Alan Bates
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,...
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,...
Known For
Cast Credits
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Spartacus
as Antonius Agrippa
Hollywood North
as Michael Baytes
The Statement
as Armand Bertier
Meanwhile
as Father Peter
Salem Witch Trials
as Sir William Phips
Evelyn
as Thomas Connolly
Bertie and Elizabeth
as King George V
The Sum of All Fears
as Dressler
The Mothman Prophecies
as Alexander Leek
Gosford Park
as Jennings
The Prince and the Pauper
as Re Enrico VIII
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
as Calpornius
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
Nicholas’ Gift
as Reg Green
The Grotesque
as Sir Hugo Coal
Hard Times
as Josiah Bounderby
Shuttlecock
as Major James Prentis VC
Silent Tongue
as Eamon McCree
Losing Track
as Henry Sitchell
Unnatural Pursuits
as Hamish Partt
Secret Friends
as John
Hamlet
as Claudius
102 Boulevard Haussmann
as Marcel Proust
Dr. M
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Mister Frost
as Felix Detweiler
Uncontrollable Circumstances
as Malcolm Forrest
The Dog It Was That Died
as Blair
We Think the World of You
as Frank Meadows
The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska
as John Fabian
Crew Credits
Second Best
Producer