One of the most important British actors to emerge during the 1960s, Alan Bates made his reputation early... (Learn more)
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Alan Bates’s Milestones
| 1951 - 1953 | Served in the Royal Air Force (dates approximate) |
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| 1955 | Joined Frank Dunlop's Midland Theatre Company, Coventry, England, where he stage-managed and made stage acting debut in "You and Your Wife" |
| 1956 | First film appearance, a one-minute impersonation of King Lear in "It's Never Too Late" |
| 1956 | Joined English Stage Society at the Royal Court in London (date approximate) |
| 1956 | London stage debut, "The Mulberry Bush" |
| 1956 | Played Cliff in the original production of John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" |
| 1957 | Broadway debut, "Look Back in Anger" |
| 1959 | US TV debut, "Duel For Love" |
| 1960 | Feature film debut in movie version of Osborne's "The Entertainer" |
| 1960 | Originated part of Mick in Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker" on the English stage |
| 1961 | Reprised "Caretaker" role on Broadway |
| 1962 | First collaboration with director John Schlesinger, "A Kind of Loving" |
| 1964 | Again reprised stage role in feature film "The Caretaker/The Guest", directed by Clive Donner |
| 1964 | Portrayed Anthony Quinn's intellectual British cohort in "Zorba the Greek" |
| 1966 | Played the lover who left Lynn Redgrave in the lurch in "Georgy Girl" |
| 1967 | Reteamed with Schlessinger for "Far From the Madding Crowd"; first screen teaming with Julie Christie |
| 1968 | Received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for John Frankenheimer's "The Fixer", adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the Bernard Malamud novel |
| 1969 | Engaged in now famous nude wrestling scene with Oliver Reed in Ken Russell's film adaptation of the D H Larwence novel "Women in Love" |
| 1970 | Interpreted title role of "Hamlet" on British stage |
| 1971 | Starred as farmer opposite aristocratic Julie Christie in Joseph Losey's "The Go-Between"; screenplay written by Harold Pinter |
| 1972 | Portrayed Petruccio in "The Taming of the Shrew" for the Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1973 | Reprised Tony-winning role from Simon Gray's stage play "Butley" in film version directed by Pinter |
| 1973 | Reunited with Frankenheimer for "Impossible Object" |
| 1975 | First film with Lindsay Anderson, "In Celebration" |
| 1978 | Was outstanding as Jill Clayburgh's ultimate lover (after abandonment by weak-willed husband Michael Murphy) in Paul Mazursky's "An Unmarried Woman" |
| 1982 | Came home shell-shocked to wife Julie Christie after World War I in "The Return of the Soldier" |
| 1982 | Reteamed with director Anderson for "Brittania Hospital" |
| 1983 | Earned a BAFTA Award for his portrayal of exiled traitor Guy Burgess in "An Englishman Abroad", a TV-movie (BBC) directed by John Schlesinger |
| 1984 | Second TV film with Schlesinger, "Separate Tables" (HBO) |
| 1990 | Turned in a solid portrayal as King Claudius in Franco Zeffirelli's "Hamlet", starring Mel Gibson as the Melancholy Dane |
| 1991 | Portrayed Marcel Proust in A&E movie "102 Boulevard Haussman" |
| 1994 | Starred as obsessive English writer Hamish Partt in A&E movie "Unnatural Pursuits" (screenplay by Simon Gray) |
| 1995 | Played Josiah Bounderby in PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" production of Charles Dickens' "Hard Times" |
| 1996 | Appeared as Oliver in four-part "Oliver's Travels" for "Mystery!" (PBS) |
| 1997 | Embarked on West End Show "Life Support", his 11th collaboration with playwright Gray, directed by Pinter |
| 1998 | Starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in CBS movie "Reginald's Gift", the true story of Maggie and Reginald Green who donated the organs of their brain-dead son, enhancing or saving the lives of seven people |
| 2000 | Returned to the NYC stage in the Off-Broadway production of "The Unexpected Man" |
| 2001 | Gave a sterling performance as the head butler at "Gosford Park" in Robert Altman's ensemble murder mystery |
| 2002 | Appeared in the Richard Gere thriller "Mothman Prophecies" |
| 2002 | Appeared in the Tom Clancy thriller "The Sum of All Fears" |
| 2002 | Returned to Broadway opposite Frank Langella in "Fortune's Fool" |
| 2003 | featured in "The Statement" with Michael Caine |
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