English actor.
He achieved success appearing in the popular movies
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and A Kind of Loving (1962).
Also known for his performance with Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek (1964)
Named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996 and knighted in 2003.
Born: February 17, 1934 in Allestree, Derbyshire, England
Died: December 27, 2003 in London, England
ALBUMS
Thomas Hardy Readings By Alan Bates (2) With Music By The Mellstock Band
Thomas Hardy Readings By Alan Bates
1998, CD, Album, Droffig Recordings
Alan Bates (2), Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson
A E Housman * A Shropshire Lad
1995, 2x CD, 
,
, Romantic/Poetry
Alan Bates (2), Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Michael Hordern, Peter Orr
William Wordsworth - Record Two
1970, LP, Mono, RE, Argo (2)
Alan Bates (2), Yvonne Bonnamy, Tony Church, Frank Duncan, Robin Holmes, Richard Johnson (3), Richard Marquand, Peter Orr
Love Poems 1789-1914
1965, 7", EP, Argo (2), ,
, Spoken Word/Poetry
Alan Bates (2) / Richard Hayman And His Orchestra
Life Goes On / Theme From "Zorba The Greek"
1965, 7", Mono, Promo, Styrene, 20th Century Fox Records
Blake* Read By Alan Bates (2), Yvonne Bonnamy, William Devlin, Richard Johnson (3), Richard Marquand, Peter Orr
Blake
1964, ,
, Poetry
Wordsworth*, Alan Bates (2), Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Michael Hordern, Peter Orr
Wordsworth (Record Two)
1963, LP, Mono, Argo (2)
Browning* - Max Adrian, Alan Bates (2), Frank Duncan, Denis McCarthy
Robert Browning
1963
William Wordsworth, Alan Bates (2), Tony Church, Derek Godfrey, Michael Hordern, Peter Orr
Wordsworth - Record One
1963
Alan Bates (2) Reads Thomas Hardy
The Mayor Of Casterbridge
2xCass, RE, Dol, Listen For Pleasure, Listen For Pleasure
Max Adrian, Alan Bates (2), Frank Duncan, Denis McCarthy
Browning
LP, Mono, Argo (2)
Robert Browning, Max Adrian, Alan Bates (2), Frank Duncan, Denis McCarthy
Browning Read By Max Adrian, Alan Bates, Frank Duncan, Denis McCarthy
Cass, Comp, Argo (2)
Donald Pleasence, Alan Bates (2), Robert Shaw
The Caretaker
LP, Oriole, Oriole
Donald Pleasence, Alan Bates (2), Robert Shaw
The Caretaker
LP, Oriole, Oriole
APPEARANCES +
Various
Hyperion New Release Sampler – August 2014
2014, 23xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR, Hyperion, 
Bruce Forman
Coast To Coast
2012
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba The Greek - Original Soundtrack -
1974
Simon Gray
Butley
1973, 3xCass, Caedmon Records
Simon Gray
Butley - Original Sound Track Recording
1973, 3xLP, aut + Box, Caedmon Records
Yevgeny Yevtushenko*
Babii Yar And Other Poems
1966
Various
Julius Caesar
1964, 
,
, Story
Various
Homage To Shakespeare
1964, Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Dialogue/Poetry
Shakespeare*, Frank Silvera, Cyril Cusack, Celia Johnson, Anna Massey Directed By Howard Sackler
Othello
1960, 3x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
, Spoken Word/Dialogue/Monolog
Various
The Night Of The Day Of The Imprisoned Writer
LP, RCA Red Seal, ,
, Poetry/Spoken Word/Political
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Stockholm Concert
Various
When Love Speaks
2002, CD, 
,
, Vocal/Romantic/Folk/Medieval/Spoken Word
Various
Listen Up
1999, CD, Comp, Smplr, Time Out
Various
Caedmon Speaking Of The Best For 25 Years
1977, 2xLP, Comp, aut, Caedmon Records, ,
, Spoken Word
