biography
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Bates, Sir Alan
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originally Arthur Bates
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| sex:
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Actor, born in Allestree, Derbyshire, C England, UK. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, and made his stage debut in 1955. His film debut was in The Entertainer (1960), and he was then seen in some of the most popular British films of the decade, including A Kind of Loving (1962), Georgy Girl (1966), and Women in Love (1969). Later films include The Go-Between (1971), We Think the World of You (1988), Hamlet (1990), Secret Friends (1991), and Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1997). Television work includes the series The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978), An Englishman Abroad (1982, BAFTA), Pack of Lies (1987), Oliver's Travels (1995), and The Spying Game (1999). He was knighted in 2002. |
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