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Veteran of stage and screen Sir Alan Bates has died after a long battle with cancer, aged 69. He first gained attention as one of the archetypal "angry young men" in John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger, and took film roles soon after: The Entertainer (another Osborne play), A Kind of Loving, Whistle Down the Wind (as the convict children think is Jesus Christ) and The Caretaker.
He continued to choose unusual, distinctive projects throughout his career, including Georgy Girl, King of Hearts, The Go-Between, Women in Love (with the famous nude wresting sequence), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (a great performance), Royal Flash, strange horror The Shout and Nijinsky. Recently he appeared in Gosford Park, The Mothman Prophecies and Sum of All Fears. |
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