Michael Bates
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
1978
as Narrator
Gulliver's Travels
1977
as (voice)
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
as Madman
Comedy Premiere
1975
as Reg Forrester
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
1974
as Rangi Ram
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Von Ludendorff
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
as Mr. Arnold Needham
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Cyril Blamire
The Stone Tape
1972
as Eddie Holmes
Frenzy
1972
as DS Spearman
A Clockwork Orange
1971
as Chief Guard
The Fox Trot
1971
as Arthur
Jason King
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Colonel Sandstream
Budgie
1971
as Minces Nutty
Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Gasman
Patton
1970
as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Every Home Should Have One
1970
as Magistrate
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
as Mr. Spimm
The Misfit
1970
as Sgt. Wilfreds
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Battle of Britain
1969
as Warrant Officer Warwick
Sling Your Hook
1969
as Joe
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as Mr. Harrington
Male of the Species
1969
as Fred
Male of the Species
1969
as Fred
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Fred
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as George
Salt & Pepper
1968
as Inspector Crabbe
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
as Mr. McGregor
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
as Dr. Spink
Hammerhead
1968
as Andreas / Sir Richard
The Brahmin Widow
1968
as Mr. Ambekar
Cilla
1968
as Self
Ooh La La!
1968
as Vatelin
Bedazzled
1967
as Inspector Clarke
Man in a Suitcase
1967
as Delacroix
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Mr. Ambekar
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Harold Radcliff
Macready's Gala
1966
as Mike MacFarland
A Passage to India
1965
as Professor Godbole
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Professor Godbole
Public Eye
1965
as George
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Captain Gambell
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Mr. Lightfoot
Cluff
1964
as Inspector Mole
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Joe
Theatre 625
1964
as Shpichelsky
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Tommy
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mike MacFarland
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Tommy
The Dick Emery Show
1963
The Saint
1962
as Joe
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Bootle
The Four Just Men
1959
as Corporal Bates
No Hiding Place
1959
as Alec Peters
Dunkirk
1958
as Froome
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Starveling
Ivanhoe
1958
as Will The Simple
The Spanish Gardener
1956
as Consular Official (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
1956
Quay South
1955
as Captain Alan Gerald
The Stratford Adventure
1954
as Self
Carrington V.C.
1954
as Major Broke-Smith
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Starveling