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Alan Bates (I) (1934–2003)

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If there was ever an actor whose choice of film projects suggested a pure love of acting rather than an interest in commercial gain, it would have to be Alan Bates. A supremely talented and versatile actor, Bates hasn't attained the stardom of far lesser performers because of his preference for challenging and interesting work and an avoidance of being type-cast... See full bio »

Born:

Alan Arthur Bates
in Allestree, Derbyshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 69) in Westminster, London, England, UK
Still of Alan Bates and Janet Suzman in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Still of Julie Andrews and Alan Bates in Duet for One Still of Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson in Women in Love Still of Alan Bates in Women in Love Still of Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Eleanor Bron, Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden in Women in Love Tom (ALAN BATES), Desmond (PIERCE BROSNAN), Nick (AIDAN QUINN), and Michael (STEPHEN REA) discuss their game plan to take on the Irish courts.
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2004 Spartacus (TV movie)
Antonius Agrippa
 
2003 The Statement
Armand Bertier
 
2003 Hollywood North
Michael Baytes
 
2003 Meanwhile
Father Peter
 
2002 Salem Witch Trials (TV movie)
Sir William Phips
 
2002 Evelyn
Tom Connolly
 
2002 The Sum of All Fears
Dressler
 
2002 Bertie and Elizabeth (TV movie)
King George V
 
2002 The Mothman Prophecies
Alexander Leek
 
2001 Gosford Park
Jennings
 
2001 Love in a Cold Climate (TV mini-series)
Uncle Matthew
 
2000 In the Beginning (TV movie)
Jethro
 
2000 Arabian Nights (TV movie)
Storyteller
 
2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (TV movie)
Calpornius
 
2000 The Prince and the Pauper (TV movie)
King Henry VIII
 
1999 The Cherry Orchard
Gayev
 
1999 The Spying Game (TV series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Nicholas' Gift (TV movie)
Reg Green
 
1995 Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Sir Hugo Coal
 
1995 Oliver's Travels (TV mini-series)
Oliver
– Do We Look Like That (1995) … Oliver
– The Farquhar Connection (1995) … Oliver
– Why Did We Eat the Frogs? (1995) … Oliver
– Land of My Fathers (1995) … Oliver
– Looking for Aristotle (1995) … Oliver
 
1994 Hard Times (TV series)
Josiah Bounderby
– Episode #1.4 (1994) … Josiah Bounderby
– Episode #1.3 (1994) … Josiah Bounderby
– Episode #1.2 (1994) … Josiah Bounderby
– Episode #1.1 (1994) … Josiah Bounderby
 
1993 Silent Tongue
Eamon McCree
 
1992 Unnatural Pursuits (TV series)
Hamish Partt
– I Don't Do Cuddles (1992) … Hamish Partt
– I'm the Author (1992) … Hamish Partt
 
1992 Screen One (TV series)
Henry Sitchell
– Losing Track (1992) … Henry Sitchell
 
1991 Secret Friends
John
 
1991 Shuttlecock
Major James Prentis VC
 
1990 Hamlet
Claudius
 
1990 Screen Two (TV series)
Marcel Proust
– 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990) … Marcel Proust
 
1990 Dr. M
Dr. Marsfeldt / Guru
 
1990 Mister Frost
Felix Detweiler
 
1989 Force majeure
Malcolm Forrest
 
1989 The Dog It Was That Died (TV movie)
Blair
 
1988 We Think the World of You
Frank Meadows
 
1988 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
John Fabian
– And So Died Riabouchinska (1988) … John Fabian
 
1987 A Prayer for the Dying
Jack Meehan
 
1987 Pack of Lies (TV movie)
Stewart
 
1986 Duet for One
David Cornwallis
 
1985 Dr. Fischer of Geneva (TV movie)
Alfred Jones
 
1985 Summer Season (TV series)
– One for the Road (1985)
 
1984 A Voyage Round My Father (TV movie)
John Mortimer
 
1983 An Englishman Abroad (TV movie)
Guy Burgess
 
1983 The Wicked Lady
Jerry Jackson
 
1983 Separate Tables (TV movie)
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
 
1982 Britannia Hospital
Macready
 
1982 The Return of the Soldier
Chris Baldry
 
1981 Rece do góry
Wikto
 
1981 The Trespasser (TV movie)
Siegmund
 
1981 Quartet
H.J. Heidler
 
1981 Very Like a Whale (TV movie)
Sir Jock Mellor
 
1980 Nijinsky
Sergei Diaghilev
 
1979 The Rose
Rudge Campbell
 
1978 The Shout
Crossley
 
1978 An Unmarried Woman
Saul
 
1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV mini-series)
Michael Henchard
– Episode #1.7 (1978) … Michael Henchard
– Episode #1.6 (1978) … Michael Henchard
– Episode #1.5 (1978) … Michael Henchard
– Episode #1.4 (1978) … Michael Henchard
– Episode #1.3 (1978) … Michael Henchard
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1977 Piccadilly Circus (TV series)
Gray
– Plaintiffs and Defendants (1977) … Gray
 
