Alan Bates AKA Alan Arthur Bates Born: 17-Feb-1934 Birthplace: Allestree, Derbyshire, England Died: 27-Dec-2003 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: Cancer - Pancreatic Remains: Buried, All Saints Churchyard, Bradbourne, Derbyshire, England
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1] Occupation: Actor Nationality: England Executive summary: Basil in Zorba the Greek Military service: British Royal Air Force (1953-55) [1] Donald Spoto, "Alan Bates's secret gay affair with ice skater John Curry", The Daily Mail, 19 May 2007. The article is an extract from Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates, to be published one month later.
Father: Harold A. Bates Mother: Florence M. Wheatcroft Brother: Martin Bates Wife: Victoria Ward (m. 1970, d. 1992 heart attack, twin sons) Son: Benedick (twin, b. 1971) Son: Tristan (twin, b. 1971, d. 1990 asthma attack) Girlfriend: Angharad Rees (actress) Boyfriend: John Curry (Olympic ice skater, dated while married to Ward) Boyfriend: Peter Wyngarde (actor, together 1956-65) Boyfriend: Nickolas Grace (actor, "an intense affair") Girlfriend: Yardena Harari (Israeli, cohabited briefly, refused marriage in 1965) Boyfriend: Paul Taylor (cohabited 1967) Girlfriend: Joanna Pettet (actress, until his death)
High School: Belper Grammar School University: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England
Commander of the British Empire 1995 Knight of the British Empire 2003 Tony
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Spartacus (18-Apr-2004) The Statement (12-Dec-2003) · Armand Bertier Hollywood North (18-May-2003) Salem Witch Trials (24-Dec-2002) · Sir William Phips Evelyn (9-Sep-2002) The Sum of All Fears (29-May-2002) · Dressler The Mothman Prophecies (25-Jan-2002) · Alexander Leek Gosford Park (7-Nov-2001) · Jennings In the Beginning (12-Nov-2000) Arabian Nights (30-Apr-2000) The Prince and the Pauper (2000) · King Henry VIII The Cherry Orchard (13-Nov-1999) · Gayev Nicholas' Gift (21-Apr-1998) The Grotesque (9-Sep-1995) · Sir Hugo Coal Oliver's Travels (1995) Silent Tongue (1-Feb-1994) · Eamon McCree Unnatural Pursuits (7-Dec-1992) Secret Friends (21-Jun-1991) Shuttlecock (1991) Hamlet (19-Dec-1990) Dr. M (24-May-1990) Mister Frost (11-Apr-1990) Force Majeure (5-Apr-1989) We Think the World of You (16-Sep-1988) · Frank A Prayer for the Dying (21-Aug-1987) Duet for One (25-Dec-1986) A Voyage Round My Father (19-Apr-1984) An Englishman Abroad (29-Nov-1983) The Wicked Lady (12-Aug-1983) Separate Tables (1983) Britannia Hospital (27-May-1982) Return of the Soldier (1982) Quartet (May-1981) Nijinsky (20-Mar-1980) The Rose (7-Nov-1979) · Rudge The Shout (4-May-1979) An Unmarried Woman (26-May-1978) · Saul The Mayor of Casterbridge (22-Jan-1978) Royal Flash (2-Oct-1975) · Rudi von Sternberg In Celebration (17-Mar-1975) Butley (16-Jan-1974) · Ben Butley Story of a Love Story (1973) A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (4-Jun-1972) · Bri The Go-Between (Dec-1970) Three Sisters (2-Nov-1970) Women in Love (Sep-1969) The Fixer (8-Dec-1968) Far from the Madding Crowd (16-Oct-1967) · Gabriel Oak King of Hearts (21-Dec-1966) · Charles Plumpick -- The King of Hearts Georgy Girl (Jun-1966) · Jos Zorba the Greek (17-Dec-1964) · Basil Nothing But the Best (10-Mar-1964) The Running Man (2-Oct-1963) The Caretaker (Jun-1963) A Kind of Loving (12-Apr-1962) · Vic Brown Whistle Down the Wind (Jul-1961) The Entertainer (3-Oct-1960) · Frank
Official Website: http://www.alanbates.com/
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