Michael Bates

Michael Bates

Actor Dec 4 (died age 57) Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India) 1950–1978 (28 year career)

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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 Al…

Known For

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

Chief Guard

Patton

Patton

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

Frenzy

Frenzy

DS Spearman

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

Warrant Officer Warwick

Bedazzled

Bedazzled

Inspector Clarke

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

Bootle

Dunkirk

Dunkirk

Froome

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

Drunk Lance Corporal

Filmography

Acting (56)

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Movies (31)

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

as Narrator

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

as (voice)

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

as Madman

No Sex Please - We're British

No Sex Please - We're British

as Mr. Arnold Needham

Frenzy

Frenzy

as DS Spearman

The Stone Tape

The Stone Tape

as Eddie Holmes

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

as Chief Guard

The Fox Trot

The Fox Trot

as Arthur

Patton

Patton

as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

as Mr. Spimm

Every Home Should Have One

Every Home Should Have One

as Magistrate

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

as Warrant Officer Warwick

Sling Your Hook

Sling Your Hook

as Joe

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Drunk Lance Corporal

Arthur? Arthur!

Arthur? Arthur!

as Mr. Harrington

Male of the Species

Male of the Species

as Fred

Hammerhead

Hammerhead

as Andreas / Sir Richard

Salt & Pepper

Salt & Pepper

as Inspector Crabbe

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

as Dr. Spink

The Brahmin Widow

as Mr. Ambekar

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

as Mr. McGregor

Bedazzled

Bedazzled

as Inspector Clarke

Macready's Gala

Macready's Gala

as Mike MacFarland

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

as Professor Godbole

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

as Bootle

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Starveling

Dunkirk

Dunkirk

as Froome

The Spanish Gardener

The Spanish Gardener

as Consular Official (uncredited)

Quay South

Quay South

as Captain Alan Gerald

The Stratford Adventure

The Stratford Adventure

as Self

Carrington V.C.

Carrington V.C.

as Major Broke-Smith

Television (25)

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

as Rangi Ram

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

as Von Ludendorff

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

as Cyril Blamire

Jason King

Jason King

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Colonel Sandstream

Budgie

Budgie

as Minces Nutty

Six Dates with Barker

Six Dates with Barker

The Misfit

The Misfit

as Sgt. Wilfreds

Male of the Species

Male of the Species

as Fred

Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

as Vatelin

Cilla

Cilla

as Self

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase

as Delacroix

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as Professor Godbole

Public Eye

Public Eye

as George

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

as Joe

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Shpichelsky

Thursday Theatre

as Tommy

Cluff

The Dick Emery Show

The Dick Emery Show

The Saint

The Saint

as Joe

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men

as Corporal Bates

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

as Will The Simple

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

as Starveling