Alan Bates

Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996, and was knighted in 2003.He died of pancreatic cancer. Beatty is the younger brother of actress and writer Shirley MacLaine. 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. April 8, 2000). 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. 1997) and Ella Corinne (b. He was married to the actress, Victoria Ward, from 1970 until her death in 1992; they had two sons. 1994), Isabel (b.

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. 1992), Benjamin (b. Four years later, he appeared in The Entertainer, his first film role. They have four children together: Kathlyn (b. In 1956, he debuted on stage in the West End, starring in Look Back in Anger, a role which made him a star. He settled down in his fifties, marrying Annette Bening, his co-star in the gangster film Bugsy, in 1992. 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. Beatty's career has been marked by a series of well-publicized romances, including Reds co-star Diane Keaton and pop-star Madonna.

Sir Alan Arthur Bates (February 17, 1934 - December 27, 2003) was a British actor. Other critically acclaimed works include Bugsy (1991) and Bulworth (1998). It was nominated for eight other Oscars and joined a handful of films to win Best Director but not Best Picture. His historical epic set at the start of World War I, Reds (1981), won Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role while losing Best Picture to Chariots of Fire. Subsequent Beatty films include McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Shampoo (1975), and Heaven Can Wait (1978).

At age 30 he achieved critical acclaim as producer and star of Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Beatty got his start in film under Elia Kazan's direction and opposite Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (1961), though he had previous television experience in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959). Thalberg Memorial Award in 2000, while in 2004 he received the Kennedy Center Honor. The Academy Awards honored him with the Irving G.

He long had a reputation as a womanizer and playboy, but this reputation seems to have faded since his 1992 marriage. Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937 in Richmond, Virginia), now known as Warren Beatty, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.