Alan Bates as butler in Gosford Park (2001)

Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE, (February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003) was a British actor. Image File history File links Alan Bates in a scene from Gosford Park (2001). ... Image File history File links Alan Bates in a scene from Gosford Park (2001). ... Movie poster for Gosford Park Gosford Park is a 2001 film, directed by Robert Altman. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2001. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born in Derbyshire, England, Bates earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he studied before leaving to join the Royal Air Force. In 1956, he debuted on stage in the West End, starring in Look Back in Anger, a role which made him a star. Four years later, he appeared in The Entertainer, his first film role. He soon starred in Whistle Down the Wind, and in the Bernard Malamud film The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... RADAs theatre in London The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and is generally regarded as the most prestigious drama school in the United Kingdom. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that RAF stations be merged into this article or section. ... West End is the name of some places in the world, including: The West End of London, England West End Theatre, is where many of Londons major theatres are located and premier cinema screenings take place. ... Look Back in Anger book cover: Alan Bates & Mary Ure Look Back in Anger (1956) is a John Osborne play and 1959 movie about a love triangle involving a jazz trumpet player, his frigid wife and her best friend. ... The Entertainer was a 1960 film which told the story of a failing stage performer who tried to keep his career going even as his personal life fell apart. ... Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British film, directed by Bryan Forbes. ... Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American writer born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. ... The Fixer is a 1968 film which tells the true story of a Jew, Menahem Mendel Beilis, in Tsarist Russia who is unjustly imprisoned, the notorious Beilis trial that ensued, and the international uproar that it caused, forcing Russia to back down in the face of world indignation. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

He was married to the actress, Victoria Ward, from 1970 until her death of a suspected heart attack (following a wasting disease)in 1992; they had twin sons born in 1971, the actor, Benedick Bates, and Tristan Bates (also an actor), who died of an asthma attack in Tokyo in 1990 at the age of 19. The actress Victoria Ward was married to the actor Sir Alan Bates from 1970 until her premature death from a heart attack in 1992. ...

Bates starred in such international hit films as Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, Zorba the Greek, The Go-Between, An Unmarried Woman and Women in Love, but he consciously decided to concentrate on a few well-defined roles, rather than to take everything that came his way. On television, his parts ranged from classic roles such as The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) to Guy Burgess in An Englishman Abroad (1983) to the storyteller in the 2000 version of the Arabian Nights. Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film, based on a novel by Margaret Forster. ... Far from the Madding Crowd is a novel by 19th century English novelist Thomas Hardy, published in 1874. ... Zorba the Greek is a 1964 movie by Michael Cacoyannis, originally titled Alexis Zorbas, based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. ... The Go-Between is a novel by L.P. Hartley (1895 – 1972), published in London in 1953. ... An Unmarried Woman is a 1978 film which tells the story of a woman whose “perfect” life is shattered when her husband leaves her for another woman. ... Women in Love was a novel by British author D.H. Lawrence published in 1920. ... The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1886 novel by English author Thomas Hardy. ... Guy Francis De Moncy Burgess (1911-1963) was a flamboyant, homosexual, British-born intelligence officer and double agent who worked for the Soviet Union, was part of the Cambridge Five spy ring within the MI5. ... An Englishman Abroad is a film based on the true story of a chance meeting of an actress, Coral Browne, with Guy Burgess, one of the famous group of Soviet Union whilst with MI6. ... Arabian Nights Poster Arabian Nights is a three hour miniseries that was made by Hallmark Entertainment, originally shown over two nights on April 30, and May 1, 2000 on ABC in the United States and BBC One in the United Kingdom. ...

Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996, and was knighted in 2003. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand...

His companion at the end of his life was actress Joanna Pettet; he died of pancreatic cancer in 2003 at the age of 69.

External links

• The Alan Bates Archive
• Alan Bates at the Internet Movie Database