Alan Bates
Actor, Film actor
1934 – 2003
Who was Alan Bates?
Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he appeared 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 performance with Anthony Quinn in 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, 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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- Born
- Feb 17, 1934
Allestree - Also known as
- Alan Arthur Bates
- Sir Alain Arthur Bates CBE
- Alain Arthur Bates
- Sir Alain Arthur Bates
- Sir Alan Bates CBE
- Sir Alan Bates
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Victoria Ward
(1970 - 1992/06/22)
- Victoria Ward
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Died
- Dec 27, 2003
Westminster
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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