found: The mayor of Casterbridge [SR], p1981:label (Alan Bates) container (actor)
found: Biog. dict. of film, 1981(Alan Bates, b. 1934)
found: Internet movie database, Feb. 9, 2006(Alan Bates; b. Feb. 17, 1934 in Allestree, Derbyshire, Eng.; d. Dec. 27, 2003 in London, Eng.; actor)
found: Wikipedia, Aug. 11, 2011(Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE; b. 17 February 1934 in Allestree, Derbyshire, England; d. 27 December 2003 in Westminster, London, England; an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving)
