Alan Bates

Career timeline

1. 1934 · Born

   Born in Allestree, Derbyshire, England

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Great Performances (TV)

4. 2003 · Died

   December 27, 2003

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1950s

14 1960s

14 1970s

20 1980s

11 1990s

15 2000s

1 2010s

2 2020s

• Drama66
• Comedy14
• Romance12
• Thriller9
• Mystery7
• Tv Movie7

Highest-rated title Zorba the Greek 1964 7.4 Most popular title Great Performances 1971 6.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Alan Bates in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

3 titles together

Alan Bennett

3 titles together

John Schlesinger

2 titles together

Ben Cross

2 titles together

Frederic Raphael

2 titles together

Julie Christie

2 titles together

1. 2025 Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders as Archive Movie
2. 2020 Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father as Major James Prentis (archival footage) Movie
3. 2011 Discovering Hamlet as Claudius (archive footage) Movie
4. 2004 Spartacus as Antonius Agrippa 7.0 TV
5. 2004 Spartacus as Antonius Agrippa 6.7 Movie
6. 2004 Hollywood North as Michael Baytes Movie
7. 2003 The Statement as Armand Bertier 5.7 Movie
8. 2003 Salem Witch Trials as Sir William Phips TV
9. 2002 Evelyn as Thomas Connolly 6.4 Movie
10. 2002 Bertie and Elizabeth as King George V Movie
11. 2002 The Sum of All Fears as Dressler 6.4 Movie
12. 2002 The Mothman Prophecies as Alexander Leek 6.2 Movie
13. 2001 Gosford Park as Jennings 6.8 Movie
14. 2001 Love in a Cold Climate as Uncle Matthew TV
15. 2000 The Prince and the Pauper as Re Enrico VIII Movie
16. 2000 In the Beginning as Jethro TV
17. 2000 Arabian Nights as Storyteller 6.8 TV
18. 2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend as Calpornius Movie
19. 1999 The Cherry Orchard as Gayev Movie
20. 1995 The Grotesque as Sir Hugo Coal Movie
21. 1995 Oliver's Travels as Oliver TV
22. 1994 Hard Times as Josiah Bounderby TV
23. 1994 Silent Tongue as Eamon McCree 4.7 Movie
24. 1993 Shuttlecock as Major James Prentis VC Movie
25. 1992 Unnatural Pursuits as Hamish Partt TV
26. 1991 Secret Friends as John Movie
27. 1990 Hamlet as Claudius 6.6 Movie
28. 1990 Dr. M as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru Movie
29. 1990 Mr. Frost as Felix Detweiler 6.1 Movie
30. 1989 Screen One as Henry Sitchell TV
31. 1989 Uncontrollable Circumstances as Malcolm Forrest 6.2 Movie
32. 1989 The Dog It Was That Died as Blair Movie
33. 1988 We Think the World of You as Frank Meadows Movie
34. 1987 A Prayer for the Dying as Jack Meehan 5.9 Movie
35. 1987 Pack of Lies as Stewart Movie
36. 1986 Duet for One as David Cornwallis Movie
37. 1985 Summer Season as Nicolas TV
38. 1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater as John Fabian 7.0 TV
39. 1985 Screen Two as Marcel Proust TV
40. 1984 Dr. Fischer of Geneva as Dr. Alfred Jones Movie
41. 1984 A Voyage Round My Father as John Mortimer Movie
42. 1983 An Englishman Abroad as Guy Burgess Movie
43. 1983 The Wicked Lady as Captain Jerry Jackson 4.9 Movie
44. 1983 The Return of the Soldier as Captain Chris Baldry 6.3 Movie
45. 1983 Separate Tables as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock Movie
46. 1982 Britannia Hospital as Macready 6.2 Movie
47. 1981 Quartet as H.J. Heidler 5.8 Movie
48. 1981 Very Like a Whale as Sir Jock Mellor Movie
49. 1980 Nijinsky as Sergei Diaghilev 4.9 Movie
50. 1979 The Rose as Rudge Campbell 6.7 Movie
51. 1978 The Shout as Charles Crossley 6.0 Movie
52. 1978 An Unmarried Woman as Saul Kaplan 6.8 Movie
53. 1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge as Michael Henchard TV
54. 1976 Laurence Olivier Presents TV
55. 1976 The Collection as James Movie
56. 1975 Royal Flash as Rudi Von Sternberg 5.9 Movie
57. 1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph as Narrator (voice) Movie
58. 1974 Butley as Ben Butley Movie
59. 1973 Impossible Object as Harry Movie
60. 1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Bri Movie
61. 1971 The Go-Between as Ted Burgess 6.8 Movie
62. 1971 Great Performances as James 6.1 TV
63. 1970 Three Sisters as Col. Vershinin Movie
64. 1969 Women in Love as Rupert Birkin 6.6 Movie
65. 1968 The Fixer as Yakov Bok 6.2 Movie
66. 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd as Gabriel Oak 6.9 Movie
67. 1966 King of Hearts as Charles Plumpick 6.9 Movie
68. 1966 Georgy Girl as Jos Jones 6.2 Movie
69. 1965 Once Upon a Tractor as Joe Turrel Movie
70. 1964 Zorba the Greek as Basil 7.4 Movie
71. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Grigor Pecharin TV
72. 1964 Nothing But the Best as Jimmy Brewster Movie
73. 1964 The Caretaker as Mick Movie
74. 1963 The Running Man as Stephen 6.7 Movie
75. 1962 A Kind of Loving as Victor 'Vic' Brown 7.1 Movie
76. 1961 Whistle Down the Wind as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey 7.2 Movie
77. 1960 The Entertainer as Frank Rice 6.2 Movie
78. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Lewis Black TV
79. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Stewart TV

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