Birthday
1934/02/17
Day of death
2003/12/27 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Also know as
Алан Бейтс
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, whic...Read more
(1990) Hamlet
as Claudius
(1964) Zorba the Greek
as Basil
(1967) Far from the Madding Crowd
as Gabriel Oak
(2002) The Mothman Prophecies
as Alexander Leek
(2001) Gosford Park
as Jennings
(2018) Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2020) Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
(2004) Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
(1982) Britannia Hospital
as Macready
(1962) A Kind of Loving
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
(1961) Whistle Down the Wind
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
(1987) A Prayer for the Dying
as Jack Meehan
(1990) Mister Frost
as Felix Detweiler
(2003) The Statement
as Armand Bertier
(1990) Dr. M
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
(1971) The Go-Between
as Ted Burgess
(1966) Georgy Girl
as Jos Jones
(2000) The Prince and the Pauper
as Re Enrico VIII
(1992) Losing Track
as Henry Sitchell
(1979) The Rose
as Rudge Campbell
(1978) An Unmarried Woman
as Saul Kaplan
(2002) Bertie and Elizabeth
as King George V
(1969) Women in Love
as Rupert Birkin
(1984) A Voyage Round My Father
as John Mortimer
(1981) Quartet
as H.J. Heidler
(1966) King of Hearts
as Charles Plumpick
(1995) The Grotesque
as Sir Hugo Coal
(1960) The Entertainer
as Frank Rice
(1986) Duet for One
as David Cornwallis
(1975) Royal Flash
as Rudi Von Sternberg
(2004) Hollywood North
as Michael Baytes
(1968) The Fixer
as Yakov Bok
(1964) The Caretaker
as Mick
(1972) A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Bri
(1991) Secret Friends
as John
(1988) We Think the World of You
as Frank Meadows
(1983) An Englishman Abroad
as Guy Burgess
(1983) The Wicked Lady
as Captain Jerry Jackson
(1964) Nothing But the Best
as Jimmy Brewster
(1983) Separate Tables
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
(1963) The Running Man
as Stephen
(1993) Silent Tongue
as Eamon McCree
(1974) Butley
as Ben Butley
(1975) In Celebration
as Andrew Shaw
(1980) Nijinsky
as Sergei Diaghilev
(1976) The Collection
as James
(1985) One for the Road
as Nicholas
(1989) Uncontrollable Circumstances
as Malcolm Forrest
(1973) Story of a Love Story
as Harry
(1990) 102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Marcel Proust
(1983) The Return of the Soldier
as Captain Chris Baldry
(2011) Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
(1998) Nicholas’ Gift
as Reg Green
(1992) Unnatural Pursuits
as Hamish Partt
(1985) Hands Up!
as Self (1981 footage)
(1987) Pack of Lies
as Stewart
(1981) Very Like a Whale
as Sir Jock Mellor
(1970) Three Sisters
as Col. Vershinin
(1994) Hard Times
as Josiah Bounderby
(1981) The Trespasser
as Siegmund
(2002) Evelyn
as Thomas Connolly
(2002) Salem Witch Trials
as Sir William Phips
(1989) The Dog It Was That Died
as Blair
(2000) St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
as Calpornius
(1975) Two Sundays
as Charles
(1975) Plaintiffs and Defendants
as Peter
(1991) Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
as Claudius (archive footage)
(1974) The Story of Jacob and Joseph
as Narrator (voice)
(2002) The Sum of All Fears
as Dressler
(1965) Once Upon a Tractor
as Joe Turrel
(2001) Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
as Self
(1972) Second Best
as Tom
(2003) Meanwhile
as ---
(1999) The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
(1993) Shuttlecock
as Major James Prentis VC
(1978) The Shout
as Charles Crossley
(1984) Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Dr. Alfred Jones
(2002) The Making of 'Gosford Park'
as Self
(1967) Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
as Himself
(1976) Laurence Olivier Presents
as ---
(1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater
as John Fabian
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stewart
(1995) Oliver's Travels
as Oliver
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(2000) Arabian Nights
as Storyteller
(1978) The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Michael Henchard
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2004) Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
(2000) In the Beginning
as Jethro
(2001) Love in a Cold Climate
as Uncle Matthew
(1971) Great Performances
as James
(1994) Hard Times
as Josiah Bounderby
(1992) Unnatural Pursuits
as Hamish Partt
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self