Acting
Alan Bates
- Titles
- 82movies18TV 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
62/100
- Highest rated
Whistle Down the Wind85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.5average 2.6
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Melancholy6.4average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Pathos6.6average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Psychological6.9average 5.6
- Spiritual3.3average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.9, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character Study 10
- Political Intrigue 7
- Literary Adaptation 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Psychological Tension 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Class Conflict 5
- Slow Burn 4
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Family Drama 3
- Classic Literature Adaptation 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Harold PinterActorThe Go-Between, The Caretaker, The Collection, Butley, One for the Road
Julie ChristieActorThe Go-Between, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Soldier, Separate Tables
Laurence OlivierActorThe Entertainer, A Voyage Round My Father, The Collection, Three Sisters
John SchlesingerDirectorFar from the Madding Crowd, A Kind of Loving, Separate Tables, An Englishman Abroad
Simon GrayWriterUnnatural Pursuits, Plaintiffs and Defendants, Butley, Two Sundays
Vernon DobtcheffActorNijinsky, Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, An Englishman Abroad
Malcolm McDowellActorSt. Patrick: The Irish Legend, The Collection, Royal Flash
Ian McNeiceActorSpartacus, Spartacus, Secret Friends
Georgina HaleActorPlaintiffs and Defendants, Butley, Two Sundays
Christien AnholtActorHard Times, Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, Hard Times
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
Movies and TV shows
912020s
2 titles
as Major James Prentis (archival footage)
2010s
1 title
as Claudius (archive footage)
2000s
16 titles · average score 60
68
TV show · as Antonius Agrippa
66
as Antonius Agrippa
42
as Armand Bertier
55
as Dressler
57
as Alexander Leek
59
as King George V
64
as Thomas Connolly
75
TV show · as Uncle Matthew
70
TV show · as Storyteller
64
as Re Enrico VIII
53
as Calpornius
62
TV show · as Jethro
1990s
17 titles · average score 59
72
as Gayev
63
as Reg Green
71
TV show · as Oliver
54
as Sir Hugo Coal
42
as Eamon McCree
64
TV show · as Josiah Bounderby
TV show · as Hamish Partt
as Claudius (archive footage)
as John
69
as Claudius
47
as Felix Detweiler
44
as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
1980s
22 titles · average score 62
as Blair
65
as Frank Meadows
54
as Jack Meehan
74
as David Cornwallis
73
as John Mortimer
65
as Dr. Alfred Jones
44
as Captain Jerry Jackson
68
as John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
66
as Guy Burgess
53
as H.J. Heidler
as Sir Jock Mellor
48
as Sergei Diaghilev
1970s
17 titles · average score 66
71
as Rudge Campbell
73
as Saul Kaplan
74
as Charles Crossley
72
TV show · as Michael Henchard
65
as James
56
as Rudi Von Sternberg
62
as Andrew Shaw
64
as Ben Butley
50
as Harry
as Tom
69
as Ted Burgess
1960s
14 titles · average score 65
76
as Rupert Birkin
58
as Yakov Bok
63
as Gabriel Oak
47
as Charles Plumpick
74
as Jos Jones
as Joe Turrel
78
as Basil
62
as Jimmy Brewster
47
as Mick
65
as Stephen
72
as Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
85
as The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
1950s
2 titles · average score 76
68
TV show · as Mario / Lewis Black
85
TV show · as Stewart