Alan Bates
Acting
1934-02-17 · Allestree, Derbyshire, England
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
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025 · Movie
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020 · Movie
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 · Movie
Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Movie
Spartacus
2004 · Series
Spartacus
2004 · Movie
Hollywood North
2004 · Movie
The Statement
2003 · Movie
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Movie
Meanwhile
2003 · Movie
Salem Witch Trials
2003 · Series
Evelyn
2002 · Movie
The Making of Gosford Park
2002 · Movie
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002 · Movie
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Movie
The Mothman Prophecies
2002 · Movie
Gosford Park
2001 · Movie
Love in a Cold Climate
2001 · Series
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
2001 · Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
2000 · Movie
In the Beginning
2000 · Series
Arabian Nights
2000 · Series
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000 · Movie
The Cherry Orchard
1999 · Movie
Nicholas’ Gift
1998 · Movie
The Grotesque
1995 · Movie
Oliver's Travels
1995 · Series
Hard Times
1994 · Series
Hard Times
1994 · Movie
Silent Tongue
1994 · Movie
Shuttlecock
1993 · Movie
Unnatural Pursuits
1992 · Series
Losing Track
1992 · Movie
Unnatural Pursuits
1992 · Movie
Pebble Mill
1991 · Series
Secret Friends
1991 · Movie
Hamlet
1990 · Movie
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990 · Movie
Dr. M
1990 · Movie
Mr. Frost
1990 · Movie
Screen One
1989 · Series
Uncontrollable Circumstances
1989 · Movie
The Dog It Was That Died
1989 · Movie
We Think the World of You
1988 · Movie
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
1988 · Movie
A Prayer for the Dying
1987 · Movie
Pack of Lies
1987 · Movie
Duet for One
1986 · Movie
One for the Road
1985 · Movie
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Series
Hands Up!
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984 · Movie
A Voyage Round My Father
1984 · Movie
An Englishman Abroad
1983 · Movie
The Wicked Lady
1983 · Movie
The Return of the Soldier
1983 · Movie
Separate Tables
1983 · Movie
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Movie
Quartet
1981 · Movie
The Trespasser
1981 · Movie
Very Like a Whale
1981 · Movie
Nijinsky
1980 · Movie
The Rose
1979 · Movie
The Shout
1978 · Movie
An Unmarried Woman
1978 · Movie
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978 · Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Series
The Collection
1976 · Movie
Two Sundays
1975 · Movie
Plaintiffs and Defendants
1975 · Movie
Royal Flash
1975 · Movie
In Celebration
1975 · Movie
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974 · Movie
Butley
1974 · Movie
Impossible Object
1973 · Movie
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 · Movie
Second Best
1972 · Movie
The Go-Between
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Three Sisters
1970 · Movie
Women in Love
1969 · Movie
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969 · Movie
The Fixer
1968 · Movie
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Movie
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Movie
King of Hearts
1966 · Movie
Georgy Girl
1966 · Movie
Once Upon a Tractor
1965 · Movie
Zorba the Greek
1964 · Movie
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
Nothing But the Best
1964 · Movie
The Caretaker
1964 · Movie
The Running Man
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
A Kind of Loving
1962 · Movie
Whistle Down the Wind
1961 · Movie
The Entertainer
1960 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series