Bates, Alan

1934 - Alan Arthur Bates was born 17th of February in Allestree,Derby.

Earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he studied before leaving to join the Royal Air Force.

1956 - Debuted on stage in the West End, starring in Look Back in Anger, a role which made him a star.

1960 - Appeared in The Entertainer, his first film role.

       - Starred in Whistle Down the Wind, and in the Bernard Malamud film The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

1970 - He was married to the actress Victoria Ward.

1973 - Won the Tony Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Butley.

Starred in such international hit films as Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, Zorba the Greek, The Go-Between, An Unmarried Woman and Women in Love.

1992 - He won his second Tony Awards for Best Performance by an Actor for statuette for Fortune's Fool.

1996 - Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and was knighted in 2003.

 2003 - Alan Arthur Bates died 27th of December because of pancreatic cancer.