1976 Great Performances (TV series)
James
– The Collection (1976) … James
 
1975 Play for Today (TV series)
Charles / Peter
– Two Sundays (1975) … Charles
– Plaintiffs and Defendants (1975) … Peter
 
1975 Royal Flash
Rudi Von Sternberg
 
1975 In Celebration
Andrew Shaw
 
1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1974 Butley
Ben Butley
 
1973 Story of a Love Story
Harry
 
1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Bri
 
1970 The Go-Between
Ted Burgess
 
1970 Three Sisters
Col. Vershinin
 
1969 Women in Love
Rupert Birkin
 
1968 The Fixer
Yakov Bok
 
1966-1968 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Grigor Pecharin
– Spoiled (1968)
– Death of a Teddy Bear (1967)
– A Hero of Our Time (1966) … Grigor Pecharin
 
1967 Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Oak
 
1966 King of Hearts
Le soldat Charles Plumpick alias le roi de coeur
 
1966 Georgy Girl
Jos Jones
 
1965 Once Upon a Tractor
Joe Turrel
 
1964 Zorba the Greek
Basil
 
1964 Nothing But the Best
Jimmy Brewster
 
1963 The Guest
Mick
 
1963 The Ballad of the Running Man
Stephen
 
1962 A Kind of Loving
Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
 
1961 Whistle Down the Wind
The Man
 
1959-1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Lewis Black
– Duel for Love (1961)
– Three on a Gas Ring (1959)
– The Thug (1959) … Lewis Black
 
1960 The Four Just Men (TV series)
Giorgio
– Treviso Dam (1960) … Giorgio
 
1960 The Entertainer
Frank Rice
 
1956-1960 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Charles Tritton / Cliff Lewis / Eddie Burke / …
– The Upstart (1960) … Peter Garside
– The Wind and the Rain (1959) … Charles Tritton
– The Square Ring (1959) … Eddie Burke
– Look Back in Anger (1956) … Cliff Lewis
 
1959-1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Kenneth / Ralph Freeman / Rikki Barofski
– Incident (1960) … Ralph Freeman
– The Jukebox (1959) … Rikki Barofski
– A Memory of Two Mondays (1959) … Kenneth
 
1956 It's Never Too Late
King Lear (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
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1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.5 (1978) (performer: "Early One Morning" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Go-Between (performer: "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes" 1889 - uncredited)
 
1960 The Entertainer (performer: "When There Isn't a Girl About" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 Spartacus (TV movie) (dedicated to the memory of - as Sir Alan Bates)
 
2003 Evelyn: Behind the Scenes (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2003 Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Evelyn: Behind the Scenes (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 The 56th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Play
 
2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 The Making of 'Gosford Park' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Anthony Quinn: The Final Words (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Legends (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Open Sesame: The Making of 'Arabian Nights' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Gladiators (TV series)
Himself - Competitor
– Heat 4 (1993) … Himself - Competitor
 
1988 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Gwen: A Juliet Remembered (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.5 (1988) … Himself
 
1987 Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1986 Omnibus: The Last Moguls (documentary)
Himself
 
1968-1980 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 March 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 December 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1974 Mikis Theodorakis: A Profile of Greekness (documentary)
Narrator
 
1972 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alan Bates (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– Film Night Special: John Schlesinger (1971) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.74 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Location: Far from the Madding Crowd (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2011 The Guard
Crossley in The Shout (uncredited)
 
2009 Banda sonora (TV series)
 
2008 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Otan giortazoun oi theoi (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Never Apologize (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition (TV documentary)
 
2002 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV documentary)
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Saul
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The Wandering Company (TV documentary)
Actor of 'Quartet' (uncredited)
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
Gabriel Oak (uncredited)
 

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The Go-Between -- Julie Christi and Alan Bates star in this award-winning film that follows the romance between a young woman of the aristocracy and a lowly farmer. Zorba the Greek -- Trailer for this classic Academy Award winning drama The Statement -- Tale of a former Nazi executioner who becomes a target of hit men and Police investigators.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1998) Audiobook: Narrated "Thomas Hardy: Readings by Alan Bates" with music by the Mellstock Band. CD and cassette, Droffig Recordings Ltd See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 8 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

alanbates.com - news, photos and details of all Bates performances. | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sir Alan Bates

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you. See more »

Trivia:

Grief-stricken following the death of their son Tristan, Alan's wife, the actress and model Victoria Ward, died from a suspected heart attack, following a wasting disease similar to anorexia, in 1992. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius