Acting credits
94
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alan Bates
Acting
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Movies: 80Series: 14Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 27554
IMDb ID: nm0000869
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1934
Died: December 27, 2003
Age: 69
Place of birth: Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q309160
Also known as
Алан Бейтс
Other jobs
Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alan Bates.
10.0
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
as Archive
2025 Movie
6.0
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2020 Movie
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018 Movie
7.0
Discovering Hamlet
as Claudius (archive footage)
2011 Movie
6.7
Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
2004 Movie
4.9
Hollywood North
as Michael Baytes
2004 Movie
5.6
The Statement
as Armand Bertier
2003 Movie
Meanwhile
as Father Peter
2003 Movie
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
2003 Movie
6.1
Salem Witch Trials
as Sir William Phips
2002 Movie
6.4
Evelyn
as Thomas Connolly
2002 Movie
5.0
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
2002 Movie
5.9
Bertie and Elizabeth
as King George V
2002 Movie
6.4
The Sum of All Fears
as Dressler
2002 Movie
6.2
The Mothman Prophecies
as Alexander Leek
2002 Movie
6.8
Gosford Park
as Jennings
2001 Movie
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
as Self
2001 Movie
6.2
The Prince and the Pauper
as Re Enrico VIII
2000 Movie
5.3
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
as Calpornius
2000 Movie
4.3
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
1999 Movie
5.0
Nicholas’ Gift
as Reg Green
1998 Movie
5.1
The Grotesque
as Sir Hugo Coal
1995 Movie
7.0
Hard Times
as Josiah Bounderby
1994 Movie
2.0
Shuttlecock
as Major James Prentis VC
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alan Bates.
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.0
Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Love in a Cold Climate
as Uncle Matthew • 2 eps
2001 Series
6.0
In the Beginning
as Jethro • 2 eps
2000 Series
6.7
Arabian Nights
as Storyteller • 2 eps
2000 Series
5.0
Oliver's Travels
as Oliver • 5 eps
1995 Series
Hard Times
as Josiah Bounderby • 4 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Unnatural Pursuits
as Hamish Partt • 2 eps
1992 Series
6.8
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as John Fabian • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.7
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Michael Henchard • 7 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as James • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stewart • 1 eps
1951 Series