Alan Bates
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- A Kind of Loving (1962)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. June Ritchie, Alan Bates
- A key film of the British New Wave, describing in unfussy black–and–white images the life of young couple June Ritchie and Alan Bates…
- Caretaker, The (1963)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Donald Pleasence, Alan Bates, Robert Shaw
- Praised film adaptation of Harold Pinter's breakthrough stageplay, in which two brothers invite a tramp into their London flat – an act of…
- Whistle Down the Wind (1964)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Alan Bates, Hayley Mills
- Alan Bates plays an escaped convict who Hayley Mills meets and believes to be Jesus himself. Unsentimental yet moving account of childhood faith…
- Nothing but the Best (1964)
- Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews
- Ruthless real estate agent Alan Bates grubs and grafts a way upwards, out of his working–class background and into the snobbish…
- Zorba the Greek (1964)
- Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas
- Keynote role for Anthony Quinn as the title–character of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, a bawdy, womanising,…
- Georgy Girl (1966)
- Dir. Silvio Narizzano
Feat. Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling…
- Quaint comedy in which 'ugly duckling' Lynn Redgrave strives for happiness alongside her flamboyant friends. Its casual depiction of abortion made…
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp…
- Pastoral, moody epic set in 18th Century England follows the romantic intrigues of an independent woman farmer with three men. Photography by Nic…
- King of Hearts (1967)
- Dir. Phillipe De Broca
Feat. Alan Bates, Genevieve Bujold, Pierre Brasseur
- Excellently quirky mid–60s comedy that became a cult–hit in the US, has soldier Alan Bates infiltrate a French village in WWI, which has…
- Women in Love (1969)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
- Ken Russell's esteemed version of D.H. Lawrence's finest novel about a macho entrepreneur, his philosophically and sexually dubious friend and their…
- American Film Theatre - Three Sisters (1970)
- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright…
- Three sisters stuck in the Russian provinces pine for distant Moscow in this comprehensively faithful adaptation of Anton Chekhov's famous 19th…
- Go-Between, The (1971)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Julie Christie, Alan Bates
- A young boy acts as a secret messenger for class–divided lovers Julie Christie and Alan Bates during a hot Norfolk summer in Edwardian England.…
- Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Alan Bates, Janet Suzman
- Rewarding black comedy stars Alan Bates and Janet Suzman as a couple with an autistic child whom they consider mercy–killing. Bizarre yet…
- American Film Theatre - In Celebration (1975)
- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Gabrielle Daye…
- A tightly framed screen adaptation of David Storey's autobiographical play set around the reunion of a Nottinghamshire mining family, in which cast…
- American Film Theatre - Butley (1976)
- Dir. Harold Pinter
Feat. Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan…
- Another in the excellent American Film Theatre series, playwright Harold Pinter directs his first film, based on the Simon Gray play.
An…
- Shout, The (1978)
- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York…
- An intelligent, enigmatic chiller about an asylum inmate with mystical powers who upsets the lives of an avant garde music composer and his wife in…
- Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass…
- Dennis Potter–scribed Victorian saga sees Alan Bates, battling alcoholism, sell his wife and daughter under the influence, before resolving to…
- An Unmarried Woman (1978)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy…
- Jill Clayburgh endeared herself to a generation of women with this well–loved character study of a divorced New Yorker navigating the single…
- Alan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992)
- Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales…
- An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett.
Collection includes:
– A Day Out…
- Return of the Solider, The (1982)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret…
- Alan Bates stars as a returning WWI soldier rendered catatonic by the horrors of the battlefield, with no memory of his wife. Somewhat overwrought…
- Voyage Round My Father, A (1983)
- Dir. Alvin Rakoff
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates
- Laurence Olivier gives another special performance as Alan Bates' eccentric father who steadfastly refuses to accept compromises on account of his…
- Prayer for the Dying (1987)
- Dir. Mike Hodges
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates…
- Adaptation of Jack Higgins' novel in which Mickey Rourke plays a retired IRA hitman who is enticed into one final killing, with disasterous…
- We Think the World of You (1988)
- Dir. Collin Gregg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Alan Bates
- Quirky Brit comedy/drama about a love triangle between two men and an alsatian! Jealousy overcomes Gary Oldman when a prison sentence brings together…
- Club Extinction (Dr. M) (1989)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Jan Niklas…
- Chabrol’s re–examination of Fritz Lang’s DR MABUSE is set in a future Berlin saturated with Big Brother messages and a plague of…
- Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates…
- Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
- Silent Tongue (1993)
- Dir. Sam Shepard
Feat. Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix
- A personal project for playwright/actor/director Shepard, this ghost story chiefly indicts the mistreatment of the native Indian. Haunting film…
- Grotesque, The (1995)
- Dir. John-Paul Davidson
Feat. Alan Bates, Sting
- Bizarre, upper–crust English comedy has a suave, veritably oily Sting as butler to crank palaeontologist Alan Bates and his ghastly family.…
- Oliver's Travels (TV Mini-series) (1995)
- Feat. Alan Bates, Sinead Cusack, Bill Paterson
- BBC oddity centered around Oliver (Bates), an ex–university lecturer with a passion for puzzles, who goes on a search to find legendary…
- Cherry Orchard, The (1999)
- Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Michael Gough…
- Anton Chekhov's final drama is adapted concisely and with emotional weight; Charlotte Rampling plays the matriarch of a deteriorating estate, at odds…
- Arabian Nights (Mini-Series) (2000)
- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Jason Scott Lee, Rufus Sewell, Mili Avital…
- Visually stunning retelling of One Thousand and One Nights, in which a mad Sultan weds his childhood friend, planning to execute her the following…
- Prince and the Pauper, The (2000)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Alan Bates
- Admirable, entertaining adaptation of Mark Twain's classic story of lookalikes who get caught up in imperial intrigue when a young Prince and a…