02/17/1934
Allestree, Derbyshire, England:
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17. Februar 1934 – 27. Dezember 2003) war ein englischer Schauspieler, der in den 1960er-Jahren, einer Zeit großer Kreativität im britischen Kino, bekannt wurde. Er bewies seine Vielseitigkeit in Filmen, die von der beliebten Kindergeschichte „Whistle Down the Wind“ bis zum Sozialdrama „A Kind of Loving“ reichten. Bekannt ist er auch für seine herausragende Leistung an der Seite von Anthony Quinn in „Alexis Sorbas“ sowie für seine Rollen in „King of Hearts“, „Georgy Girl“, „Am grünen Rand der Welt“ und „Der Fixer“, für den er eine Oscar-Nominierung als Bester Hauptdarsteller erhielt. 1969 spielte er in Ken Russells Film „Women in Love“ mit Oliver Reed und Glenda Jackson. Bates spielte anschließend Hauptrollen in „Der Mittler“, „Eine entheiratete Frau“, „Nijinsky“ und „Die Rose“ an der Seite von Bette Midler und übernahm diverse Rollen in Fernsehserien wie „Der Bürgermeister von Casterbridge“, Harold Pinters „Die Sammlung“, „Eine Reise um meinen Vater“, „Ein Engländer im Ausland“ (als Guy Burgess) und „Pack of Lies“. Auch auf der Bühne war er weiterhin präsent, insbesondere in Stücken von Simon Gray wie „Butley“ und „Otherwise Engaged“.
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Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders (2025) as Archive |
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Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father (2020) as Major James Prentis (archival footage) |
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Nothing Like a Dame (2018) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Claudius (archive footage) |
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Spartacus (2004) as Antonius Agrippa |
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Hollywood North (2004) as Michael Baytes |
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The Statement (2003) as Armand Bertier |
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Meanwhile (2003) as Father Peter |
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Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage) |
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Salem Witch Trials (2002) as Sir William Phips |
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Evelyn (2002) as Thomas Connolly |
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The Making of Gosford Park (2002) as Self |
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Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) as King George V |
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The Sum of All Fears (2002) as Dressler |
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002) as Alexander Leek |
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Gosford Park (2001) as Jennings |
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Anthony Quinn: The Final Words (2001) as Self |
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The Prince and the Pauper (2000) as Re Enrico VIII |
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St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000) as Calpornius |
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The Cherry Orchard (1999) as Gayev |
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Nicholas' Gift (1998) as Reg Green |
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The Grotesque (1995) as Sir Hugo Coal |
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Hard Times (1994) as Josiah Bounderby |
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Silent Tongue (1994) as Eamon McCree |
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Shuttlecock (1993) as Major James Prentis VC |
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Losing Track (1992) as Henry Sitchell |
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Unnatural Pursuits (1992) as Hamish Partt |
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Secret Friends (1991) as John |
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Hamlet (1990) as Claudius |
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102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990) as Marcel Proust |
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Dr. M (1990) as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru |
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Mister Frost (1990) as Felix Detweiler |
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Force majeure (1989) as Malcolm Forrest |
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The Dog It Was That Died (1989) as Blair |
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We Think the World of You (1988) as Frank Meadows |
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The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska (1988) as John Fabian |
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A Prayer for the Dying (1987) as Jack Meehan |
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Pack of Lies (1987) as Stewart |
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Duet for One (1986) as David Cornwallis |
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One for the Road (1985) as Nicholas |
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Ręce do góry (1985) as Self (1981 footage) |
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Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984) as Dr. Alfred Jones |
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A Voyage Round My Father (1984) as John Mortimer |
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An Englishman Abroad (1983) as Guy Burgess |
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The Wicked Lady (1983) as Captain Jerry Jackson |
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The Return of the Soldier (1983) as Captain Chris Baldry |
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Separate Tables (1983) as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock |
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Britannia Hospital (1982) as Macready |
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Quartet (1981) as H.J. Heidler |
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The Trespasser (1981) as Siegmund |
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Very Like a Whale (1981) as Sir Jock Mellor |
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Nijinsky (1980) as Sergei Diaghilev |
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The Rose (1979) as Rudge Campbell |
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The Shout (1978) as Charles Crossley |
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An Unmarried Woman (1978) as Saul Kaplan |
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The Collection (1976) as James |
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Two Sundays (1975) as Charles |
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Plaintiffs and Defendants (1975) as Peter |
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Royal Flash (1975) as Rudi Von Sternberg |
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In Celebration (1975) as Andrew Shaw |
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The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974) as Narrator (voice) |
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Butley (1974) as Ben Butley |
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L'Impossible Objet (1973) as Harry |
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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) as Bri |
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Second Best (1972) as Tom |
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The Go-Between (1971) as Ted Burgess |
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Three Sisters (1970) as Col. Vershinin |
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Women in Love (1969) as Rupert Birkin |
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Look at Life: All in a Day's Work (1969) as Self |
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The Fixer (1968) as Yakov Bok |
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Location: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) as Himself |
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Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) as Gabriel Oak |
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Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Le Roi de cœur (1966) as Charles Plumpick |
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Georgy Girl (1966) as Jos Jones |
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Once Upon a Tractor (1965) as Joe Turrel |
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Αλέξης Ζορμπάς (1964) as Basil |
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Nothing But the Best (1964) as Jimmy Brewster |
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The Caretaker (1964) as Mick |
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The Running Man (1963) as Stephen |
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A Kind of Loving (1962) as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown |
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Whistle Down the Wind (1961) as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey |
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The Entertainer (1960) as Frank Rice |
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Second Best (1972) Producer |