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Aliases: Алан Бейтс

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Allestree, Derbyshire, England

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Movie Involvements: 67

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Ray Bradbury Theater
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7

The Ray Bradbury Theater

(1985) John Fabian
The Mothman Prophecies
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6

The Mothman Prophecies

(2002) Alexander Leek
The Sum of All Fears
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6

The Sum of All Fears

(2002) Dressler
A Prayer for the Dying
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6

A Prayer for the Dying

(1987) Jack Meehan
The Go-Between
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7

The Go-Between

(1971) Ted Burgess
Zorba the Greek
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8

Zorba the Greek

(1964) Basil
Arabian Nights
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7

Arabian Nights

(2000) Storyteller
The Statement
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6

The Statement

(2003) Armand Bertier

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2018 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011 Claudius (archive footage)
2007 Self
2004 Antonius Agrippa
Antonius Agrippa
Michael Baytes
2003 Armand Bertier
N/A
2002 Sir William Phips
Thomas Connolly
King George V
Self
Dressler
Alexander Leek
2001 Jennings
Uncle Matthew
Self
2000 Re Enrico VIII
Jethro
Storyteller
Calpornius
1999 Gayev
1998 Reg Green
1995 Sir Hugo Coal
Oliver
1994 Josiah Bounderby
Josiah Bounderby
1993 Major James Prentis VC
Eamon McCree
1992 Hamish Partt
Henry Sitchell
Hamish Partt
1991 Self
John
Claudius (archive footage)
1990 Claudius
Marcel Proust
Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Felix Detweiler
1989 Malcolm Forrest
Blair
1988 Frank Meadows
1987 Jack Meehan
Stewart
1986 David Cornwallis
1985 Nicholas
John Fabian
Self (1981 footage)
1984 Dr. Alfred Jones
John Mortimer
1983 Guy Burgess
Captain Jerry Jackson
Captain Chris Baldry
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
1982 Macready
1981 H.J. Heidler
Siegmund
Sir Jock Mellor
1980 Sergei Diaghilev
1979 Rudge Campbell
1978 Charles Crossley
Saul Kaplan
Michael Henchard
1976 N/A
James
1975 Charles
Peter
Rudi Von Sternberg
Andrew Shaw
1974 Narrator (voice)
Ben Butley
1973 Harry
1972 Bri
Tom
1971 Ted Burgess
James
1970 Col. Vershinin
1969 Rupert Birkin
1968 Yakov Bok
1967 Gabriel Oak
1966 Charles Plumpick
Jos Jones
1965 Joe Turrel
1964 Basil
Jimmy Brewster
Mick
1963 Stephen
1962 Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
1961 The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
1960 Frank Rice
1951 Stewart
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1972 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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