Alan Bates (I) (1934–2003)

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Alan Bates decided to be an actor at age 11. After grammar school in Derbyshire, he earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Following two years in the Royal Air Force, he joined the new English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. His West End debut in 1956, at 22, was also the company's first production. In the ... See full bio »

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Known For

Gosford Park
Gosford Park Jennings
(2001)
The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies Alexander Leek
(2002)
Women in Love
Women in Love Rupert Birkin
(1969)
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears Richard Dressler
(2002)
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 2020 Shuttlecock
Major James Prentis
 2004 Spartacus (TV Mini Series)
Agrippa
- Part 2 (2004) ... Agrippa
- Part 1 (2004) ... 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
Richard 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 The Prince and the Pauper (TV Movie)
King Henry VIII
 2000 In the Beginning (TV Mini Series)
Jethro
- Part II (2000) ... Jethro
- Part I (2000) ... Jethro
 2000 Arabian Nights (TV Mini Series)
Storyteller
- Episode #1.2 (2000) ... Storyteller
- Episode #1.1 (2000) ... Storyteller
 2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (TV Movie)
Calpornius
 1999 The Cherry Orchard
Gaev (Leonid Andreyevich)
 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 Mini 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 Shuttlecock
Major James Prentis VC
 1991 Secret Friends
John
 1990 Hamlet
Claudius
 1990 Screen Two (TV Series)
Marcel Proust
- 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990) ... Marcel Proust
 1990 Dr. M
Le docteur Heinrich Marsfeldt / Guru
 1990 Mister Frost
Felix Detweiler
 1989 Uncontrollable Circumstances
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 Summer Season (TV Series)
Nicholas
- One for the Road (1985) ... Nicholas
 1984 Dr. Fischer of Geneva (TV Movie)
Dr. Alfred Jones
 1983 An Englishman Abroad (TV Movie)
Guy Burgess
 1983 The Wicked Lady
Captain Jerry Jackson
 1983 Separate Tables (TV Movie)
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
 1982 Britannia Hospital
Macready: Guest Patient
 1982 The Return of the Soldier
Captain Chris Baldry
 1982 A Voyage Round My Father (TV Movie)
John Mortimer
 1981 The Trespasser (TV Movie)
Siegmund
 1981 Rece do góry
Wikto
 1981 Quartet
H.J. / Lois' husband
 1980 Nijinsky
Sergei Diaghilev
 1980 Very Like a Whale (TV Movie)
Sir Jock Mellor
 1979 The Rose
Rudge
 1978 The Shout
Charles 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 Second Best (Short)
Tom
 1971 The Go-Between
Ted Burgess
 1970 Three Sisters
Vershinin
 1969 Women in Love
Rupert Birkin
 1968 The Fixer
Yakov Bok
 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd
Gabriel Oak
 1966 King of Hearts
Le Soldat Charles Plumpick
 1966 The Wednesday Play (TV Series)
Grigor Pecharin
- A Hero of Our Time (1966) ... Grigor Pecharin
 1966 Georgy Girl
Jos Jones
 1965 Once Upon a Tractor (Short)
Joe Turrel
 1964 Zorba the Greek
Basil
 1964 Nothing But the Best
Jimmy Brewster
 1963 The Guest
Mick
 1963 The Running Man
Stephen
 1962 A Kind of Loving
Vic
 1961 Whistle Down the Wind
Arthur Blakey
 1959-1961 Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
Mario / Lewis Black
- Duel for Love (1961) ... Mario
- 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)
Peter Garside / Charles Tritton / 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)
Ralph Freeman / Rikki Barofski / Kenneth
- Incident (1960) ... Ralph Freeman
- The Jukebox (1959) ... Rikki Barofski
- A Memory of Two Mondays (1959) ... Kenneth
 1956 It's Never Too Late
King Lear (unconfirmed, uncredited)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Audiobook: Narratred "Oliver's Travels" by Alan Plater. Two cassettes (Hodder Headline Audiobooks). See more »

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1 Print Biography | 8 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 6 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sir Alan Bates

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse:

Victoria Ward  (her death)  (2 children)

Parents:

Harold Arthur Bates | Florence Mary Wheatcroft
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I consider Peter Finch and James Mason the two best English actors of the 1960s. But I never understood Finch. How could he do something as beautiful as Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), but also make all that other shit? I mean he could read, couldn't he? See more »

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On the shortlist for the male lead Arthur Parker in Pennies from Heaven (1978). See more »
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