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…