Acting
Alan Bates
- Titles
- 82movies15TV shows
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2025, with a break from 2005 to 2019, busiest in 2002 with 5 main titles.
- 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
87Great
Score 80 to 89
1 title
Great
Score 80 to 89
83
TV show · as Stewart
Good
Score 70 to 79
12 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
75
as Basil
74
as John Mortimer
74
TV show · as Uncle Matthew
73
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
71
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
71
as Mick
71
as Charles Plumpick
71
TV show · as Oliver
70
TV show · as Storyteller
70
TV show · as John Fabian
70
as Gabriel Oak
70
as Jennings
Decent
Score 60 to 69
40 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
as Saul Kaplan
69
as Ted Burgess
68
as Rudge Campbell
68
as Rupert Birkin
66
as Claudius
66
as Antonius Agrippa
66
TV show · as Antonius Agrippa
66
as Stephen
65
as Jos Jones
64
as Dressler
62
as Charles Crossley
60
as Jack Meehan
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
11 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Armand Bertier
57
as Sergei Diaghilev
54
as Calpornius
54
as Sir Hugo Coal
53
as Gayev
52
as Michael Baytes
50
as Col. Vershinin
49
as Eamon McCree
48
as Captain Jerry Jackson
48
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
Not rated yet
23 titles
Not rated yet
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
as John
TV show · as Hamish Partt
as Marcel Proust
as Tom
as Major James Prentis VC
as Joe Turrel
as Hamish Partt
as Sir Jock Mellor
as Peter
as Andrew Shaw
as Charles