Where to watch Alan Bates in the UK
Find every Alan Bates film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 17 June 2026.
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his tour-de-force with Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1969, he starred in the Ken Russell film W…
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Great Performances (1971) as James
- Screen Two (1985) as Marcel Proust
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Grigor Pecharin
- Pebble Mill (1991) as Self
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) as John Fabian
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) as Dressler
- Screen One (1989) as Henry Sitchell
- The Mothman Prophecies (2002) as Alexander Leek
- Arabian Nights (2000) as Storyteller
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Stewart
- Gosford Park (2001) as Jennings
- Spartacus (2004) as Antonius Agrippa
- Laurence Olivier Presents (1976) Cast
- Zorba the Greek (1964) as Basil
- Spartacus (2004) as Antonius Agrippa
- In the Beginning (2000) as Jethro
- Oliver's Travels (1995) as Oliver
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Lewis Black
- The Go-Between (1971) as Ted Burgess
- Love in a Cold Climate (2001) as Uncle Matthew
- Women in Love (1969) as Rupert Birkin
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Hamlet (1990) as Claudius
- Hard Times (1994) as Josiah Bounderby
- The Rose (1979) as Rudge Campbell
- Evelyn (2002) as Thomas Connolly
- The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) as Michael Henchard
- The Shout (1978) as Charles Crossley
- An Unmarried Woman (1978) as Saul Kaplan
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) as Gabriel Oak
- Salem Witch Trials (2002) as Sir William Phips
- Royal Flash (1975) as Rudi Von Sternberg
- The Prince and the Pauper (2000) as Re Enrico VIII
- Silent Tongue (1994) as Eamon McCree
- Dr. M (1990) as Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
- Mister Frost (1990) as Felix Detweiler
- The Statement (2003) as Armand Bertier
- Britannia Hospital (1982) as Macready
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Where can I watch Alan Bates films in the UK?
Alan Bates's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Alan Bates's most popular films?
Most-watched Alan Bates films currently: The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), Gosford Park (2001), Zorba the Greek (1964), Spartacus (2004).
What TV shows has Alan Bates appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), The Graham Norton Show (2007), Great Performances (1971), Screen Two (1985), The Wednesday Play (1964).
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