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person_profile-Michael Bates

Michael Bates Died at age: 57

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Michael Bates

Date of Birth:

Dec 04, 1920

Country of birth:

India)

Died:

Jan 11, 1978

Biography of

Michael Bates

    ​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.

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Filmography of

Michael Bates

Found 25 Movies in total

Gulliver's Travels

(voice) ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1976

No Sex Please: We're British

Mr. Needham ( Actor )

... 1973

The Stone Tape

Eddie Holmes ( Actor )

... 1972

Frenzy

Sergeant Spearman ( Actor )

... 1972

A Clockwork Orange

Chief Guard Barnes ( Actor )

... 1971

The Fox Trot

Arthur ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1970

Every Home Should Have One

Magistrate ( Actor )

... 1970

Patton

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery ( Actor )

... 1970

Arthur? Arthur!

Mr. Harrington ( Actor )

... 1969

Battle of Britain

Warrant Officer Warwick ( Actor )

... 1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

Drunk Lance Corporal ( Actor )

... 1969

Male of the Species

Fred ( Actor )

... 1969

Hammerhead

Andreas / Sir Richard ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

Salt & Pepper

Inspector Crabbe ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

Bedazzled

Inspector Clarke ( Actor )

... 1967

A Passage to India

Professor Godbole ( Actor )

... 1965

I'm All Right Jack

Bootle ( Actor )

... 1959

Dunkirk

Froome ( Actor )

... 1958

The Spanish Gardener

Consular Official (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Carrington V.C.

Major Broke-Smith ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954