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Alan Bates

Age: 90 years

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Gender: Male

Birthday: February 17, 1934

Place of birth: Allestree, Derbyshire, England

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 versati...

Known for: Acting

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Hamlet
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Hamlet

as Claudius

Zorba the Greek
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Zorba the Greek

as Basil

Far from the Madding Crowd
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Far from the Madding...

as Gabriel Oak

The Mothman Prophecies
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The Mothman Propheci...

as Alexander Leek

Gosford Park
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Gosford Park

as Jennings

Nothing Like a Dame
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Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father
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Shuttlecock: Sins of...

as Major James Prentis (archival footage)

Spartacus
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Spartacus

as Antonius Agrippa

Britannia Hospital
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Britannia Hospital

as Macready

A Kind of Loving
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A Kind of Loving

as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown

Whistle Down the Wind
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Whistle Down the Win...

as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

A Prayer for the Dying
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A Prayer for the Dyi...

as Jack Meehan

Mister Frost
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Mister Frost

as Felix Detweiler

The Statement
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The Statement

as Armand Bertier

Dr. M
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Dr. M

as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru

The Go-Between
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The Go-Between

as Ted Burgess

Georgy Girl
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Georgy Girl

as Jos Jones

The Prince and the Pauper
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The Prince and the P...

as Re Enrico VIII

Losing Track
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Losing Track

as Henry Sitchell

The Rose
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The Rose

as Rudge Campbell

An Unmarried Woman
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An Unmarried Woman

as Saul Kaplan

Bertie and Elizabeth
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Bertie and Elizabeth

as King George V

Women in Love
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Women in Love

as Rupert Birkin

A Voyage Round My Father
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A Voyage Round My Fa...

as John Mortimer

Quartet
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Quartet

as H.J. Heidler

King of Hearts
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King of Hearts

as Charles Plumpick

The Grotesque
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The Grotesque

as Sir Hugo Coal

The Entertainer
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The Entertainer

as Frank Rice

Duet for One
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Duet for One

as David Cornwallis

Royal Flash
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Royal Flash

as Rudi Von Sternberg

Hollywood North
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Hollywood North

as Michael Baytes

The Fixer
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The Fixer

as Yakov Bok

The Caretaker
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The Caretaker

as Mick

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
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A Day in the Death o...

as Bri

Secret Friends
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Secret Friends

as John

We Think the World of You
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We Think the World o...

as Frank Meadows

An Englishman Abroad
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An Englishman Abroad

as Guy Burgess

The Wicked Lady
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The Wicked Lady

as Captain Jerry Jackson

Nothing But the Best
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Nothing But the Best

as Jimmy Brewster

Separate Tables
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Separate Tables

as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock

The Running Man
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The Running Man

as Stephen

Silent Tongue
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Silent Tongue

as Eamon McCree

Butley
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Butley

as Ben Butley

In Celebration
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In Celebration

as Andrew Shaw

Nijinsky
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Nijinsky

as Sergei Diaghilev

The Collection
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The Collection

as James

One for the Road
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One for the Road

as Nicholas

Uncontrollable Circumstances
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Uncontrollable Circu...

as Malcolm Forrest

Story of a Love Story
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Story of a Love Stor...

as Harry

102 Boulevard Haussmann
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102 Boulevard Haussm...

as Marcel Proust

The Return of the Soldier
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The Return of the So...

as Captain Chris Baldry

Discovering Hamlet
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Discovering Hamlet

as Claudius (archive footage)

Nicholas’ Gift
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Nicholas’ Gift

as Reg Green

Unnatural Pursuits
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Unnatural Pursuits

as Hamish Partt

Hands Up!
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Hands Up!

as Self (1981 footage)

Pack of Lies
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Pack of Lies

as Stewart

Very Like a Whale
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Very Like a Whale

as Sir Jock Mellor

Three Sisters
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Three Sisters

as Col. Vershinin

Hard Times
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Hard Times

as Josiah Bounderby

The Trespasser
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The Trespasser

as Siegmund

Evelyn
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Evelyn

as Thomas Connolly

Salem Witch Trials
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Salem Witch Trials

as Sir William Phips

The Dog It Was That Died
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The Dog It Was That ...

as Blair

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
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St. Patrick: The Iri...

as Calpornius

Two Sundays
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Two Sundays

as Charles

Plaintiffs and Defendants
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Plaintiffs and Defen...

as Peter

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
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Mel Gibson Goes Back...

as Claudius (archive footage)

The Sum of All Fears
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The Sum of All Fears

as Dressler

The Story of Jacob and Joseph
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The Story of Jacob a...

as Narrator (voice)

Once Upon a Tractor
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Once Upon a Tractor

as Joe Turrel

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
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Anthony Quinn: The F...

as Self

Second Best
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Second Best

as Tom

Meanwhile
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Meanwhile

The Cherry Orchard
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The Cherry Orchard

as Gayev

Shuttlecock
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Shuttlecock

as Major James Prentis VC

The Shout
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The Shout

as Charles Crossley

Dr. Fischer of Geneva
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Dr. Fischer of Genev...

as Dr. Alfred Jones

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
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The Making of 'Gosfo...

as Self

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
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Location: Far from t...

as Himself

Laurence Olivier Presents
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Laurence Olivier Pre...

The Ray Bradbury Theater
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The Ray Bradbury The...

as John Fabian

Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Hallmark Hall of Fam...

as Stewart

Oliver's Travels
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Oliver's Travels

as Oliver

Pebble Mill
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Pebble Mill

as Self

Arabian Nights
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Arabian Nights

as Storyteller

The Mayor of Casterbridge
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The Mayor of Casterb...

as Michael Henchard

The Graham Norton Show
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The Graham Norton Sh...

as Self

Spartacus
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Spartacus

as Antonius Agrippa

In the Beginning
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In the Beginning

as Jethro

Love in a Cold Climate
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Love in a Cold Clima...

as Uncle Matthew

Great Performances
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Great Performances

as James

Hard Times
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Hard Times

as Josiah Bounderby

Unnatural Pursuits
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Unnatural Pursuits

as Hamish Partt

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Tonight Show Sta...

as Self