Alan Bates

Alan Bates

Acting
🎂 1934-02-17 (69 years old at death)
✝️ 2003-12-27
📍 Allestree, Derbyshire, England
👤 Male
🎬 80 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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, ...
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Filmography (80 movies)

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Claudius (archive footage)
Spartacus
Spartacus
2004
as Antonius Agrippa
Hollywood North
Hollywood North
2004
as Michael Baytes
The Statement
The Statement
2003
as Armand Bertier
Meanwhile
Meanwhile
2003
as Father Peter
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials
2002
as Sir William Phips
Evelyn
Evelyn
2002
as Thomas Connolly
The Making of Gosford Park
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
as Self
Bertie and Elizabeth
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
as King George V
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Dressler
The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
as Alexander Leek
Gosford Park
Gosford Park
2001
as Jennings
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
2001
as Self
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Re Enrico VIII
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
as Calpornius
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Gayev
Nicholas’ Gift
Nicholas’ Gift
1998
as Reg Green
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Hugo Coal
Hard Times
Hard Times
1994
as Josiah Bounderby
Shuttlecock
Shuttlecock
1993
as Major James Prentis VC
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
1993
as Eamon McCree
Losing Track
Losing Track
1992
as Henry Sitchell
Unnatural Pursuits
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
as Hamish Partt
Secret Friends
Secret Friends
1991
as John
Hamlet
Hamlet
1990
as Claudius
102 Boulevard Haussmann
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
as Marcel Proust
Dr. M
Dr. M
1990
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Mister Frost
Mister Frost
1990
as Felix Detweiler
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Uncontrollable Circumstances
1989
as Malcolm Forrest
The Dog It Was That Died
The Dog It Was That Died
1989
as Blair
We Think the World of You
We Think the World of You
1988
as Frank Meadows
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
1988
as John Fabian
A Prayer for the Dying
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Jack Meehan
Pack of Lies
Pack of Lies
1987
as Stewart
Duet for One
Duet for One
1986
as David Cornwallis
One for the Road
One for the Road
1985
as Nicholas
Hands Up!
Hands Up!
1985
as Self (1981 footage)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
as Dr. Alfred Jones
A Voyage Round My Father
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as John Mortimer
An Englishman Abroad
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Guy Burgess
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Captain Jerry Jackson
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Captain Chris Baldry
Separate Tables
Separate Tables
1983
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Macready
Quartet
Quartet
1981
as H.J. Heidler
The Trespasser
The Trespasser
1981
as Siegmund
Very Like a Whale
Very Like a Whale
1981
as Sir Jock Mellor
Nijinsky
Nijinsky
1980
as Sergei Diaghilev
The Rose
The Rose
1979
as Rudge Campbell
The Shout
The Shout
1978
as Charles Crossley
An Unmarried Woman
An Unmarried Woman
1978
as Saul Kaplan
The Collection
The Collection
1976
as James
Royal Flash
Royal Flash
1975
as Rudi Von Sternberg
In Celebration
In Celebration
1975
as Andrew Shaw
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
as Narrator (voice)
Butley
Butley
1974
as Ben Butley
Impossible Object
Impossible Object
1973
as Harry
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Bri
Second Best
Second Best
1972
as Tom
The Go-Between
The Go-Between
1971
as Ted Burgess
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
1970
as Col. Vershinin
Women in Love
Women in Love
1969
as Rupert Birkin
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
Look at Life: All in a Day's Work
1969
as Self
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968
as Yakov Bok
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Gabriel Oak
Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
King of Hearts
King of Hearts
1966
as Charles Plumpick
Georgy Girl
Georgy Girl
1966
as Jos Jones
Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Joe Turrel
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
1964
as Basil
Nothing But the Best
Nothing But the Best
1964
as Jimmy Brewster
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
1964
as Mick
The Running Man
The Running Man
1963
as Stephen
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle Down the Wind
1961
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960
as Frank Rice