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, 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.
Acted in
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
Spartacus
2004
as Antonius Agrippa
Spartacus
2004
as Antonius Agrippa
Hollywood North
2004
as Michael Baytes
The Statement
2003
as Armand Bertier
Meanwhile
2003
Salem Witch Trials
2002
as Sir William Phips
Evelyn
2002
as Thomas Connolly
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
as Self
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as King George V
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Dressler
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
as Alexander Leek
Gosford Park
2001
as Jennings
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
as Uncle Matthew
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
2001
as Self
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Re Enrico VIII
In the Beginning
2000
as Jethro
Arabian Nights
2000
as Storyteller
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
as Calpornius
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Gayev
Nicholas’ Gift
1998
as Reg Green
The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Hugo Coal
Oliver's Travels
1995
as Oliver
Hard Times
1994
as Josiah Bounderby
Hard Times
1994
as Josiah Bounderby
Shuttlecock
1993
as Major James Prentis VC
Silent Tongue
1993
as Eamon McCree
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Hamish Partt
Losing Track
1992
as Henry Sitchell
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Hamish Partt
Secret Friends
1991
as John
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
1991
as Claudius (archive footage)
Hamlet
1990
as Claudius
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
as Marcel Proust
Dr. M
1990
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Mister Frost
1990
as Felix Detweiler
Uncontrollable Circumstances
1989
as Malcolm Forrest
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as Blair
We Think the World of You
1988
as Frank Meadows
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Jack Meehan
Pack of Lies
1987
as Stewart
Duet for One
1986
as David Cornwallis
One for the Road
1985
as Nicholas
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as John Fabian
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
as Dr. Alfred Jones
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as John Mortimer
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Guy Burgess
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Captain Jerry Jackson
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Captain Chris Baldry
Separate Tables
1983
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Macready
Quartet
1981
as H.J. Heidler
The Trespasser
1981
as Siegmund
Very Like a Whale
1981
as Sir Jock Mellor
Nijinsky
1980
as Sergei Diaghilev
The Rose
1979
as Rudge Campbell
The Shout
1978
as Charles Crossley
An Unmarried Woman
1978
as Saul Kaplan
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
as Michael Henchard
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
The Collection
1976
as James
Two Sundays
1975
as Charles
Plaintiffs and Defendants
1975
as Peter
Royal Flash
1975
as Rudi Von Sternberg
In Celebration
1975
as Andrew Shaw
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Butley
1974
as Ben Butley
Story of a Love Story
1973
as Harry
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Bri
Second Best
1972
as Tom
The Go-Between
1971
as Ted Burgess
Great Performances
1971
as James
Three Sisters
1970
as Col. Vershinin
Women in Love
1969
as Rupert Birkin
The Fixer
1968
as Yakov Bok
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Himself
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Gabriel Oak
King of Hearts
1966
as Charles Plumpick
Georgy Girl
1966
as Jos Jones
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Joe Turrel
Zorba the Greek
1964
as Basil
Nothing But the Best
1964
as Jimmy Brewster
The Caretaker
1964
as Mick
The Running Man
1963
as Stephen
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
The Entertainer
1960
as Frank Rice
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stewart