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 Pinters 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.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 2018
Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Film 1990
Henry Sitchell
Film 1992
King George V
Film 2002
John Mortimer
Film 1984
Michael Baytes
Film 2004
Bri
Film 1972
John
Film 1991
Frank Meadows
Film 1988
Guy Burgess
Film 1983
Jimmy Brewster
Film 1964
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Film 1983
Eamon McCree
Film 1993
Ben Butley
Film 1974
Andrew Shaw
Film 1975
James
Film 1976
Malcolm Forrest
Film 1989
Nicholas
Film 1985
Claudius (archive footage)
Film 2011
Reg Green
Film 1998
Self (1981 footage)
Film 1985
Stewart
Film 1987
Sir Jock Mellor
Film 1981
Josiah Bounderby
Film 1994
Siegmund
Film 1981
Blair
Film 1989
Charles
Film 1975
Peter
Film 1975
Claudius (archive footage)
Film 1991
Narrator (voice)
Film 1974
Joe Turrel
Film 1965
Self
Film 2001
Tom
Film 1972
Film 2003
Major James Prentis VC
Film 1993
Self
Film 2002
Himself
Film 1967
Tv 1976
Self
Tv 1991
Self
Tv 2007
Hamish Partt
Tv 1992
Self
Tv 1962