
Alan Bates
0 FOLLOWERS • 26 CREDITS • FEB 17, 1934 - DEC 27, 2003 • 69
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.
Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Pebble Mill

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Graham Norton Show

Gosford Park

Britannia Hospital

Nothing Like a Dame

The Sum of All Fears

Love in a Cold Climate

In the Beginning

Far from the Madding Crowd

Separate Tables

Hamlet

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Nicholas’ Gift

Spartacus

Arabian Nights

Spartacus

Unnatural Pursuits

Hard Times

An Englishman Abroad

Nijinsky

Women in Love

Unnatural Pursuits

102 Boulevard Haussmann
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