Editing Alan Bates (section)

===Later career===
Bates continued working in film and television in the 1990s, including the role of Claudius in [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s version of ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1990). In 2001 he joined an all-star cast in [[Robert Altman]]'s critically acclaimed period drama ''[[Gosford Park]]'', in which he played the [[butler]] Jennings. He later played Antonius Agrippa in the 2004 TV film ''[[Spartacus (miniseries)|Spartacus]]'', but died before it premiered. The film was dedicated to his memory and that of writer [[Howard Fast]], who wrote the [[Spartacus (Fast novel)|original novel]] that inspired the film ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].

On stage, Bates had a particular association with the plays of [[Simon Gray]], appearing in ''[[Butley (play)|Butley]]'', ''[[Otherwise Engaged]]'', ''Stage Struck'', ''Melon'', ''Life Support'', and ''Simply Disconnected'', as well as the film of ''Butley'' and Gray's TV series ''Unnatural Pursuits''. In ''Otherwise Engaged'', his co-star was [[Ian Charleson]], who became a friend, and Bates later contributed a chapter to a 1990 book on his colleague after Charleson's early death.<ref>Ian McKellen, Alan Bates, Hugh Hudson, et al. ''For Ian Charleson: A Tribute''. London: Constable and Company, 1990. pp. 1–5.</ref>

Bates was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1995 Birthday Honours]],<ref name="GB">The United Kingdom:{{London Gazette |issue=54066 |date=16 June 1995 |pages=8 |supp=1}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2003 New Year Honours]], in both cases for services to drama.<ref name=GBR>{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |pages=1  |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Matthew |date=29 December 2003 |title=Actor Sir Alan Bates, 69, dies after cancer battle |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/29/film.arts |access-date=23 March 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> {{Citation needed span|text=He was an Associate Member of RADA,|date=March 2023}} and was a patron of The Actors Centre, [[Covent Garden]], London, from 1994 until his death in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learn More |url=https://actoratthecentre.com/learn-more/ |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=actor at the centre |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2001 |title=In the Name of the Son: Alan Bates Bails Out UK's Actors Centre |url=https://playbill.com/article/in-the-name-of-the-son-alan-bates-bails-out-uks-actors-centre-com-98405 |website=Playbill}}</ref>