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Actor Born: February 17, 1934 in Allestree, Derbyshire, England Death: December 27, 2003 Biography:One of the most important British actors to emerge during the 1960s, "Alan Bates" made his reputation early in his career as one of the original "angry young men" of the post-war English theatre. His rumpled, malleable features lending themselves to his explosive versatility, Bates became a stage star through his portrayals of various disenfranchised working-class young men in such productions as "John Osborne"'s Look Back in Anger, directed in 1956 by "Tony Richardson", and "Harold Pinter"'s The Caretaker, staged in 1964. Bates went on to establish himself as a noted screen actor in over 50 films, with particularly memorable turns in "Zorba the Greek" (1964), "Georgy Girl" (1966), and "The Fixer" (1968), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination.
The son of an insurance broker and a housewife, Bates was born the eldest of three brothers in the Midlands suburb of Allestree, Derbyshire, on... Full Biography
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