
1964 • as Mick
★ 7.4
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000 • as Calpornius
★ 5.0
The Dog It Was That Died
The Dog It Was That Died
1989 • as Blair
★ 5.0
Separate Tables
Separate Tables
1983 • as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
★ 6.6
Duet for One
Duet for One
1986 • as David Cornwallis
★ 5.4
Hands Up!
Hands Up!
1985 • as Self (1981 footage)
★ 5.8
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
★ 4.8
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020 • as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
★ 5.8
The Collection
The Collection
1976 • as James
★ 4.4
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 • as Frank Rice
★ 6.2
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
2011 • as Claudius (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
1970 • as Col. Vershinin
★ 4.3
Butley
Butley
1974 • as Ben Butley
★ 6.7
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 • as Yakov Bok
★ 6.2
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
1994 • as Eamon McCree
★ 4.7
102 Boulevard Haussmann
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990 • as Marcel Proust
★ 7.5
We Think the World of You
We Think the World of You
1988 • as Frank Meadows
★ 6.4
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984 • as Dr. Alfred Jones
★ 6.1
An Englishman Abroad
An Englishman Abroad
1983 • as Guy Burgess
★ 6.1
Pack of Lies
Pack of Lies
1987 • as Stewart
★ 6.8
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Uncontrollable Circumstances
1989 • as Malcolm Forrest
★ 6.2
Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM
1967 • as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Nicholas’ Gift
Nicholas’ Gift
1998 • as Reg Green
★ 5.0
Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor
1965 • as Joe Turrel
★ 6.0
Meanwhile
Meanwhile
2003 • as Father Peter
★ 7.0
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
★ 7.0
Bertie and Elizabeth
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002 • as King George V
★ 6.7
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
1995 • as Sir Hugo Coal
★ 5.4
Secret Friends
Secret Friends
1991 • as John
★ 4.2
A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father
1984 • as John Mortimer
★ 7.4
In Celebration
In Celebration
1975 • as Andrew Shaw
★ 5.2
Hollywood North
Hollywood North
2004 • as Michael Baytes
★ 5.1
Shuttlecock
Shuttlecock
1993 • as Major James Prentis VC
★ 3.5
Unnatural Pursuits
Unnatural Pursuits
1992 • as Hamish Partt
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Plaintiffs and Defendants
1975 • as Peter
★ 8.5
One for the Road
One for the Road
1985 • as Nicholas
Losing Track
Losing Track
1992 • as Henry Sitchell
★ 7.0
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★ 7.0
Impossible Object
Impossible Object
1973 • as Harry
★ 4.7
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Two Sundays
1975 • as Charles
★ 4.0
The Trespasser
The Trespasser
1981 • as Siegmund
★ 8.0