Michael Bates
Age: N/A | From: Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Person Details
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Aliases: Michael Hammond Bates
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
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Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
BBC Play of the Month
(1965) Professor Godbole
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
(1971) Colonel Sandstream
The Wednesday Play
(1964) Joe
The Saint
(1962) Joe
Man in a Suitcase
(1967) Delacroix
Fall of Eagles
(1974) Von Ludendorff
Public Eye
(1965) George
A Clockwork Orange
(1971) Chief GuardActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Narrator | |
| 1977 | (voice) | |
| 1976 | Madman | |
| 1974 | Von Ludendorff | |
| Rangi Ram | ||
| 1973 | Mr. Needham | |
| Cyril Blamire | ||
| 1972 | Eddie Holmes | |
| Sergeant Spearman | ||
| 1971 | Chief Guard | |
| Colonel Sandstream | ||
| N/A | ||
| Arthur | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Mr. Spimm | |
| Magistrate | ||
| Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery | ||
| 1969 | Mr. Harrington | |
| Warrant Officer Warwick | ||
| Joe | ||
| Drunk Lance Corporal | ||
| Fred | ||
| Fred | ||
| 1968 | Andreas / Sir Richard | |
| Dr. Spink | ||
| Inspector Crabbe | ||
| Mr. Ambekar | ||
| Vatelin | ||
| Self | ||
| Mr. McGregor | ||
| 1967 | Inspector Clarke | |
| Delacroix | ||
| 1966 | Mike MacFarland | |
| 1965 | Professor Godbole | |
| Professor Godbole | ||
| George | ||
| 1964 | Joe | |
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| 1962 | Joe | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Bootle | ||
| 1958 | Froome | |
| Will The Simple | ||
| 1956 | Consular Official (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Major Broke-Smith | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
