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Michael Bates
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Michael Bates
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-12-04,Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Hammond Bates was an Indian-born English actor. He was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Bates served as a Major serving with the Brigade of Gurkhas in Burma before his discharge at the end of World War II. In 1953, while an ensemble member with the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, he appeared in Richard III and All's Well That End's Well. In 1956 he appeared in Hotel Paradiso which starred Alec Guinness, at the Winter Garden Theatre in London. He appeared in many UK television series including Last of the Summer Wine from 1973 to 1975 as Cyril Blamire and It Ain't Half Hot Mum from 1974 to 1977 as Rangi Ram, as well as many others. His role as Rangi Ram caused some controversy as it required Bates to be made-up with fake tan to look like an Indian, which he took to naturally as he was born in India and spoke the Hindi language fluently. On radio he played a variety of characters in the BBC's long-running comedy series The Navy Lark. These were: Able Seaman Ginger, Lt. Bates, Rear Admiral Ironbridge, the Padre and Captain Ignatius Aloysius Atchison. Bates' film roles include Battle of Britain (1969) as Warrant Officer Warwick, Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as a Lance-corporal, Patton (1970) as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (to whom he bore a striking resemblance), Frenzy (1972) by Alfred Hitchcock, and the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange (1971). On stage, he did Shakespeare at Stratford and the Old Vic and made a big impression as Inspector Truscott in the West End production of Loot by Joe Orton in 1966. He died of cancer in Cambridge, aged 57. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bates (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

A Clockwork Orange

8.189

A Clockwork Orange
1971-12-19

7.5

Patton
1970-01-25

Oh! What a Lovely War

6.64

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10

Battle of Britain

6.838

Battle of Britain
1969-09-15

5.3

Salt & Pepper
1968-07-03

Macready's Gala

0

Macready's Gala
1966-03-02

Sling Your Hook

0

Sling Your Hook
1969-04-02

6.2

Bedazzled
1967-10-30

The Stratford Adventure

6

The Stratford Adventure
1954-08-02

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

5.7

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968-01-22

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

6.1

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968-07-12

Arthur? Arthur!

3

Arthur? Arthur!
1969-10-01

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

0

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
1978-01-01

Gulliver's Travels

5.6

Gulliver's Travels
1977-05-06

5.3

Hammerhead
1968-09-11

Male of the Species

5.5

Male of the Species
1969-01-03

I'm All Right Jack

6.667

I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18

A Passage to India

0

A Passage to India
1965-11-16

The Brahmin Widow

0

The Brahmin Widow
1968-04-08

5.9

The Stone Tape
1972-12-25

6.7

Dunkirk
1958-03-20

No Sex Please: We're British

5.1

No Sex Please: We're British
1973-07-25

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

2

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976-08-01

Every Home Should Have One

4.6

Every Home Should Have One
1970-03-05

0

The Fox Trot
1971-04-29

7.1

Frenzy
1972-05-25

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

6

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970-11-12

Carrington V.C.

5.9

Carrington V.C.
1954-12-09

The Spanish Gardener

6.2

The Spanish Gardener
1956-12-25

0

Quay South
1955-12-10

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

7.2

It Ain't Half Hot Mum
1974-01-03

7.3

Jason King
1971-09-15

Last of the Summer Wine

7.1

Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04

7.3

The Saint
1962-10-04

Six Dates with Barker

7

Six Dates with Barker
1971-01-08

6.3

Ivanhoe
1958-01-05

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.3

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

6.8

Fall of Eagles
1974-03-15

Man in a Suitcase

7

Man in a Suitcase
1967-09-27

BBC Play of the Month

5

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

The Dick Emery Show

8

The Dick Emery Show
1963-07-13

0

Cluff
1964-04-06

10

Cilla
1968-01-30

Male of the Species

1

Male of the Species
1969-02-01

0

Ooh La La!
1968-04-06

7.8

Public Eye
1965-01-23

The Wednesday Play

4.5

The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30

Armchair Theatre

5.8

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

7

Budgie
1971-04-09

Curry Up Harry!

0

Curry Up Harry!
1978-09-18