Acting
Alan Bates
- Titles
- 81movies18TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2025, with a break from 2005 to 2019, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 64top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
The Go-Between86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Melancholy6.4average 4.7
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Psychological7.0average 5.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.1, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.4
- Adrenaline3.8, average 4.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character Study 11
- Social Commentary 8
- Political Intrigue 7
- Literary Adaptation 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Slow Burn 4
- Psychological Tension 4
- Class Conflict 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Family Drama 3
- Psychological Drama 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Harold PinterActorThe Go-Between, Butley, The Caretaker, The Collection, One for the Road
Julie ChristieActorFar from the Madding Crowd, The Go-Between, The Return of the Soldier, Separate Tables
Laurence OlivierActorA Voyage Round My Father, The Entertainer, The Collection, Three Sisters
John SchlesingerDirectorFar from the Madding Crowd, A Kind of Loving, Separate Tables, An Englishman Abroad
Simon GrayWriterButley, Unnatural Pursuits, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
James FrainActorArabian Nights, Spartacus, Spartacus
Ian HolmActorHamlet, The Return of the Soldier, The Fixer
Georgina HaleActorButley, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Two Sundays
Frances BarberActorLove in a Cold Climate, We Think the World of You, Secret Friends
Ian McNeiceActorSpartacus, Spartacus, Secret Friends
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
Movies and TV shows
892020s
2 titles
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2010s
1 title
as Claudius (archive footage)
2000s
16 titles · average score 60
TV show · as Antonius Agrippa
as Antonius Agrippa
as Armand Bertier
as Dressler
as Alexander Leek
as King George V
as Thomas Connolly
TV show · as Uncle Matthew
TV show · as Storyteller
as Re Enrico VIII
as Calpornius
TV show · as Jethro
1990s
15 titles · average score 55
as Gayev
as Reg Green
TV show · as Oliver
as Sir Hugo Coal
as Eamon McCree
TV show · as Josiah Bounderby
as Major James Prentis VC
TV show · as Hamish Partt
as John
as Claudius
as Felix Detweiler
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
1980s
22 titles · average score 62
as Blair
as Frank Meadows
as Jack Meehan
as David Cornwallis
as John Mortimer
as Dr. Alfred Jones
as Captain Jerry Jackson
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
as Guy Burgess
as H.J. Heidler
as Sir Jock Mellor
as Sergei Diaghilev
1970s
17 titles · average score 65
as Rudge Campbell
as Saul Kaplan
as Charles Crossley
TV show · as Michael Henchard
as James
as Rudi Von Sternberg
as Andrew Shaw
as Ben Butley
as Harry
as Tom
as Ted Burgess
1960s
14 titles · average score 70
as Rupert Birkin
as Yakov Bok
as Gabriel Oak
as Jos Jones
as Charles Plumpick
as Joe Turrel
as Basil
as Jimmy Brewster
as Mick
as Stephen
as Victor 'Vic' Brown
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
1950s
2 titles · average score 76
TV show · as Mario / Lewis Black
TV show · as Stewart