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Alan Bates
Allestree, Derbyshire, England
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 dem…
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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.
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2020
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
Movie Major James Prentis (archival footage)
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2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2011
Discovering Hamlet
Movie Claudius (archive footage)
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2004
Spartacus
TV show Antonius Agrippa
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2004
Spartacus
Movie Antonius Agrippa
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2004
Hollywood North
Movie Michael Baytes
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2003
The Statement
Movie Armand Bertier
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2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Meanwhile
Movie Father Peter
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2003
Salem Witch Trials
TV show Sir William Phips
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2002
Evelyn
Movie Thomas Connolly
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2002
The Making of Gosford Park
Movie Self
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2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
Movie King George V
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2002
The Sum of All Fears
Movie Dressler
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2002
The Mothman Prophecies
Movie Alexander Leek
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2001
Gosford Park
Movie Jennings
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2001
Love in a Cold Climate
TV show Uncle Matthew
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2001
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Movie Self
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2000
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie Re Enrico VIII
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2000
In the Beginning
TV show Jethro
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2000
Arabian Nights
TV show Storyteller
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2000
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Movie Calpornius
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1999
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Gayev
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1998
Nicholas’ Gift
Movie Reg Green
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1995
The Grotesque
Movie Sir Hugo Coal
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1995
Oliver's Travels
TV show Oliver
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1994
Hard Times
TV show Josiah Bounderby
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1994
Silent Tongue
Movie Eamon McCree
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1993
Shuttlecock
Movie Major James Prentis VC
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1992
Unnatural Pursuits
TV show Hamish Partt
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1992
Losing Track
Movie Henry Sitchell
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1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie Hamish Partt
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1991
Pebble Mill
TV show Self
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1991
Secret Friends
Movie John
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1990
Hamlet
Movie Claudius
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1990
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Movie Marcel Proust
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1990
Dr. M
Movie Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
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1990
Mr. Frost
Movie Felix Detweiler
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1989
Screen One
TV show Henry Sitchell
