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Alan Bates

1934-02-17

The 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.

Alan Bates in

Movies

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The Sum of All Fears

6.346 average rating
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Zorba the Greek

7.501 average rating
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The Mothman Prophecies

6.2 average rating
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Gosford Park

6.85 average rating
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Spartacus

6.7 average rating
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Hamlet

6.584 average rating
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The Go-Between

6.788 average rating
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Evelyn

6.337 average rating
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A Prayer for the Dying

5.791 average rating
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Far from the Madding Crowd

6.837 average rating
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Salem Witch Trials

6.3 average rating
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The Shout

5.889 average rating
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The Prince and the Pauper

6.2 average rating
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King of Hearts

6.9 average rating
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An Unmarried Woman

6.7 average rating
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The Rose

6.7 average rating
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Women in Love

6.5 average rating
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Britannia Hospital

6.3 average rating
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The Statement

5.639 average rating
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The Running Man

6.6 average rating