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Alan Bates

1934 - 2003

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Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) 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. Bates is also known for his performance with Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd and The Fixer, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1969, he starred in the Ken Russell film Women in Love with Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson. Bates went on to star in The Go-Between, An Unmarried Woman, Nijinsky and in The Rose with Bette Midler, as well as many television dramas, including The Mayor of Casterbridge, Harold Pinter's The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, An Englishman Abroad (as Guy Burgess) and Pack of Lies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Bates is the 1,878th most popular actor (down from 259th in 2019), the 2,004th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 351st in 2019) and the 251st most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Bates ranks 1,878 out of 13,578Before him are Stefanie Powers, Al Freeman Jr., Stanley Kamel, Lauren Holly, Susan Flannery, and Pauline Moran. After him are Joanne Whalley, Rachel Ward, Vidya Balan, Randy Quaid, Rosanna Schiaffino, and Richard Basehart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Alan Bates ranks 161Before him are Henri Konan Bédié, Viktor Gorbatko, Umberto Agnelli, Raina Kabaivanska, Dashrath Manjhi, and Al Freeman Jr.. After him are Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Victor French, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Lakhdar Brahimi, Linda Cristal, and Jacques Loussier. Among people deceased in 2003, Alan Bates ranks 100Before him are Wendy Hiller, Sébastien Japrisot, Uday Hussein, Rie Mastenbroek, Fritz Fischer, and Guy Thys. After him are John Ritter, Massimo Girotti, Donald O'Connor, Maurice Pialat, Kalpana Chawla, and Michel Constantin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Bates ranks 2,004 out of 8,785Before him are Mary Astell (1666), John Fletcher (1579), Henry Allingham (1896), Roger Hodgson (1950), Pauline Moran (1947), and Kenneth Grahame (1859). After him are Joanne Whalley (1961), Charles Hatchett (1765), Gerry Adams (1948), Paul Gallagher (1954), William Smith (1813), and Michael Anderson (1920).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alan Bates ranks 251Before him are Tom Conti (1941), John Mills (1908), Billy Connolly (1942), Andy Whitfield (1971), Sophie Turner (1996), and Pauline Moran (1947). After him are Joanne Whalley (1961), Rachel Ward (1957), Lindsay Duncan (1950), John Hannah (1962), Anthony Quayle (1913), and Sam Heughan (1980).