Birth Day: 1934-02-17
Place of birth: 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.
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As Major James Prentis (archival footage) -
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Claudius (archive footage) -
As Michael Baytes -
As Antonius Agrippa -
As Father Peter -
As Armand Bertier -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Dressler -
As Sir William Phips -
As Thomas Connolly -
As King George V -
As Alexander Leek -
As Jennings -
As Self -
As Calpornius -
As Re Enrico VIII -
As Gayev -
As Reg Green -
As Sir Hugo Coal -
As Josiah Bounderby -
As Major James Prentis VC -
As Eamon McCree -
As Hamish Partt -
As Henry Sitchell -
As John -
As Claudius -
As Felix Detweiler -
As Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru -
As Marcel Proust -
As Malcolm Forrest -
As Blair -
As John Fabian -
As Frank Meadows -
As Jack Meehan -
As Stewart -
As David Cornwallis -
As Nicholas -
As Self (1981 footage) -
As Dr. Alfred Jones -
As John Mortimer -
As Captain Jerry Jackson -
As John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock -
As Guy Burgess -
As Captain Chris Baldry -
As Macready -
As Siegmund -
As Sir Jock Mellor -
As H.J. Heidler -
As Sergei Diaghilev -
As Rudge Campbell -
As Saul Kaplan -
As Charles Crossley -
As James -
As Rudi Von Sternberg -
As Andrew Shaw -
As Peter
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As Charles
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As Harry -
As Bri -
As Tom -
As Ted Burgess -
As Col. Vershinin -
As Rupert Birkin -
As Self -
As Yakov Bok -
As Gabriel Oak -
As Himself
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As Jos Jones -
As Charles Plumpick -
As Joe Turrel -
As Basil -
As Jimmy Brewster -
As Mick -
As Stephen -
As Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown -
As The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey -
As Frank Rice