Tom Arnold (actor)

. Bates was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1996, and was knighted in 2003.He died of pancreatic cancer. As of 2004, Tom Arnold is the co-host of Fox Sports Net's talk show Best Damn Sports Show Period and he also provides the voice for Arby's "Oven Mitt" character in television commercials. 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. Also in 1994, Arnold appeared as Arnold Schwarzenegger's sidekick in the James Cameron blockbuster True Lies. 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. Arnold and Barr divorced in 1994. He was married to the actress, Victoria Ward, from 1970 until her death in 1992; they had two sons.

The couple's marriage attracted media and especially tabloid attention due to their sometimes outrageous behavior. 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. On the set of the program, he met the show's star, Roseanne Barr, whom he later married. Four years later, he appeared in The Entertainer, his first film role. Tom Arnold was a writer who appeared regularly as the character "Arnie Thomas" in the popular television sitcom Roseanne (which went on the air in 1988). In 1956, he debuted on stage in the West End, starring in Look Back in Anger, a role which made him a star. He was born in Ottumwa, Iowa. 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.

Tom Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. Sir Alan Arthur Bates (February 17, 1934 - December 27, 2003) was a British actor.