Alan Bates

Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996, and was knighted in 2003.He died of pancreatic cancer.
. On television, his parts ranged from classic roles such as The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) to Guy Burgess in An Englishman Abroad (1983) to the storyteller in the 2000 version of the Arabian Nights. On his death in 1974, Walter Brennan was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Bates starred in such international hit films as Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, Zorba the Greek, An Unmarried Woman and Women in Love, but he consciously decided to concentrate on a few well-defined roles, rather than to take everything that came his way. He was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1970. He was married to the actress, Victoria Ward, from 1970 until her death in 1992; they had two sons. He also made a few recordings, the most popular being "Old Rivers" in 1962.

He soon starred in Whistle Down the Wind, and in the Bernard Malamud film The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In the 1950s, he starred in the television series The Real McCoys, and appeared in several other movies and television programs, usually as an eccentric "old-timer". Four years later, he appeared in The Entertainer, his first film role. Other films included Red River, Rio Bravo, My Darling Clementine, Meet John Doe, The Pride of the Yankees, To Have and Have Not, Bad Day at Black Rock and How the West Was Won. In 1956, he debuted on stage in the West End, starring in Look Back in Anger, a role which made him a star. After working as an extra and a stunt man, he began receiving more substantial roles in the 1930s, culminating with the receiving of the very first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1937 for Come and Get It. Born in Derbyshire, Bates earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he studied before leaving to join the Royal Air Force. After serving in World War I, he moved to Guatemala and raised pineapples, before settling in Los Angeles, California.

Sir Alan Arthur Bates (February 17, 1934 - December 27, 2003) was a British actor. While in school, he became interested in acting, and began to perform in vaudeville. Brennan was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and studied engineering in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds the distinction of having won more Academy Awards for acting than any other male actor. Walter Brennan, (25 July 1894 - 21 September 1974) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns.

1937 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Come and Get It. 1939 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Kentucky. 1941 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Westerner. 1942 - Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Sergeant York.