Acting
Alan Bates
- Titles
- 82movies15TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19602025
- Leading roles
- 65top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Zorba the Greek75/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Spiritual3.3average 2.0
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Romance5.0average 3.8
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.2, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Character Study 8
- Political Intrigue 7
- Literary Adaptation 6
- Historical Drama 5
- Class Conflict 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Psychological Tension 5
- Classic Literature Adaptation 3
- Family Drama 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- British Period Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Harold PinterActorThe Go-Between, The Collection, The Caretaker, Butley, One for the Road
Laurence OlivierActorThe Entertainer, The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, Three Sisters
Julie ChristieActorThe Go-Between, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Soldier, Separate Tables
Simon GrayWriterUnnatural Pursuits, Butley, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
John SchlesingerDirectorFar from the Madding Crowd, Separate Tables, A Kind of Loving, An Englishman Abroad
Simon CadellActorThe Dog It Was That Died, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
Glenda JacksonActorWomen in Love, The Return of the Soldier, Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Ian HolmActorHamlet, The Return of the Soldier, The Fixer
Vernon DobtcheffActorNijinsky, Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, An Englishman Abroad
Christien AnholtActorHard Times, Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, Hard Times
James FrainActorArabian Nights, Spartacus, Spartacus
Malcolm McDowellActorThe Collection, Royal Flash, St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Movies and TV shows
872020s
2 titles
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2010s
1 titles
as Claudius (archive footage)
2000s
16 titles · average score 63
66
TV show · as Antonius Agrippa
66
as Antonius Agrippa
59
as Armand Bertier
64
as Dressler
63
as Alexander Leek
63
as King George V
67
as Thomas Connolly
74
TV show · as Uncle Matthew
70
TV show · as Storyteller
64
as Re Enrico VIII
54
as Calpornius
62
TV show · as Jethro
1990s
17 titles · average score 59
53
as Gayev
71
TV show · as Oliver
54
as Sir Hugo Coal
64
TV show · as Josiah Bounderby
67
as Josiah Bounderby
49
as Eamon McCree
TV show · as Hamish Partt
as John
66
as Claudius
60
as Felix Detweiler
48
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
as Marcel Proust
1980s
20 titles · average score 63
62
as Frank Meadows
60
as Jack Meehan
61
as David Cornwallis
74
as John Mortimer
63
as Dr. Alfred Jones
48
as Captain Jerry Jackson
68
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
67
as Guy Burgess
64
as Captain Chris Baldry
60
as H.J. Heidler
as Sir Jock Mellor
57
as Sergei Diaghilev
1970s
17 titles · average score 63
68
as Rudge Campbell
69
as Saul Kaplan
62
as Charles Crossley
68
TV show · as Michael Henchard
65
as James
61
as Rudi Von Sternberg
as Peter
65
as Ben Butley
as Tom
69
as Ted Burgess
67
TV show · as James
1960s
13 titles · average score 68
68
as Rupert Birkin
62
as Yakov Bok
70
as Gabriel Oak
71
as Charles Plumpick
65
as Jos Jones
75
as Basil
71
as Mick
60
as Jimmy Brewster
66
as Stephen
71
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
73
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
66
as Frank Rice
1950s
1 titles · average score 83
83
TV show · as Stewart