Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1934-02-17
Day of Death
2003-12-27
Place of Birth
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Alan Bates
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.
Filmography (83)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Discovering Hamlet
2011
Spartacus
2004
Hollywood North
2004
The Statement
2003
Meanwhile
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Salem Witch Trials
2002
Evelyn
2002
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
The Sum of All Fears
2002
