Alan Bates

Sir Alan Arthur Bates , CBE , (born February 17, 1934 in Allestree , Derbyshire , England , † December 27, 2003 in London , England) was a British actor .

life and career

His most famous role was that of Basil in Alexis Sorbas at the side of Anthony Quinn . In 1963, Lee Remick was his partner in The Second Man . In 1985 he appeared alongside James Mason and Greta Scacchi in the television film Dr. Fischer from Geneva . He also starred in ... Where the Wind blows , A Man Like Job , Loving Women , Hamlet , The Devilish Mr. Frost , The Rose and Gosford Park, among others . He didn't live to see the premiere of his last film Spartacus in 2004 because he had died of pancreatic cancer a few months earlier.

For A Man Like Job , he was honored with an Oscar nomination for best leading role in 1969 .

He was married to British actress Victoria Ward from 1970 until her death in 1992. In 1971 the twins Benedick and Tristan were born. Tristan died of an asthma attack in 1990.

Bates was named Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996 and knighted (KBE) in 2003.

Filmography

• 1960: Der Komödiant (The Entertainer)
• 1961: ... where the wind blows (Whistle Down the Wind)
• 1962: Only A Kind of Loving (A Kind Of Loving)
• 1963: The Caretaker
• 1962: The second man (The Running Man)
• 1964: hands up! (Ręce do góry)
• 1964: Alexis Sorbas (Alexis Zorbas)
• 1966: King of Hearts
• 1966: Georgy Girl
• 1967: Die Herrin von Thornhill (Far from the Madding Crowd)
• 1968: A Man Like Job (The Fixer)
• 1969: Women in Love (Women in Love)
• 1971: The Mediator (The Go-Between)
• 1972: A Day In The Life Of Joe Egg
• 1975: Royal Flash
• 1975: The Collection
• 1975: Plaintiffs and defendants
• 1975: Two Sundays
• 1976: Look back in anger
• 1977: An Unmarried Woman
• 1978: The Shout (The Shout)
• 1979: The Rose
• 1979: The Mayor of Casterbridge
• 1980: Nijinsky
• 1981: On forbidden ways
• 1982: Britannia Hospital
• 1982: A Voyage round my father
• 1983: The Wicked Lady
• 1983: Separate Tables (separate tables)
• 1983: An Englishman abroad
• 1985: Dr. Fischer from Geneva (Dr. Fischer of Geneva)
• 1987: A Prayer for the Dying (A Prayer for the Dying)
• 1988: We Think The World Of You
• 1989: The Price of Freedom (Force majeure)
• 1990: Dr. M.
• 1990: The Devilish Mr. Frost (Mister Frost)
• 1990: Hamlet
• 1991: Losing Track
• 1991: Unnatural Pursuits
• 1991: 102 Boulevard Haussman
• 1993: Silent Tongue - Revenge of the Spirits (Silent Tongue)
• 1995: The Grotesque
• 1998: Nicholas - A child's heart lives on
• 1999: Love in a cold climate
• 2000: Arabian Nights - Adventures from 1001 Nights
• 2000: In the beginning (In the Beginning)
• 2001: Gosford Park
• 2001: Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper
• 2002: A father fights for his children (Evelyn)
• 2002: The stop (The Sum of All Fears)
• 2002: The Mothman Prophecies (The Mothman Prophecies)
• 2003: The Statement
• 2004: Spartacus

Awards

• 1969: Oscar nomination for best actor (A Man Like Job)
• 1973: Tony Award - Best Actor in a Play (Butley)
• 2002: Tony Award - Best Actor in a Play (Fortune's Fool)
• 1969: Golden Globe nomination for best actor (A Man Like Job)
• 1968: Golden Globe - nomination for best actor Far from the Madding Crowd
• 1967: Golden Globe - Nomination for Best Actor (Comedy) Georgy Girl
• 1967: Golden Globe nomination for the best young actor Georgy Girl
• 2002: BAFTA Award - nomination for best leading actor (television) Love in a Cold Climate
• 1993: BAFTA Award - nomination for best leading actor (television) Unnatural Pursuits
• 1992: BAFTA Award - nomination for best supporting actor Hamlet
• 1984: BAFTA Award - Best Actor To Englishman Abroad
• 1976: BAFTA Award - Nomination for Best Actor (TV) Play for Today for the episodes "Plaintiffs and Defendants" and "Two Sundays".
• 1970: BAFTA Award - nomination for best leading actor, Women in Love
• 1963: BAFTA Award - nomination for best British actor A Kind of Loving

literature

• Otherwise Engaged: The Life Of Alan Bates , by Donald Spoto (biography)

Web links

• Alan Bates in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Alan Bates in the nndb (English)