Alan Arthur Bates
Sign | Aquarius |
Born | Feb 17, 1934 Allestree, Derbyshire |
Died | Dec 27, 2003 London, UK |
Age | Died at 69 |
Final Resting PlaceAll Saints Churchyard |
Alan Bates | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1956-2003 |
Top Roles | Frank Rice, Gabriel Oak, Basil, The Man, Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown |
Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Crime |
Top Topics | Period Piece, Romance (Drama), Book-Based |
Top Collaborators | Vernon Dobtcheff, Julie Christie, John Schlesinger (Director), Norman Jewison (Director) |
Shares birthday with | Arthur Kennedy, Edward Muhl, Raf Vallone see more.. |
Alan Bates Overview:
Legendary actor, Alan Bates, was born Alan Arthur Bates on Feb 17, 1934 in Allestree, Derbyshire. Bates died at the age of 69 on Dec 27, 2003 in London, UK and was laid to rest in All Saints Churchyard Cemetery in Bradbourne, England.
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired, solid English stage actor who came to the screen with the wave of angry young men in the early 1960s. Adept at playing rough diamonds insensitive to other people's feelings. Bates proved very popular in the middle and late 1960s, after which he got involved in several highly uncommercial enterprises, and concentrated on the theatre until the late 1970s. Further cinema roles continued by and large to be unworthy of his talents. Oscar nomination for The Fixer. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Bates was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1968 | Best Actor | The Fixer (1968) | Yakov Bok | Nominated |
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Alan Bates Quotes:
Rupert Birkin:
It almost breaks my heart. My beloved country. It had something to express, even when it made this chair. Now all we can do is to fish amongst rubbish heaps... for remnants of the old expression. There's no production in us anymore... just sordid and foul mechanicalness.
Ursula Brangwen: I hate your past. I'm sick of it.
Rupert Birkin: Not as sick as I am of the accursed present.
Ursula Brangwen: Well, I don't want the past to take its place. I don't want old things.
Rupert Birkin: The truth is, we don't want things at all. The thought of a house and furniture of my own is hateful to me.
Basil: I... couldn't help.
Rupert Birkin: Gudrun Brangwen. Gerald Crich. Tibby and Laura Lupton. Ursula Brangwen. Rupert Birkin. What peculiar names we all have. Do you think we've been singled out, chosen for some extraordinary moment in life, or are we all cursed with the mark of Cain?
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Ursula Brangwen: I hate your past. I'm sick of it.
Rupert Birkin: Not as sick as I am of the accursed present.
Ursula Brangwen: Well, I don't want the past to take its place. I don't want old things.
Rupert Birkin: The truth is, we don't want things at all. The thought of a house and furniture of my own is hateful to me.
Basil: I... couldn't help.
Rupert Birkin: Gudrun Brangwen. Gerald Crich. Tibby and Laura Lupton. Ursula Brangwen. Rupert Birkin. What peculiar names we all have. Do you think we've been singled out, chosen for some extraordinary moment in life, or are we all cursed with the mark of Cain?
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