Acting
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.
Movies with Alan Bates
The Sum of All Fears
2002
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
Gosford Park
2001
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Zorba the Greek
1964
Spartacus
2004
Women in Love
1969
Hamlet
1990
The Go-Between
1971
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
The Rose
1979
The Shout
1978
The Statement
2003
An Unmarried Woman
1978
Salem Witch Trials
2002
Dr. M
1990
The Grotesque
1995
The Entertainer
1960
Evelyn
2002
Georgy Girl
1966
The Wicked Lady
1983
Duet for One
1986
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Britannia Hospital
1982
Pack of Lies
1987
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
Mister Frost
1990
The Caretaker
1964
Uncontrollable Circumstances
1989
Silent Tongue
1994
Separate Tables
1983
Royal Flash
1975
Three Sisters
1970
The Cherry Orchard
1999
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
The Running Man
1963
King of Hearts
1966
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020
The Return of the Soldier
1983
A Kind of Loving
1962
Secret Friends
1991
The Fixer
1968
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Hollywood North
2004
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Nicholas’ Gift
1998
The Collection
1976
Quartet
1981
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
Hard Times
1994
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
Discovering Hamlet
2011
In Celebration
1975
An Englishman Abroad
1983
Second Best
1972
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
Hands Up!
1985
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Losing Track
1992
Nijinsky
1980
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
We Think the World of You
1988
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
Nothing But the Best
1964
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
2001
Butley
1974
Impossible Object
1973
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
Very Like a Whale
1981
Two Sundays
1975
Plaintiffs and Defendants
1975
Shuttlecock
1993
Meanwhile
2003
The Trespasser
1981
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
One for the Road
1985
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
1988
TV Shows with Alan Bates
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Great Performances
1971
Screen Two
1985
The Wednesday Play
1964
Pebble Mill
1991
Screen One
1989
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Arabian Nights
2000
Spartacus
2004
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
In the Beginning
2000
Salem Witch Trials
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
Hard Times
1994
Oliver's Travels
1995
Armchair Theatre
1956
Unnatural Pursuits
1992