Alan Bates’ Death – Cause and Date

The movie actor Alan Bates died at the age of 69. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

British actor who debuted in the 1964 classic film, Zorba the Greek. He appeared in Spartacus in 2004 and Hamlet in 1990.

Despite having been married to actress Victoria Ward until her death, he had numerous homosexual relationships throughout his life.

He had been suffering from cancer of the liver and died at a London clinic on Saturday night. Sir Alan, one of the most versatile and explosive actors of his generation, came to prominence in 1956 after his performance in John Osborne’s landmark play Look Back in Anger.

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People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.

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Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even if you don’t quite know why it does.

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You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are.

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No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There’s no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

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An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.