Talk:Alan Bates

Missing citations

Added templates due to this problem of lack of documentation of sources throughout. (Corrected a few of the problems so that one can see how to proceed with further revision, provision of required citations throughout. --NYScholar 21:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

I wonder whether anyone has a better reference for this Alan Bates quote, one of the last he made of any note: "People think it's better my side of the street, but it isn't really." It is probably from a short piece he appeared in, in an ITV Evening News "soft news" piece a few months before he died. Guest, 15:53, June 10 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.14.176 (talk)

Date of Death

The official memorial website (http://www.alanbates.com/) shows his date of death as 27 December. I am going to change the article accordingly.--ukexpat (talk) 22:31, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

no mention of Oliver's Travels

I noticed there is no mention of Bate's lead in Oliver's Travels which has a wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%27s_Travels I leave it to someone more familiar with the format of such articles to add it.

Fholson 16:27, 30 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fholson (talk • contribs)

Wife's Cause of Death

This is listed as a "wasting disease", but her own Wikipedia article says she died from a heart attack. The source given only provides date of death, not cause. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.216.165.29 (talk) 15:00, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

• I noticed this straight away, but no one seems to have dealt with. Did she die from a heart attack or a wasting disease? What IS a "wasting disease" anyway?Barmispain (talk) 21:18, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject LGBT studies

Why? He's not in any LGBT collections.. --24.20.129.18 (talk) 07:29, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

There's nothing in the article to say he took it up the arse. Once again, the queers are using Queeripedia to publish lies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.111.64 (talk) 21:44, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

It's widely documented that he had a sexual relationship with Peter Wyngarde lasting 10 years, and with John Curry lasting 2 years until Curry's death from AIDS. See the refs in those articles. 217.155.20.163 (talk) 22:46, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

If the above is correct and there is a verifiable source (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-455884/Alan-Batess-secret-gay-affair-ice-skater-John-Curry.html), Bates should be included in the appropriate category, as are all other gay actors.Barmispain (talk) 21:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Kerching! Another one taken for the queers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.200.151.127 (talk) 10:44, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

It is disputed whether Alan Bates and Peter Wyngarde were romantically involved because of claims made about the reliability of Donald Spoto's biography; the main source it appears for the assertion. I removed a direct mention from this article earlier today for this reason. Please keep a watch on the Wyngarde article to see if this issue is ever properly resolved. Philip Cross (talk) 18:20, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

A single source cannot be used to decide a actors sexuality. The reference to Alan Bates sexuality is therefore untrustworthy. Andrew Dock 65 (talk) 23:37, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

short story

Alan Bates won a ten-guinea prize for his short story 'No man's Land' published in Kolokon, Volume 1 No 3. Winter 1966. (At the time, Kolokon received financial assitance from the North Eastern Association for the Art). I can't give any citations for this - but I do possess a copy of the magazine! I don't know whether this is relevant to the article or not - that's why I have mentioned it here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gramorak (talk • contribs) 18:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC) sorry, forgot to sign Gramorak (talk 20:29, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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The Running Man

As I recall, this is a decent movie in which Bates is good, but is the amount of space currently given to it disproportionate? It's not one of his more famous roles. Per$1$tenceofv1$1on (talk) 01:55, 5 March 2023 (UTC)Per$1$tenceofv1$1on