Alan Bates

Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 Februari 1934 – 27 Desember 2003) adalah seorang aktor Inggris, yang menjadi terkenal pada tahun 1960 - an, masa kreativitas tinggi dalam sinema Inggris, ketika ia menunjukkan keserbagunaannya dalam film mulai dari cerita anak - anak populer Whistle Down the Wind hingga drama "kitchen sink" A Kind of Loving. Dia juga dikenal karena tour - de - force dengan Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, serta perannya dalam King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, dan The Fixer, yang memberinya nominasi Academy Award untuk Aktor Terbaik. Pada tahun 1969, ia membintangi film Ken Russell Women in Love dengan Oliver Reed dan Glenda Jackson. Bates kemudian membintangi The Go - Between, An Unmarried Woman, Nijinsky, dan The Rose with Bette Midler, serta memainkan berbagai peran dalam drama televisi, termasuk The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Collection karya Harold Pinter, A Voyage Round My Father, An Englishman Abroad (sebagai Guy Burgess), dan Pack of Lies. Dia juga terus tampil di panggung, terutama dalam drama Simon Gray, seperti Butley dan If Engaged.

Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his tour-de-force with Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Fixer, which gave him 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 The Rose with Bette Midler, as well as playing varied roles in television drama, 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. He also continued to appear on the stage, notably in the plays of Simon Gray, such as Butley and Otherwise Engaged.