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Michael Bates‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1920-12-04

Popularity

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Michael Bates

Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Michael Bates

Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1920-12-04

Popularity

star6.2

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.

Movie Credits

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange‌
star8.2
calendar 1971

Patton

Patton‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War‌
star6.6
calendar 1969

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain‌
star6.8
calendar 1969

Salt & Pepper

Salt & Pepper‌
star5.3
calendar 1968

Macready's Gala

Macready's Gala‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Sling Your Hook

Sling Your Hook‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Bedazzled

Bedazzled‌
star6.2
calendar 1967

The Stratford Adventure

The Stratford Adventure‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River‌
star6.1
calendar 1968

Arthur? Arthur!

Arthur? Arthur!‌
star3.0
calendar 1969

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook

Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels‌
star5.6
calendar 1977

Hammerhead

Hammerhead‌
star5.3
calendar 1968

Male of the Species

Male of the Species‌
star5.5
calendar 1969

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack‌
star6.6
calendar 1959

A Passage to India

A Passage to India‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

The Brahmin Widow

The Brahmin Widow‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

The Stone Tape

The Stone Tape‌
star5.9
calendar 1972

Dunkirk

Dunkirk‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

No Sex Please: We're British

No Sex Please: We're British‌
star5.1
calendar 1973

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones‌
star2.0
calendar 1976

Every Home Should Have One

Every Home Should Have One‌
star4.6
calendar 1970

The Fox Trot

The Fox Trot‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Frenzy

Frenzy‌
star7.1
calendar 1972

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer‌
star6.0
calendar 1970

Carrington V.C.

Carrington V.C.‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

The Spanish Gardener

The Spanish Gardener‌
star6.2
calendar 1956

Quay South

Quay South‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Tv Credits

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

It Ain't Half Hot Mum‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Jason King

Jason King‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

The Saint

The Saint‌
star7.3
calendar 1962

Six Dates with Barker

Six Dates with Barker‌
star7.0
calendar 1971

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place‌
star3.7
calendar 1959

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

The Dick Emery Show

The Dick Emery Show‌
star8.0
calendar 1963

Cluff

Cluff‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Cilla

Cilla‌
star10.0
calendar 1968

Male of the Species

Male of the Species‌
star1.0
calendar 1969

Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Public Eye

Public Eye‌
star7.8
calendar 1965

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play‌
star4.5
calendar 1964

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

Budgie

Budgie‌
star7.0
calendar 1971