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 Gir...
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Hamlet
As Claudius
Zorba the Greek
As Basil
Far from the Madding Crowd
As Gabriel Oak
The Mothman Prophecies
As Alexander Leek
Gosford Park
As Jennings
Nothing Like a Dame
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
As Major James Prentis (archival footage)
Spartacus
As Antonius Agrippa
Britannia Hospital
As Macready
A Kind of Loving
As Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
Whistle Down the Wind
As The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
A Prayer for the Dying
As Jack Meehan
Mister Frost
As Felix Detweiler
The Statement
As Armand Bertier
Dr. M
As Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
The Go-Between
As Ted Burgess
Georgy Girl
As Jos Jones
The Prince and the Pauper
As Re Enrico VIII
Losing Track
As Henry Sitchell
The Rose
As Rudge Campbell
An Unmarried Woman
As Saul Kaplan
Bertie and Elizabeth
As King George V
Women in Love
As Rupert Birkin
A Voyage Round My Father
As John Mortimer
Quartet
As H.J. Heidler
King of Hearts
As Charles Plumpick
The Grotesque
As Sir Hugo Coal
The Entertainer
As Frank Rice
Duet for One
As David Cornwallis
Royal Flash
As Rudi Von Sternberg
Hollywood North
As Michael Baytes
The Fixer
As Yakov Bok
The Caretaker
As Mick
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
As Bri
Secret Friends
As John
We Think the World of You
As Frank Meadows
An Englishman Abroad
As Guy Burgess
The Wicked Lady
As Captain Jerry Jackson
Nothing But the Best
As Jimmy Brewster
Separate Tables
As John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
The Running Man
As Stephen
Silent Tongue
As Eamon McCree
Butley
As Ben Butley
In Celebration
As Andrew Shaw
Nijinsky
As Sergei Diaghilev
The Collection
As James
Uncontrollable Circumstances
As Malcolm Forrest
One for the Road
As Nicholas
Story of a Love Story
As Harry
102 Boulevard Haussmann
As Marcel Proust
The Return of the Soldier
As Captain Chris Baldry
Discovering Hamlet
As Claudius (archive footage)
Nicholas’ Gift
As Reg Green
Unnatural Pursuits
As Hamish Partt
Hands Up!
As Self (1981 footage)
Pack of Lies
As Stewart
Very Like a Whale
As Sir Jock Mellor
Three Sisters
As Col. Vershinin
Hard Times
As Josiah Bounderby
The Trespasser
As Siegmund
Evelyn
As Thomas Connolly
Salem Witch Trials
As Sir William Phips
The Dog It Was That Died
As Blair
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
As Calpornius
Two Sundays
As Charles
Plaintiffs and Defendants
As Peter
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
As Claudius (archive footage)
The Sum of All Fears
As Dressler
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
As Narrator (voice)
Once Upon a Tractor
As Joe Turrel
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
As Self
Second Best
As Tom
Meanwhile
The Cherry Orchard
As Gayev
Shuttlecock
As Major James Prentis VC
The Shout
As Charles Crossley
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
As Dr. Alfred Jones
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
As Self
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
As Himself
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Ray Bradbury Theater
As John Fabian
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Stewart
Oliver's Travels
As Oliver
Pebble Mill
As Self
Arabian Nights
As Storyteller
The Mayor of Casterbridge
As Michael Henchard
The Graham Norton Show
As Self
Spartacus
As Antonius Agrippa
In the Beginning
As Jethro
Love in a Cold Climate
As Uncle Matthew
Great Performances
As James
Hard Times
As Josiah Bounderby
Unnatural Pursuits
As Hamish Partt
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
As Self