About
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...
Known for
Great PerformancesSeries • 1971
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
The Ray Bradbury TheaterSeries • 1985
Screen OneSeries • 1989
The Sum of All FearsMovie • 2002
Arabian NightsSeries • 2000
The Mothman PropheciesMovie • 2002
Gosford ParkMovie • 2001
SpartacusSeries • 2004
Zorba the GreekMovie • 1964
Women in LoveMovie • 1969
SpartacusMovie • 2004
An Unmarried WomanMovie • 1978
HamletMovie • 1990
The Go-BetweenMovie • 1971
A Prayer for the DyingMovie • 1987
Far from the Madding CrowdMovie • 1967
The ShoutMovie • 1978
The StatementMovie • 2003
King of HeartsMovie • 1966
EvelynMovie • 2002
The FixerMovie • 1968
The Wicked LadyMovie • 1983