Alan Bates

Alan Bates was one of Britain's most celebrated stage and screen actors, known for Women in Love (1969, Oscar nomination), Zorba the Greek (1964), The Go-Between (1971), An Unmarried Woman (1978), and the stage production of Butley (1971). Though publicly private about his personal life, Bates had significant relationships with both men and women across his life; his bisexuality was documented in detail after his death in Donald Spoto's biography and confirmed by his son Ben Bates. His most intimate male relationships included a decades-long connection with writer Peter Wyngarde. Bates received a knighthood in 2003, weeks before his death.