Benedick bates biography

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Sir Alan Arthur Bates, CBE (–) is an English actor who hails from Derbyshire, England.

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He had a prolific career that spanned six decades across stage and screen, with several award-winning portrayals and defining interpretations. His parents were musicians, who encouraged him to pursue music. However, he felt compelled to pursue acting instead, and acquired a scholarship to the RADA in London.

Among his fellow aspiring thespians were Peter O'Toole and Albert Finney—each of whom, along with Bates, would be Oscar-nominated by the end of the s.

Bates made his stage debut in Coventry, in a play called You and Your Wife.

After joining the Royal Court Theatre's repertoire for several Off West End plays, he soon made his West End debut in the one of the quintessential "kitchen sink realis