Deceased

How Did Alan Bates Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 69

Also known asАлан БейтсGenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn17/02/1934Born inAllestree, Derbyshire, EnglandDied27/12/2003 (aged 69)Died inCity of WestminsterCausepancreatic cancerWikidataQ309160 ↗Buried atAll Saints ChurchyardTMDb#27554 ↗

Sir Alan Arthur Bates 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.

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Filmography78 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2025	Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of PretendersMovie	Archive	91
2020	Shuttlecock: Sins of a FatherMovie	Major James Prentis (archival footage)	86
2018	Nothing Like a DameMovie	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	84
2007	The Graham Norton ShowSeries	Self	73
2004	SpartacusMovie	Antonius Agrippa	70
2004	SpartacusSeries	Antonius Agrippa	70
2003	Celebrity Naked AmbitionMovie	Self (archive footage)	69
2003	The StatementMovie	Armand Bertier	69
2003	Salem Witch TrialsSeries	Sir William Phips	69
2003	MeanwhileMovie	Father Peter	69
2002	Bertie and ElizabethMovie	King George V	68
2002	The Sum of All FearsMovie	Dressler	68
2002	EvelynMovie	Thomas Connolly	68
2002	The Making of Gosford ParkMovie	Self	68
2002	The Mothman PropheciesMovie	Alexander Leek	68
2001	Gosford ParkMovie	Jennings	67
2001	Anthony Quinn: The Final WordsMovie	Self	67
2000	In the BeginningSeries	Jethro	66
2000	Arabian NightsSeries	Storyteller	66
2000	The Prince and the PauperMovie	Re Enrico VIII	66
2000	St. Patrick: The Irish LegendMovie	Calpornius	66
1999	The Cherry OrchardMovie	Gayev	65
1998	Nicholas’ GiftMovie	Reg Green	64
1995	Oliver's TravelsSeries	Oliver	61
1995	The GrotesqueMovie	Sir Hugo Coal	61
1994	Silent TongueMovie	Eamon McCree	60
1992	Unnatural PursuitsSeries	Hamish Partt	58
1991	Secret FriendsMovie	John	57
1991	Pebble MillSeries	Self	57
1990	Dr. MMovie	Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru	56
1990	Mister FrostMovie	Felix Detweiler	56
1990	HamletMovie	Claudius	56
1990	102 Boulevard HaussmannMovie	Marcel Proust	56
1989	Screen OneSeries	Henry Sitchell	55
1989	The Dog It Was That DiedMovie	Blair	55
1988	We Think the World of YouMovie	Frank Meadows	54
1987	A Prayer for the DyingMovie	Jack Meehan	53
1987	Pack of LiesMovie	Stewart	53
1986	Duet for OneMovie	David Cornwallis	52
1985	The Ray Bradbury TheaterSeries	John Fabian	51
1985	Hands Up!Movie	Self (1981 footage)	51
1985	Summer SeasonSeries	Nicolas	51
1984	Dr. Fischer of GenevaMovie	Dr. Alfred Jones	50
1983	The Return of the SoldierMovie	Captain Chris Baldry	49
1983	An Englishman AbroadMovie	Guy Burgess	49
1983	Separate TablesMovie	John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock	49
1981	Very Like a WhaleMovie	Sir Jock Mellor	47
1981	The TrespasserMovie	Siegmund	47
1979	The RoseMovie	Rudge Campbell	45
1978	An Unmarried WomanMovie	Saul Kaplan	44
1978	The ShoutMovie	Charles Crossley	44
1978	The Mayor of CasterbridgeSeries	Michael Henchard	44
1975	Royal FlashMovie	Rudi Von Sternberg	41
1975	In CelebrationMovie	Andrew Shaw	41
1975	Plaintiffs and DefendantsMovie	Peter	41
1975	Two SundaysMovie	Charles	41
1974	ButleyMovie	Ben Butley	40
1974	The Story of Jacob and JosephMovie	Narrator (voice)	40
1973	Impossible ObjectMovie	Harry	39
1972	A Day in the Death of Joe EggMovie	Bri	38
1971	Great PerformancesSeries	James	37
1971	The Go-BetweenMovie	Ted Burgess	37
1970	Three SistersMovie	Col. Vershinin	36
1969	Women in LoveMovie	Rupert Birkin	35
1968	The FixerMovie	Yakov Bok	34
1967	Lionpower from MGMMovie	Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)	33
1967	Far from the Madding CrowdMovie	Gabriel Oak	33
1966	King of HeartsMovie	Charles Plumpick	32
1966	Georgy GirlMovie	Jos Jones	32
1964	Nothing But the BestMovie	Jimmy Brewster	30
1964	Zorba the GreekMovie	Basil	30
1964	The CaretakerMovie	Mick	30
1963	The Running ManMovie	Stephen	29
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries	Self	28
1961	Whistle Down the WindMovie	The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey	27
1960	The EntertainerMovie	Frank Rice	26
1956	Armchair TheatreSeries	Mario	22
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Stewart	17