Alan Bates
1934–2003 · English actor
Sir Alan Arthur Bates was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from Whistle Down the Wind to the kitchen sink drama A Kind of Loving.
Alan Bates, in order
- 1960 The Entertainer: acted · directed by Tony Richardson
- 1961 Whistle Down the Wind: acted · directed by Bryan Forbes
- 1962 A Kind of Loving: acted · directed by John Schlesinger · streaming on Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
- 1963 The Caretaker: acted · directed by Clive Donner
- 1963 The Running Man: acted · directed by Carol Reed
- 1964 Nothing But the Best: acted · directed by Clive Donner
- 1964 Zorba the Greek: acted · directed by Michael Cacoyannis
- 1966 Georgy Girl: acted · directed by Silvio Narizzano · critics 82%, audiences 71% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 1966 King of Hearts: acted · directed by Philippe de Broca
- 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd: acted · directed by John Schlesinger · critics 65%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max, YouTube (free)
- 1968 The Fixer: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 56%, audiences 58%
- 1969 Women in Love: acted · directed by Ken Russell
- 1970 Three Sisters: acted · directed by John Sichel and Laurence Olivier
- 1971 The Go-Between: acted · directed by Joseph Losey
- 1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg: acted · directed by Peter Medak
- 1973 Story of a Love Story: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer
- 1974 Butley: acted · directed by Harold Pinter
- 1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph (TV movie): acted · directed by Michael Cacoyannis
- 1975 In Celebration: acted · directed by Lindsay Anderson
- 1975 Royal Flash: acted · directed by Richard Lester
- 1976 The Collection: acted · directed by Michael Apted
- 1978 An Unmarried Woman: acted · directed by Paul Mazursky
- 1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge: acted · directed by David Giles
- 1978 The Shout: acted · directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
- 1979 The Rose: acted · directed by Mark Rydell
- 1980 Nijinsky: acted · directed by Herbert Ross
- 1981 Hands Up!: acted · directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
- 1981 Quartet: acted · directed by James Ivory
- 1982 Britannia Hospital: acted · directed by Lindsay Anderson
- 1982 The Return of the Soldier: acted · directed by Alan Bridges
- 1983 An Englishman Abroad (TV movie): acted · directed by John Schlesinger
- 1983 Separate Tables: acted · directed by John Schlesinger
- 1983 The Wicked Lady: acted · directed by Michael Winner
- 1986 Duet for One: acted · directed by Andrei Konchalovsky · critics 80%, audiences 88%
- 1987 A Prayer for the Dying: acted · directed by Mike Hodges · critics 50%, audiences 53% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
- 1988 We Think the World of You: acted · directed by Colin Gregg · streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
- 1989 Force majeure: acted · directed by Pierre Jolivet
- 1989 The Dog It Was That Died: acted
- 1990 Dr. M: acted · directed by Claude Chabrol
- 1990 Hamlet: acted · directed by Franco Zeffirelli · critics 76%, audiences 59% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
- 1990 Mister Frost: acted · directed by Philippe Setbon
- 1991 Shuttlecock: acted · directed by Andrew Piddington
- 1992 Unnatural Pursuits (TV movie): acted · directed by Christopher Morahan
- 1993 Silent Tongue: acted · directed by Sam Shepard
- 1996 The Grotesque: acted · directed by John-Paul Davidson
- 1998 Nicholas' Gift (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Markowitz
- 1999 The Cherry Orchard: acted · directed by Michael Cacoyannis · critics 56%, audiences 29% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2000 Arabian Nights (TV movie): acted · directed by Steve Barron
- 2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Hughes
- 2000 The Prince and the Pauper (TV movie): acted · directed by Giles Foster
- 2001 Gosford Park: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 87%, audiences 78%
- 2002 Bertie and Elizabeth (TV movie): acted · directed by Giles Foster
- 2002 Evelyn: acted · directed by Bruce Beresford
- 2002 The Mothman Prophecies: acted · directed by Mark Pellington · critics 54%, audiences 56% · streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, fuboTV
- 2002 The Sum of All Fears: acted · directed by Phil Alden Robinson · critics 57%, audiences 49% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
- 2003 Hollywood North: acted · directed by Peter O'Brian
- 2003 The Statement: acted · directed by Norman Jewison · critics 23%, audiences 36% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 2004 Spartacus (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Dornhelm
- Love in a Cold Climate (TV series): acted · directed by Tom Hooper