[1] Donald Spoto, "Alan Bates's secret gay affair with ice skater John Curry", The Daily Mail, 19 May 2007. The article is an extract from Otherwise Engaged: The Life of Alan Bates, to be published one month later.
Father: Harold A. Bates
Mother: Florence M. Wheatcroft
Brother: Martin Bates
Wife: Victoria Ward (m. 1970, d. 1992 heart attack, twin sons)
Son: Benedick (twin, b. 1971)
Son: Tristan (twin, b. 1971, d. 1990 asthma attack)
Girlfriend: Angharad Rees (actress)
Boyfriend: John Curry (Olympic ice skater, dated while married to Ward)
Boyfriend: Peter Wyngarde (actor, together 1956-65)
Boyfriend: Nickolas Grace (actor, "an intense affair")
Girlfriend: Yardena Harari (Israeli, cohabited briefly, refused marriage in 1965)
Boyfriend: Paul Taylor (cohabited 1967)
Girlfriend: Joanna Pettet (actress, until his death)
High School: Belper Grammar School
University: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England
Commander of the British Empire 1995
Knight of the British Empire 2003
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FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Spartacus (18-Apr-2004)
The Statement (12-Dec-2003) · Armand Bertier
Hollywood North (18-May-2003)
Salem Witch Trials (24-Dec-2002) · Sir William Phips
Evelyn (9-Sep-2002)
The Sum of All Fears (29-May-2002) · Dressler
The Mothman Prophecies (25-Jan-2002) · Alexander Leek
Gosford Park (7-Nov-2001) · Jennings
In the Beginning (12-Nov-2000)
Arabian Nights (30-Apr-2000)
The Prince and the Pauper (2000) · King Henry VIII
The Cherry Orchard (13-Nov-1999) · Gayev
Nicholas' Gift (21-Apr-1998)
The Grotesque (9-Sep-1995) · Sir Hugo Coal
Oliver's Travels (1995)
Silent Tongue (1-Feb-1994) · Eamon McCree
Unnatural Pursuits (7-Dec-1992)
Secret Friends (21-Jun-1991)
Shuttlecock (1991)
Hamlet (19-Dec-1990)
Dr. M (24-May-1990)
Mister Frost (11-Apr-1990)
Force Majeure (5-Apr-1989)
We Think the World of You (16-Sep-1988) · Frank
A Prayer for the Dying (21-Aug-1987)
Duet for One (25-Dec-1986)
A Voyage Round My Father (19-Apr-1984)
An Englishman Abroad (29-Nov-1983)
The Wicked Lady (12-Aug-1983)
Separate Tables (1983)
Britannia Hospital (27-May-1982)
Return of the Soldier (1982)
Quartet (May-1981)
Nijinsky (20-Mar-1980)
The Rose (7-Nov-1979) · Rudge
The Shout (4-May-1979)
An Unmarried Woman (26-May-1978) · Saul
The Mayor of Casterbridge (22-Jan-1978)
Royal Flash (2-Oct-1975) · Rudi von Sternberg
In Celebration (17-Mar-1975)
Butley (16-Jan-1974) · Ben Butley
Story of a Love Story (1973)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (4-Jun-1972) · Bri
The Go-Between (Dec-1970)
Three Sisters (2-Nov-1970)
Women in Love (Sep-1969)
The Fixer (8-Dec-1968)
Far from the Madding Crowd (16-Oct-1967) · Gabriel Oak
King of Hearts (21-Dec-1966) · Charles Plumpick -- The King of Hearts
Georgy Girl (Jun-1966) · Jos
Zorba the Greek (17-Dec-1964) · Basil
Nothing But the Best (10-Mar-1964)
The Running Man (2-Oct-1963)
The Caretaker (Jun-1963)
A Kind of Loving (12-Apr-1962) · Vic Brown
Whistle Down the Wind (Jul-1961)
The Entertainer (3-Oct-1960) · Frank
Official Website:
http://www.alanbates.com/
AKA Alan Arthur Bates