Alan Bates

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AKA: Alan Arthur Bates
Nationality: English
Birthdate: 02/17/1934
Birthplace: Allestree, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Death Date: 12/27/2003

biography

Versatile, good-looking British actor Alan Bates came to prominence as one of the chief proponents of the angry young man school, along with fellow RADA alums Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay. Since his London stage debut in "The Mulberry Bush" (1956), he has been closely associated with playwrights John Osborne, Harold Pinter and Simon Gray, both on the boards and in film. Bates originated the role of Cliff in Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" (1956) and made his Broadway debut the following year in the play. He won tremendous acclaim for his portrayal of Edmund Tyrone in a production of Eugene Continued

Credits

Minister Armand Bertier
2003
Tom Connolly
2002
Richard Dressler
2002
Doctor Alexander Leek
2002
Andrew Shaw
2002
Jennings
2001
David Cornwallis
1986
Gabriel Oak
1967
Ted Burgess
1963
Vic Brown
1962
Actor
Actor
Colonel Vershinin
Malcolm Forrest
H J Heidler
Dandy Jack Meehan
King Claudius
Eamon McCree
Stephen Maddox
Felix Detweiller
James Prentis
Captain Jerry Jackson
Rudi Von Starnberg
Rudge
Saul Kaplan
Guy Burgess
(uncredited) Guru
Sergei Diaghilev
Jimmy Brewster
Charles Crossley
Sir Hugo Coal
Private Charles Plumpick
Captain Chris Baldry
Yacov Bok
Rupert Birkin
Ben Butley

milestones

Year
Milestone
1951 
Served in the Royal Air Force (dates approximate)
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 
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"
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