Michael Bates
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 4, 1920
- Died
- January 11, 1978 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook
Movie · as Narrator
Gulliver's Travels
Movie · as (voice)
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Movie · as Madman
Comedy Premiere
TV · as Reg Forrester · 1 ep
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
TV · as Rangi Ram · 56 eps
Fall of Eagles
TV · as Von Ludendorff · 2 eps
No Sex Please - We're British
Movie · as Mr. Arnold Needham
Last of the Summer Wine
TV · as Cyril Blamire · 14 eps
The Stone Tape
Movie · as Eddie Holmes
Frenzy
Movie · as DS Spearman
A Clockwork Orange
Movie · as Chief Guard
The Fox Trot
Movie · as Arthur
Jason King
TV · 1 ep
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Colonel Sandstream · 1 ep
Budgie
TV · as Minces Nutty · 1 ep
Six Dates with Barker
TV · as Gasman · 1 ep
Patton
Movie · as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Every Home Should Have One
Movie · as Magistrate
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Movie · as Mr. Spimm
The Misfit
TV · as Sgt. Wilfreds · 1 ep
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie · as Drunk Lance Corporal
Battle of Britain
Movie · as Warrant Officer Warwick
Sling Your Hook
Movie · as Joe
Arthur? Arthur!
Movie · as Mr. Harrington
Male of the Species
Movie · as Fred
Male of the Species
TV · as Fred · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Fred, George · 1 ep
Salt & Pepper
Movie · as Inspector Crabbe
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Movie · as Mr. McGregor
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Movie · as Dr. Spink
Hammerhead
Movie · as Andreas / Sir Richard
The Brahmin Widow
Movie · as Mr. Ambekar
Cilla
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ooh La La!
TV · as Vatelin · 1 ep
Bedazzled
Movie · as Inspector Clarke
Man in a Suitcase
TV · as Delacroix · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Mr. Ambekar, Harold Radcliff · 1 ep
Macready's Gala
Movie · as Mike MacFarland
A Passage to India
Movie · as Professor Godbole
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Professor Godbole · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · as George · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Captain Gambell, Mr. Lightfoot · 1 ep
Cluff
TV · as Inspector Mole · 20 eps
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Joe, Mike MacFarland, Tommy · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Shpichelsky · 1 ep
Thursday Theatre
TV · as Tommy · 1 ep
The Dick Emery Show
TV · 161 eps
The Saint
TV · as Joe · 1 ep
I'm All Right Jack
Movie · as Bootle
The Four Just Men
TV · as Corporal Bates · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · as Alec Peters · 1 ep
Dunkirk
Movie · as Froome
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Starveling
Ivanhoe
TV · as Will The Simple · 1 ep
The Spanish Gardener
Movie · as Consular Official (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Quay South
Movie · as Captain Alan Gerald
The Stratford Adventure
Movie · as Self
Carrington V.C.
Movie · as Major Broke-Smith
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Starveling · 1 ep