Larry Gates

Actor Sep 24 (died age 81) Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA 1947–1987 (40 year career)

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Biography

Larry Gates (September 24, 1915 – December 12, 1996) was an American actor probably best known for his role as H.B. Lewis on daytime's Guiding Light and as Doc Baugh in the film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and received the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Gates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Film

In the Heat of the Night

Eric Endicott

Film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman

Film

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Dr. Baugh

Film

The Sand Pebbles

Jameson

Film

Airport

Ackerman

Film

Some Came Running

Professor Robert Haven French

Film

Underworld U.S.A.

John Driscoll

Film

Hour of the Gun

John P. Clum

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (42)

Creepy Classics

1987

as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman - (archive footage)

6.3

Leonard Part 6

1987

as Medusa Guard

2.7

The Henderson Monster

1980

as President Alan Doby

4.0

F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980

as Adm. Leahy

5.8

Kate McShane

1975

as Judge Graham Platte

The School for Scandal

1975

as Sir Oliver Surface

Funny Lady

1975

as Bernard Baruch

5.2

Aloha Means Goodbye

1974

as Torger Nilsson

Lucky Luciano

1973

as Judge Herlands

6.3

Pueblo

1973

as American Negotiator

5.7

Sarge: The Badge or the Cross

1971

as Arnie Bigelow

Airport

1970

as Ackerman

6.5

The Ceremony of Innocence

1970

as Earl of Kent

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

as Mayor Chester Sayre

6.2

In the Heat of the Night

as Eric Endicott

Hour of the Gun

as John P. Clum

The Sand Pebbles

as Jameson

Evening Primrose

as Roscoe Potts

Cattle King

as President Chester A. Arthur

Toys in the Attic

as Cyrus Warkins

The Spiral Road

as Dr. Kramer

The Hoodlum Priest

as Louis Rosen

Underworld U.S.A.

as John Driscoll

The Young Savages

as Randolph

Ada

as Joe Adams

The Great Impostor

as Cardinal

One Foot in Hell

as Doc Seltzer

The Citadel

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

1959

as Rev. Dr. Fielding

6.0

Some Came Running

1958

as Professor Robert Haven French

7.0

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958

as Dr. Baugh

7.6

Bomber's Moon

1958

as General Toomey

Jeanne Eagels

1957

as Al Brooks

6.0

On Borrowed Time

1957

as Mr. Pilbeam

The Strange One

as Major Avery

The Brothers Rico

as Sid Kubik

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

as Dr. Dan 'Danny' Kauffman

Take Me to Town

as Ed Daggett

Above and Beyond

as Capt. William Parsons

6.1

Francis Covers the Big Town

as Dan Austin

Glory Alley

as Robert Ardley

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952

as Charles Blaisdell

6.9

Television (28)

Backstairs at the White House

1979

as Pres. Herbert Hoover

Banyon

Great Performances

as Sir Oliver Surface

Then Came Bronson

as Ed Hemmings

The Outcasts

Mannix

The Invaders

as Weller

Judd for the Defense

Cimarron Strip

ABC Stage 67

as Roscoe Potts

The F.B.I.

as Dr. Lovane

Stoney Burke

The Defenders

as Prof. Robert Hopkins

Cain's Hundred

as Zales Yoder

The Americans

Route 66

Checkmate

as Harry Winters

Outlaws

Bonanza

as Jacob Darien

The Twilight Zone

as Bill Stockton

Rawhide

as Mason Woodruff

One Step Beyond

as Gavin Carroll

Play of the Week

as Bishop

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Mr. Hollister

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Mr. Pilbeam

8.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One

as Henry Winthrop

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.5