Personal Info
Known Credits
79
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1934-02-17 (91 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Also Known For
Алан Бейтс
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, whic ...
Known For
Acting
2020 --
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
| Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2018 --
Nothing Like a Dame
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011 --
Discovering Hamlet
| Claudius (archive footage)
2004 --
Spartacus
| Antonius Agrippa
2004 --
Hollywood North
| Michael Baytes
2003 --
The Statement
| Armand Bertier
2003 --
Meanwhile
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2002 --
Salem Witch Trials
| Sir William Phips
2002 --
Evelyn
| Thomas Connolly
2002 --
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
| Self
2002 --
Bertie and Elizabeth
| King George V
2002 --
The Sum of All Fears
| Dressler
2002 --
The Mothman Prophecies
| Alexander Leek
2001 --
Gosford Park
| Jennings
2001 --
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
| Self
2000 --
The Prince and the Pauper
| Re Enrico VIII
2000 --
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
| Calpornius
1999 --
The Cherry Orchard
| Gayev
1998 --
Nicholas’ Gift
| Reg Green
1995 --
The Grotesque
| Sir Hugo Coal
1994 --
Hard Times
| Josiah Bounderby
1993 --
Shuttlecock
| Major James Prentis VC
1993 --
Silent Tongue
| Eamon McCree
1992 --
Losing Track
| Henry Sitchell
1992 --
Unnatural Pursuits
| Hamish Partt
1991 --
Secret Friends
| John
1991 --
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
| Claudius (archive footage)
1990 --
Hamlet
| Claudius
1990 --
102 Boulevard Haussmann
| Marcel Proust
1990 --
Dr. M
| Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
1990 --
Mister Frost
| Felix Detweiler
1989 --
Uncontrollable Circumstances
| Malcolm Forrest
1989 --
The Dog It Was That Died
| Blair
1988 --
We Think the World of You
| Frank Meadows
1987 --
A Prayer for the Dying
| Jack Meehan
1987 --
Pack of Lies
| Stewart
1986 --
Duet for One
| David Cornwallis
1985 --
One for the Road
| Nicholas
1985 --
Hands Up!
| Self (1981 footage)
1984 --
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
| Dr. Alfred Jones
1984 --
A Voyage Round My Father
| John Mortimer
1983 --
An Englishman Abroad
| Guy Burgess
1983 --
The Wicked Lady
| Captain Jerry Jackson
1983 --
The Return of the Soldier
| Captain Chris Baldry
1983 --
Separate Tables
| John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
1982 --
Britannia Hospital
| Macready
1981 --
Quartet
| H.J. Heidler
1981 --
The Trespasser
| Siegmund
1981 --
Very Like a Whale
| Sir Jock Mellor
1980 --
Nijinsky
| Sergei Diaghilev
1979 --
The Rose
| Rudge Campbell
1978 --
The Shout
| Charles Crossley
1978 --
An Unmarried Woman
| Saul Kaplan
1976 --
The Collection
| James
1975 --
Two Sundays
| Charles
1975 --
Plaintiffs and Defendants
| Peter
1975 --
Royal Flash
| Rudi Von Sternberg
1975 --
In Celebration
| Andrew Shaw
1974 --
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
| Narrator (voice)
1974 --
Butley
| Ben Butley
1973 --
Story of a Love Story
| Harry
1972 --
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
| Bri
1972 --
Second Best
| Tom
1971 --
The Go-Between
| Ted Burgess
1970 --
Three Sisters
| Col. Vershinin
1969 --
Women in Love
| Rupert Birkin
1968 --
The Fixer
| Yakov Bok
1967 --
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
| Himself
1967 --
Far from the Madding Crowd
| Gabriel Oak
1966 --
King of Hearts
| Charles Plumpick
1966 --
Georgy Girl
| Jos Jones
1965 --
Once Upon a Tractor
| Joe Turrel
1964 --
Zorba the Greek
| Basil
1964 --
Nothing But the Best
| Jimmy Brewster
1964 --
The Caretaker
| Mick
1963 --
The Running Man
| Stephen
1962 --
A Kind of Loving
| Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
1961 --
Whistle Down the Wind
| The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
1960 --
The Entertainer
| Frank Rice