Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
1978 · Movie
as Narrator
Michael Bates
1920-12-04
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Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
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.
Filmography
Gulliver's Travels
1977 · Movie
as (voice)
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976 · Movie
as Madman
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
1974 · TV Show
as Rangi Ram
Fall of Eagles
1974 · TV Show
as Von Ludendorff
No Sex Please - We're British
1973 · Movie
as Mr. Arnold Needham
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · TV Show
as Cyril Blamire
The Stone Tape
1972 · Movie
as Eddie Holmes
Frenzy
1972 · Movie
as DS Spearman
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Movie
as Chief Guard
The Fox Trot
1971 · Movie
as Arthur
Jason King
1971 · TV Show
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · TV Show
as Colonel Sandstream
Budgie
1971 · TV Show
as Minces Nutty
Six Dates with Barker
1971 · TV Show
as Gasman
Patton
1970 · Movie
as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Every Home Should Have One
1970 · Movie
as Magistrate
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970 · Movie
as Mr. Spimm
The Misfit
1970 · TV Show
as Sgt. Wilfreds
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Movie
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Battle of Britain
1969 · Movie
as Warrant Officer Warwick
Sling Your Hook
1969 · Movie
as Joe
Arthur? Arthur!
1969 · Movie
as Mr. Harrington
Male of the Species
1969 · Movie
as Fred
Male of the Species
1969 · TV Show
as Fred
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV Show
as Fred, George
Salt & Pepper
1968 · Movie
as Inspector Crabbe
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968 · Movie
as Mr. McGregor
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968 · Movie
as Dr. Spink
Hammerhead
1968 · Movie
as Andreas / Sir Richard
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The Brahmin Widow
1968 · Movie
as Mr. Ambekar
Cilla
1968 · TV Show
as Self
Ooh La La!
1968 · TV Show
as Vatelin
Bedazzled
1967 · Movie
as Inspector Clarke
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · TV Show
as Delacroix
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV Show
as Mr. Ambekar, Harold Radcliff
Macready's Gala
1966 · Movie
as Mike MacFarland
A Passage to India
1965 · Movie
as Professor Godbole
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV Show
as Professor Godbole
Public Eye
1965 · TV Show
as George
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV Show
as Captain Gambell, Mr. Lightfoot
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Cluff
1964 · TV Show
as Inspector Mole
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV Show
as Joe, Mike MacFarland, Tommy
Theatre 625
1964 · TV Show
as Shpichelsky
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Thursday Theatre
1964 · TV Show
as Tommy
The Dick Emery Show
1963 · TV Show
The Saint
1962 · TV Show
as Joe
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · Movie
as Bootle
The Four Just Men
1959 · TV Show
as Corporal Bates
No Hiding Place
1959 · TV Show
as Alec Peters
Dunkirk
1958 · Movie
as Froome
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958 · Movie
as Starveling
Ivanhoe
1958 · TV Show
as Will The Simple
The Spanish Gardener
1956 · Movie
as Consular Official (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV Show
Quay South
1955 · Movie
as Captain Alan Gerald
The Stratford Adventure
1954 · Movie
as Self
Carrington V.C.
1954 · Movie
as Major Broke-Smith
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · TV Show
as Starveling
