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Alan Bates

Cast & creator

Alan Bates

1934-02-17 (died at 69) Allestree, Derbyshire, EnglandIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Great Performances, The Wednesday Play

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.

Also known as: Алан Бейтс

Movies

82

film credits

Series

20

television credits

Career

101

1951–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

Great Performances

Great Performances

James · 1971

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Grigor Pecharin · 1964

Screen Two

Screen Two

Marcel Proust · 1985

Pebble Mill

Self · 1991

Across film & television

Filmography (102)

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Showing 102 of 102 credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Great Performances

Great Performances

James

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Grigor Pecharin

Screen Two

Screen Two

Marcel Proust

Pebble Mill

Self

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Ray Bradbury Theater

John Fabian

Screen One

Screen One

Henry Sitchell

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

Dressler

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies

Alexander Leek

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

Jennings

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Stewart

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

Storyteller

Spartacus

Spartacus

Antonius Agrippa

Oliver's Travels

Oliver's Travels

Oliver

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Lewis Black

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Mario

Laurence Olivier Presents

Laurence Olivier Presents

Spartacus

Spartacus

Antonius Agrippa

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Basil

Love in a Cold Climate

Love in a Cold Climate

Uncle Matthew

Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials

Sir William Phips

In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Jethro

Women in Love

Women in Love

Rupert Birkin

Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Michael Henchard

Hamlet

Hamlet

Claudius

Hard Times

Hard Times

Josiah Bounderby

A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

Jack Meehan

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

Gabriel Oak

An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman

Saul Kaplan

The Statement

The Statement

Armand Bertier

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

Re Enrico VIII

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

Macready

The Running Man

The Running Man

Stephen

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

Captain Jerry Jackson

The Shout

The Shout

Charles Crossley

Evelyn

Evelyn

Thomas Connolly

The Go-Between

The Go-Between

Ted Burgess

Dr. M

Dr. M

Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru

King of Hearts

King of Hearts

Charles Plumpick

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Self (archive footage)

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

Victor 'Vic' Brown

The Making of Gosford Park

The Making of Gosford Park

Self

Whistle Down the Wind

Whistle Down the Wind

The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

The Rose

The Rose

Rudge Campbell

Nothing But the Best

Nothing But the Best

Jimmy Brewster

Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl

Jos Jones

The Dog It Was That Died

The Dog It Was That Died

Blair

Unnatural Pursuits

Unnatural Pursuits

Hamish Partt

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

Narrator (voice)

The Return of the Soldier

The Return of the Soldier

Captain Chris Baldry

Very Like a Whale

Very Like a Whale

Sir Jock Mellor

The Collection

The Collection

James

Duet for One

Duet for One

David Cornwallis

The Grotesque

The Grotesque

Sir Hugo Coal

Hollywood North

Hollywood North

Michael Baytes

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock

Mr. Frost

Mr. Frost

Felix Detweiler

Bertie and Elizabeth

Bertie and Elizabeth

King George V

We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You

Frank Meadows

Once Upon a Tractor

Once Upon a Tractor

Joe Turrel

Silent Tongue

Silent Tongue

Eamon McCree

Uncontrollable Circumstances

Uncontrollable Circumstances

Malcolm Forrest

Lionpower from MGM

Lionpower from MGM

Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hands Up!

Hands Up!

Self (1981 footage)

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

Calpornius

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

Gayev

The Fixer

The Fixer

Yakov Bok

Second Best

Second Best

Tom

Second Best

Second Best

Producer

Nicholas’ Gift

Nicholas’ Gift

Reg Green

Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

Major James Prentis (archival footage)

A Voyage Round My Father

A Voyage Round My Father

John Mortimer

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

Self

Royal Flash

Royal Flash

Rudi Von Sternberg

Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

Look at Life: All in a Day's Work

Self

The Caretaker

The Caretaker

Mick

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Bri

Secret Friends

Secret Friends

John

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

Frank Rice

Nijinsky

Nijinsky

Sergei Diaghilev

Meanwhile

Meanwhile

Father Peter

One for the Road

One for the Road

Nicholas

Unnatural Pursuits

Unnatural Pursuits

Hamish Partt

Quartet

Quartet

H.J. Heidler

Impossible Object

Impossible Object

Harry

An Englishman Abroad

An Englishman Abroad

Guy Burgess

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

Claudius (archive footage)

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Dr. Fischer of Geneva

Dr. Alfred Jones

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

Archive

Three Sisters

Three Sisters

Col. Vershinin

Pack of Lies

Pack of Lies

Stewart

Butley

Butley

Ben Butley

Plaintiffs and Defendants

Peter

In Celebration

In Celebration

Andrew Shaw

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words

Self

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska

John Fabian

102 Boulevard Haussmann

102 Boulevard Haussmann

Marcel Proust

The Trespasser

The Trespasser

Siegmund

Shuttlecock

Shuttlecock

Major James Prentis VC

Losing Track

Losing Track

Henry Sitchell

Two Sundays

Charles