Alan Bates
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Sir Alan Arthur Bates was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from Whistle Down the Wind to the kitchen sink drama A Kind of Loving.
Bates in 1975
The blue plaque on Alan Bates's childhood home—in association with the British Film Institute.
Bates head shot for his film debut, The Entertainer (1960).
Publicity still of Bates, c.1970.
Gosford Park
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Gosford Park is a 2001 satirical black comedy mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes. The film, which is influenced by Jean Renoir's French classic The Rules of the Game
Alan Bates
…of Claudius in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Hamlet (1990). In 2001 he joined an all-star cast in Robert Altman's critically acclaimed period drama Gosford Park, in which he played the butler Jennings. He later played Antonius Agrippa in the 2004 TV film Spartacus, but died before it premiered. The film was…
Theatrical release poster
Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire, where the outdoor and ground floor scenes for Gosford Park were shot